CONTENTS. 
DEVELOPMENT OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM IN VERTEBRATES . 
The later stages of the fcetal circulation 
DEVELOPMENT OF THE UROGENITAL SYSTEM 
Tae PuysioLocicaL ASPECTS oF DEVELOPMENT 
Menstruation and ovulation . 
The nutrition of the ovum 
The feetal circulation . F : . . 
Parturition 
Changes in the elrenlation at ‘Bich 
Sexual coitus . ‘ 
Organic EVOLUTION RECONSIDERED . xu 
Different theories criticised—new views 
Tae CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE ANIMAL Bopy 
Proximate principles 
General characters of proteids 
Certain non-crystalline bodies 
The fats. 
Peculiar fats . - 
Carbohydrates 18 
Nitrogenous meatolitee 
Non-nitrogenous metabolites . 
PaystoLogicaL RESEARCH AND Paystovoaicat Reishanns - 
Ture Bioop 5 . : 
Comparative . 
Corpuscles. 
History of the blood- alts 
Chemical composition of the load, 
Composition of serum 
Composition of the corpuscles 
The quantity and distribution of the blood 
The coagulation of the blood. a ‘ 
Clinical and pathological 5 F 3 7 
Summary . . . . . : : 
Tue ConTRAcTILE TissuES . . ae 
General . : 5 : % F c . 
Comparative . .  . Mir Ee ee 
Ciliary movements . 5 
The irritability of muscle and nerve 
APPLICATIONS OF THE GRAPHIC METHOD TO THE Srupy OF 
PaysioLoey. 
Chronographs aad ¢ various kinds of apparatis 
A single muscular contraction 
Tetanic contraction .  . 
The muscle-tone 
The strength of the stinnies, 
The changes in a muscle during contraction 
The elasticity of muscle . ‘ . : 
The electrical phenomena of mmieele 
Chemical changes in muscle . F 
Thermal changes in the contracting muscle. : 
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