Principles of human physiology / by William B. Carpenter.

  • Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885.
Date:
1869
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Credit: Principles of human physiology / by William B. Carpenter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. FAGB OF LIFE AND ITS CONDITIONS. 1 CHAPTER II. OF THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF MAN. 17 CHAPTER III. ON THE MINUTE ANATOMY OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES, CELLS, AND THEIR DERIVATIVES, 33 CHAPTER IV. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE BODY. 54 CHAPTER V. OF FOOD AND THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS. 1. Of Food and Drink, their Nature and Destination 71 2. Of Hunger and Thirst ; Starvation 91 3. Movements of the Alimentary Canal 99 Prehension and Ingestion 99 Mastication '. . 100 Deglutition 100 Movements of the Stomach 104 Peristaltic Movement of Intestines 108 Defecation • Ill 4. Of the Changes which the Food undergoes, during its passage along the Alimentary Canal 112 Salivary Secretion, and Buccal Digestion 113 Gastric Juice, and Gastric Digestion 120 Pancreatic, Biliary, and Intestinal Secretions ; Intestinal Digestion 136 b