CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 



INTRODUCTION (By W. H. Howell) 17 



Definition of physiology and protoplasm, 17 — Animal and plant physiology, 17 — Vital 

 irritability, 18 — Nutrition, assimilation and disassimilation, auabolism, kataholism, 

 metabolism, 19 — Reproduction, 20,28 — Contractility and conductivity, 20 — Physiologi- 

 cal division of labor, 22 — Pfliiger hypothesis of the structure of the living molecule, 

 23 — Loew's and Latham's hypothesis of the structure of the living molecule, 23 — The 

 chemical structure of proteids, protamine, 24 — Physical structure of living matter, 24 

 — Vital force, 25 — Secretion and absorption, 27 — Heredity and consciousness, 28 — Gen- 

 eral and special physiology, 29 — Methods of investigation used in the science of 

 physiology, 30. 



BLOOD (By W. H. Howell) 33 



A. General Properties — Physiology of the Corpuscles 33 



Histological structure of blood, 33 — Definition of blood-plasma, blood-serum, and 

 defibrinated blood, 33 — Reaction of blood, 34— Specific gravity of blood, 34 — Histology 

 of red corpuscles, 35 — Condition of the haemoglobin in the red corpuscles, 35 — Laking 

 of blood, 35 — Globulicidal and toxic action of blood-serum, 36 — Isotonic, hypertonic, 

 hypotonic solutions, 36 — Nature and amount of hfemoglobin, 37 — Compounds of haemo- 

 globin with O, CO, NO. and CO2, 38— The iron of the haemoglobin molecule, 39— Haemo- 

 globin crystals, 40 — Absorption spectra of haemoglobin, 40 — Derivative compounds of 

 haemoglobin, 44— Origin and fate of the red corpuscles, 45 — Variations in the number 

 of red corpuscles, 46 — Morphology and physiology of the leucocytes, 47 — Physiology 

 of the blood plates, 49. 



B Chemical Composition op the Blood — Coagulation — Total Quantity of 



Blood — Regeneration after Hemorrhage 50 



Composition of the plasma and corpuscles, 50 — Proteids of the blood plasma, 51 — 

 Serum albumin, 52 — Paraglobulin, 53 — Fibrinogen, 53 — Coagulation of blood, super- 

 ficial appearances, 54 — Time of clottiug, 55 — Theories of coagulation, 55 — Nature and 

 origin of fibrin ferment, 58 — Intravascular clotting, 60 — Means of hastening or retard- 

 ing clotting, 61 — Total quantity of blood in the body, 63 — Regeneration of the blood 

 after hemorrhage, 63 — Transfusion of blood and salines, 64. 



C. Diffusion and Osmosis, and Their Importance in the Body 65 



Osmotic pressure, 65 — Calculation of, 67 — Electrolysis, 67 — Grammolecular solutions, 

 67 — Osmotic pressure of proteids, 69 — Diffusion of proteids, 70. 



LYMPH (By W. H. Howell) 70 



Lymph-vascular system, 70 — Formation of lymph, theories of, 70 — The factors con- 

 trolling the flow of lymph, 75, 145 — Pressure in lymph-vessels, 146 — Effect of thoracic 

 aspiration on lymph-flow, 147— Effect of body movements and valves on lymph-flow, 

 147. 



CIRCULATION 70 



PART I. — The Mechanics of the Circulation of the Blood and of the Move- 

 ment of the Lymph (By John G. Curtis) 76 



A. General Considerations 76 



General course of the blood-flow, 76 — Causes of the blood-flow, 77 — Working of die 

 pumping mechanism, 78 — Pulmonary circuit, 78. 



B. Movement of the Blood in the Capillaries, Arteries, \m> Veins .... 79 



Anatomical characteristics of the capillaries, 79— The circulation as observed under 

 the microscope, 80 — Behavior of the red corpuscles, 81 Friction, axial stream, and 

 inert layer, 81 — Behavior of the leucocyte-, 82 Emigration of the leucocytes, 83 



Velocity of the blood in the small vessels, S3 Capillary blood-pressure. 84 



C. The Pressure of the Blood in the Arteries, Capillaries, lnd Veins ... 85 



Method of studying bl 1-pressure, manometers, 85— The mercurial manometer and 



graphic record of blood-pressure upon a kymograph, 88 — The mean pressure in arteries 

 and veins, 90. 



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