A manual of physiology : with practical exercises / by G.N. Stewart.

Date:
1895
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Credit: A manual of physiology : with practical exercises / by G.N. Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER VI. _ pAGE Excretion 330 Excretion by the kidneys - - - - 331 Chemistry of urine - - - - -331 Secretion of urine ..... 34o Influence of the circulation on the secretion ot urine - 350 Micturition - - - - * 355 Excretion by the skin .... ^7 CHAPTER VII. Metabolism, Nutrition, and Dietetics - - - 372 Metabolism of proteids .... 572 Formation of urea ..... 574 Metabolism of carbo-hydrates—glycogen - - 381 Metabolism of fat - - - - - 387 Income and expenditure of the body - - - 392 Nitrogenous equilibrium .... 3g3 Carbon equilibrium ..... 403 Dietetics ...... 407 Internal secretion - - - - - 414 CHAPTER VIII. Animal Heat - - - - - - 413 Heat-loss ...... 423 Heat-production ..... 425 Thermotaxis ..... 4^ Fever - - - - - - 443 Distribution of heat ----- 447 CHAPTER IX. Muscle - - - - - - 462 Physical introduction .... 462 Physical properties of muscle - 478 The muscular contraction .... 484 Optical phenomena of - - - - 485 Mechanical phenomena of 486 Thermal phenomena of ... 505 Chemical phenomena of ... 509 Source of the energy of muscular contraction - - 511 Rigor mortis - - - - - 513