ANALYTICAL INDEX AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Mammals 



19, 20. Common Cur-dog ........ 18 



Amount of blood in the bodies of animals in a normal condition . . . .20 



Color of the blood and serum ......... 23 



Odor of animals .......... 23 



Specific gravity of serum and blood ........ 23 



Structure of blood corpuscles . . . ... . . . .30 



Eflects of gases on the blood of cold-blooded animals ...... 32 



Carbonic oxide gas ......... 34 



Hydrogen gas .......... 35 



Complete deprivation of air . . . . . . . .35 



Fibrin in the blood .......... 37 



Fixed solid constituents in the blood ........ 38 



CHAPTER IIL 



rnysicAL and ciiejiical changes of the solids and fluids of anlmals when DErRiVEo of food and 



DRINK ...... 40 



Series I. Alligator {Alligator 31ississippiensis) ...... 40 



Series II. Salt-water Terrapin {Emys terrapin) ...... 43 



Series III. Yellow-bellied Terrapin {Emys serrata) ...... 49 



Series IV. Qo^\k\' {Testudo polyphemus) . . . . . . • . 59 



Series V. Warm-blooded animals ........ 62 



Comparison of warm and cold-blooded animals . . . . . . .11 



llelative size of the heart ......... 13 



Rapidity of circulation .......... "74 



Respiratory system of animals . . . . . . . . .75 



CHAPTER IV. 



EFFECTS OF STARVATION AND THIRST, COMBINED WITH A CHANGE OF DIET, UPON THE FLUIDS AND SOLIDS 



OF CARNIVOROUS CHELONIANS . . . .81 



Series I. Experiments upon the Yellow-bellied Terrapin {Emys serrata) . . .81 



Series II. Experiments upon the Salt-water Terrapin {Emys terrapin) . . .85 



CHAPTER V. 



OBSERVATIONS UPON THE ALIMENTARY CANAL, AND DIGESTION OF ALBUMEN AND FLESH . 90 



CHAPTER VI. 



COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PANCREAS . . 97 



Structure and shape of the pancreas in different animals . . . .97 



Physiology of the pancreas . . . . . . . . .104 



Comparative weight of the pancreas . . . . . . . .107 



General conclusions . . . . . . . . . .109 



CHAPTER Vn. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE LIVER 



Shape of the liver in different animals .... 

 Comparative weight of the liver .... 

 Function of the liver ....... 



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