CONTENTS 



Chap. 



I. 



II. 

 III. 

 IV. 



Section I. 



MUSCLE AND NERVE. 

 F. A. H. 



PREFACE 



PRELIMINARY TECHNIQUE 



VOLUNTARY MUSCLE 



SMOOTH MUSCLE AND CILIATED CELLS 



PHYSIOLOGY OF NERVE.. 



Page. 



3 



9 



14 



42 



46 



V. 

 VI. 



Section IIA. 



CIRCULATION. 



F. A. H. 



CARDIAC MUSCLE 61 



BLOOD PRESSURE. EFFECT OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES ON THE 



BLOOD VESSELS AND HEART 71 



Section IIB. 



CIRCULATION. 



J. J. R. M. 



VII. HAEMODYNAMICS . 78 



VIII. VASO MOTOR NERVES. DEPRESSOR NERVE. CIRCULATION TIME. 87 



IX. POLYSPHYGMOGRAPH TRACINGS 93 



Section HI. 



REFLEX ACTION. 



J. J. R. M. 



X. REFLEX ACTION IN THE FROG 98 



XI. REFLEX ACTION IN MAN. REACTION TIME IN MAN 104 



Section IV. 

 RESPIRATION. 



J. J. R. M. 

 XII. ANALYSIS OF AIR AND COLLECTION OF ALVEOLAR AIR 107 



XIII. RESPIRATORY EXCHANGE IN MAN 118 



XIV. DETERMINATION OF THE GASES OF BLOOD BY THE PUMP METHOD. 122 

 XV. DETERMINATION OF BLOOD GASES BY THE CHEMICAL METHOD. 128 



XVI. THE DISSOCIATION CURVE FOR OXYGEN AND THE CO 2 COMBINING 



POWER OF BLOOD 132 



Section V. 



SPECIAL SENSES. 



L. McP. F. 



XVII. VISION 139 



XVIII. ERRORS IN REFRACTION 149 



XIX. EXAMINATION OF THE REFRACTION OF THE EYE AND OF THE 



INTERIOR OF THE EYEBALL 158 



XX. RETINA 163 



XXI. COLOUR VISION 170 



XXII. SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST. VISUAL JUDGMENTS. . 178 



XXIII. HEARING 182 



XXIV. SKIN SENSATIONS 192 



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