Lessons in Elementary Physiology

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Macmillan and Company, 1885 - Human physiology - 403 pages

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The working of the heart the mechanism by which
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Influence of circumstances on the rapidity
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The salivary glands
14
Perspiration by simple transudation
15
Sweatglands
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The spinal cord capable of converting impressions from without into muscular contractions
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Special sensations
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The tissues are constantly being renewed
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The renewal is effected by means of the alimentary apparatus which converts food into nutriment and by
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Organs of circulation which distribute the nutri ment over the body
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Composition of stationary
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The excretory organs drain waste matters from the body
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Double function of the lungs
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The nervous system combines the action of the various organs
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Life and death
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Local death constantly going on in the body
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General deathdeath of the body as a whole and death of the tissues
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Modes of death
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Decomposition and diffusion
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Temperature of the body regulated by means of the nervous system
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The two influences deprivation of oxygen and accumulation of carbonic acid
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Importance of the former
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Necessity for an abundance of fresh
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frogs foot
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LESSON II
77
LESSON XI
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The blood a highly complex product derived from
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LESSON V
106
LESSON VI
133
THE FUNCTION OF ALIMENTATION Pp 143163
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APPENDIX
162
conniventes and villi Peristaltic contraction 23 Entrance of bile and pancreatic juice 24 Action of these fluids The villi Absorption from the intestines ...
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LESSON VII
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The vital eddy The source of the active powers of the economy
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