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etc., on the diet 



Yarioua tabular statements 



Starvation and its lessons 



Comparative 



Diets 

 Feeding experiments 



General . 



Nitrogeneous equilibrium , 



Comparative 



Tlie effects of gelatine in the diet 



Fat and carbohydrates 



Comparative 



The effects of salts, water, 



Fatholgical 



Water 

 The energy of the animal body 



Tabular statements . 

 Animal heat . 



General . 



Comparative 



The regulation of temperature .... 



Cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals compared 



Theories of heat formation and heat regulation . 



Pathological 

 Special considerations 



Evolution . 



Hibernation 



Daily variations in temperature in man and other mammals 

 The influence of the nervous system on metabolism (nutrition). 



Experimental facts 



Discussion of their significance .... 



General considerations, clinical and pathological 



Summary of metabolism . 

 The Spinal Coed — General 



General .... ... 



Anatomical ... ■ . 



The reflex functions of the spinal cord . 



General and experimental ... 



Evolution and heredity ... 



Inhibition of reflexes 

 The spinal cord as a conductor of impulses 



Anatomical 



Decussation 



Pathological 



Paths of impulses . 



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