CONTENTS 



CHX, TEK BOOK I.-GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY 



I. BIOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION - . 1 



II. THE CELL - 8 



III. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INTRODUCTION - - 17 



IV. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE BODY - - 33 

 V. THE PROTEIKS - - 39 



VI. PATS AND I.IPOIDS - - - 53 



VU. THE CARBOHYDRATES - - 59 



VIII. ENZYMES OR FERMENTS - 68 



BOOK II. THE BLOOD 



IX. GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE BLOOD - - 75 



X, THE PLASMA - - 82 



XI. THE CORPUSCLES OF THE BLOOD - 86 



XII. THE CLOTTING OF BLOOD - 101 



XIII. HAEMOLYSIS AND IMMUNITY - - 105 



XIV. THE TESTS FOR BLOOD - - - 112 



BOOK III. THE CIRCULATION OF* THE BODY FLUIDS 



XV. THE MECHANISM OF TRANSPORT - 115 



XVI. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HEART - 127 



XVII. THE COURSE OF THE CIRCULATION IN MAMMALS - - 142 



XVIII. THE NUTRITION OF THE HEART - - 158 



XIX. THE CARDIAC NERVES - - 171 



XX. THE PHYSICAL FACTORS OF THE CIRCULATION - - 179 



XXI. THE ARTERIAL PRESSURE - 186 



XXII. THE EFFECT OF POSTURE - 194 



XXIII. THE VELOCITY OF BLOOD-FLOW - 203 



XXIV. THE PULSE - 211 



XXV. THE CAPILLARY CIRCULATION - - 218 



XXVI. THE PRESSURE AND VELOCITY OF THE BLOOD IN THE VEINS - 225 



XXVII. THE VASO-MOTOR NERVES - 229 



XXVIII. THE CIRCULATION IN SPECIAL PARTS -"- - 236 



XXIX. LYMPIf - - 250 



BOOK IV. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATION 



XXX. GENERAL ACCOUNT OF RESPIRATION - . - 257 



XXXI. THE MECHANISM OF RESPIRATION 276 



XXXII. THE MECHANICS OF BREATHING .- 284 



XXXIII. THE REGULATION OF BREATHING 



' XXXIV. THE EFFECTS OF EXCESS OF C4RBON DIOXIDE 302 



XXXV. THE PRINCIPLES OF VENTILATION 



XXXVI. METHODS OF DETERMINING RESPIRATORY EXCHANGE - - 317 



BOOK V. GENERAL METABOLISM AND DIETETICS 



: XXXVII. GENERAL METABOLISM AND DIETETICS - . . 



XXXVIII. METABOLISM DURING STARVATION 



, XXXIX. METABOLISM UNDER VARYING CONDITIONS 



XL. GENERAL DIETETICS - - 344 



XLI. THE CHIEF FOODSTUFFS - 353 

 XLII. DIET UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS 



{XLIII. SPECIAL DIETETIC METHODS, ETC. .* 364 



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