CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 

 INTRODUCTION PAG 1 



BOOK I 

 GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY 



CHAPTER II 

 THE STRUCTURAL BASIS OF THE BODY . 13 



CHAPTER III 

 THE MATERIAL BASIS OF THE BODY 



SECTION 



I. THE ELEMENTARY CONSTITUENTS OF LIVING CELLS . . .36 



II. THE PROXIMATE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ANIMAL BODY . . 45 



III. THE FATS 53 



IV. THE CARBOHYDRATES 59 



V. THE PROTEINS 71 



VI. THE MECHANISM OF ORGANIC SYNTHESIS 107 



CHAPTER IV 



THE ENERGETIC BASIS OF THE BODY 



I. THE ENERGY OF MOLECULES IN SOLUTION .... 121 

 II. THE PASSAGE OF WATER AND DISSOLVED SUBSTANCES ACROSS 



MEMBRANES 129 



III. THE PROPERTIES OF COLLOIDS 137 



IV. THE MECHANISM OF CHEMICAL CHANGES IN LIVING MATTER. 



FERMENTS 152 



V. ELECTRICAL CHANGES IN LIVING TISSUES 169 



BOOK II 

 THE MECHANISMS OF MOVEMENT AND SENSATION 



CHAPTER V 

 THE CONTRACTILE TISSUES 



I. THE STRUCTURE OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLE 177 



II. THE EXCITATION OF MUSCLE 185 



III. THE MECHANICAL CHANGES THAT A MUSCLE UNDERGOES WHEN IT 



CONTRACTS 194 



