A Practical Physiology

About this eBook

Author

Blaisdell, Albert F. (Albert Franklin), 1847-1927

Title

A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools

Credits

Produced by Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

QP: Science: Physiology

Subject

Human physiology

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10453

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10453

Release Date

December 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A Practical Physiology — A Text-Book for Higher Schools — By Albert F. Blaisdell, M.D. — Author of “Child’s Book of Health,” “How to Keep Well,” “Our Bodies and How We Live,” Etc., Etc.
2. 2.Preface. — CONTENTS.
3. 3.Chapter I. Introduction. — Experiments.
4. 4.Chapter II. The Bones. — The Bones of the Head. — The Bones of the Trunk. — The Bones of the Upper Limbs. — The Bones of the Lower Limbs. — The Joints. — Additional Experiments. — Review Analysis: The Skeleton (206 bones).
5. 5.Chapter III. The Muscles. — Additional Experiments.
6. 6.Chapter IV. Physical Exercise.
7. 7.Chapter V. Food and Drink. — Important Articles of Diet. — Experiments. — Experiments with the Proteids. — Experiments with Starch. — Experiments with Milk. — Experiments with the Sugars.
8. 8.Chapter VI. Digestion. — Absorption. — Experiments. — Additional Experiments. — Experiments with the Fats.
9. 9.Chapter VII. The Blood and Its Circulation. — Additional Experiments.
10. 10.Chapter VIII. Respiration. — Animal Heat. — Additional Experiments.
11. 11.Chapter IX. The Skin and the Kidneys. — The Kidneys.
12. 12.Chapter X. The Nervous System. — Additional Experiments.
13. 13.Chapter XI. The Special Senses. — Additional Experiments.
14. 14.Chapter XII. The Throat and the Voice. — Additional Experiments.
15. 15.Chapter XIII. Accidents and Emergencies.
16. 16.Chapter XIV. In Sickness and in Health. — Poisons and Their Antidotes. — Bacteria. — Disinfectants. — Instructions for the Management of Contagious Diseases.
17. 17.Chapter XV. Experimental Work in Physiology. — Additional Experiments. — Surface Anatomy and Landmarks. — Syllabus. — I. Bony Landmarks. — II. Muscular Landmarks. — III. Landmarks of the Heart. — IV. Landmarks of a Few Arteries.
18. 18.Glossary.
19. 19.Index.
20. 20.Footnotes

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