CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION - I 



The proteins - J 



Carbo-hydrates - 3 



Fats 4 



Structure of living matter 4 



Functions of living matter 6 



CHAPTER I. 



THE CIRCULATING LIQUIDS OF THE BODY - 14 



Blood-corpuscles - 15 

 Life-history of the corpuscles 19 



Viscosity of blood - 22 



Reaction of blood - 23 



Specific gravity of blood - 25 

 Electrical conductivity of blood - 25 



Relative volume of corpuscles and plasma - 26 



Haemolysis ~ 27 



Precipitins - 3 

 Coagulation of blood - 3 



Chemical composition of blood - 41 



Haemoglobin and its derivatives - 43 



Quantity of blood - 47 



Lymph and chyle - 49 

 Functions of blood and lymph - 51 



CHAPTER II. 



THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD AND LYMPH - 72 



Physiological anatomy of vascular system - 73 

 Flow of a liquid through tubes - 75 



The beat of the heart - - 7 8 



The sounds of the heart - 80 



The cardiac impulse - - 82 



Endocardiac pressure - - 84 



The arterial pulse ~ 9 2 



