CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



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The ameba proteus Protoplasm Tfye typical animal cell Karyokinesis (Mitosis) 



Prophases Metaphase Telophases Amitosis Ehrlich's side-chain hypothesis 



Immunity Receptors Passive and active immunity Cytolysis Alexins (Com- 

 plements) Amboceptors (Immune bodies) Antibodies Precipitins Agglutins I 



CHAPTER I 

 THE BLOOD 



Importance of the blood Quantity of blood Opacity Taste Reaction Specific 

 gravity Temperature Color Laking of blood Blood-corpuscles Red cor- 

 puscles Hemoglobin Precipitin-test for blood Development of red corpuscles 



Leucocytes Lymphocytes Blood-platelets Plasma and serum Fibrinogen 



Serum-globulin Serum-albumin Extractives and salts Coagulation of the 

 blood Prothrombin and thrombin Uses of coagulation . , . . .14 



CHAPTER II 

 CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD THROUGH THE HEART 



Discovery of the circulation Physiological anatomy of the heart Tricuspid valve 

 Pulmonic valves Mitral valve Aortic valves Movements of the heart Cardiac 

 cycle Sounds of the heart Frequency of the heart's action Cause of the rhyth- 

 mical contractions of the heart Accelerator nerves Direct inhibition of the heart 



Work of the heart . . . . . . . 30 



CHAPTER III 

 CIRCULATION OF BLOOD IN THE VESSELS 



Circulation of blood in the arteries Physiological anatomy of the arteries Locomotion 

 of the arteries and production of the pulse Form of the pulse Pressure of blood 

 in the arteries Pressure in different arteries Influence of respiration Influence 

 of muscular action, etc. Influence of hemorrhage, etc. Rapidity of the current 

 of blood in the arteries Circulation of blood in the capillaries Physiological anat- 

 omy of the capillaries Pressure of blood in the capillaries Rapidity of the capil- 

 lary circulation Relations of the capillary circulation to respiration Causes of the 

 capillary circulation Influence of temperature on the capillary circulation Circu- 

 lation of blood in the veins Structure and properties of the veins Valves of the 

 veins Pressure of blood in the veins Rapidity of the current of blood in the 

 veins Causes of the venous circulation Influence of muscular contraction In- 

 fluence of aspiration from the thorax Uses of the valves of the veins Conditions 

 that impede the venous circulation Circulation in the cranial cavity Circulation 



