CONTENTS xiii 



METABOLISM, NUTRITION AND DIETETICS (continued) PAGE 



Inorganic salts in metabolism - 541 



Dietetics 543 



Stimulants - 551 



Internal secretion - 552 



of pancreas - 553 



of sexual organs - - 556 



of thymus - 557 



of thyroid and parathyroid - 558 



of suprarenal - 563 



of pituitary - 566 



CHAPTER VIII. 



ANIMAL HEAT - - 572 



Calorimetry - 573 



Heat-loss 578 



Heat-production - 579 



Seats of heat-production - 583 



Thermotaxis - 587 



Heat centres - - 595 



Fever - - 597 



Distribution of heat - 602 



Temperature topography - 604 



Normal variations in body temperature - 605 



CHAPTER IX. 



MUSCLE - - 615 



Physical introduction - - 615 



Physical properties of muscle - - 630 



Stimulation of muscle - - 632 



Direct excitability of muscle - - 633 



The muscular contraction - 637 



Optical phenomena of (and structure of muscle) - 638 



Mechanical phenomena of - 642 



Influence of fatigue on - - 648 



Electrical tetanus - 656 



Voluntary contraction - - 660 



Thermal phenomena of - - 663 



Chemical phenomena of - - 666 



Source of the energy of muscular contraction - - 669 



Rigor mortis - - 671 



CHAPTER X. 



NERVE - 677 



The nerve-impulse its initiation and conduction 679 



Stimulation of nerve - - 680 



Excitability of nerve - - - 68 1 



