Ⅰ．INTRODUCTION 1
BOOK Ⅰ General Principles 9
A．Structural Principles 9
Ⅱ．THE STRUCTURAL BASIS OF THE BODY 9
B．Biochemical Principles 23
Ⅲ．THE ELEMENTARY CONSTITUENTS OF PROTOPLASM 23
Ⅳ．THE PROXIMATE CONSTITUENTS 26
C．Biophysical Principles 56
Ⅴ．THE ENERGY OF MOLECULES IN SOLUTION 56
Ⅵ．THE PROPERTIES OF COLLOIDS 71
Ⅶ．THE PASSAGE OF WATER AND SOLUTES THROUGH MEMBRANES 81
Ⅷ．BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS 87
Ⅸ．ENZYMES AND ENZYME ACTION 90
BOOK Ⅱ Tissues Subserving Movement and Conduction－Muscle and Nerve 107
Historical Note 107
Ⅹ．VOLUNTARY STRIATED MUSCLE 109
Ⅺ．PLAIN MUSCLE AND OTHER CONTRACTILE TISSUES 168
Ⅻ．NERVE FIBRES 177
BOOK Ⅲ Centralized Control and Co-ordination－The Central Nervous System 210
Historical Note 210
ⅫⅠ．GENERAL FEATURES OF A CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 213
ⅪⅤ．THE RECEPTORS 228
ⅩⅤ．THE SPINAL CORD AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE HIGHER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 236
ⅩⅥ．THE EXCITABILITY OF NEURONES AND THE PROPERTIES OF CONDUCTION AT SYNAPSES 250
ⅩⅦ．CHARACTERISTICS OF REFLEX ACTIONS 266
ⅩⅧ．THE LABYRINTH，AND POSTURAL REFLEXES 285
ⅩⅨ．HIGHER AFFERENT PATHS 302
ⅩⅩ．THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES AND THE EFFERENT PATHS 311
ⅩⅪ．FUNCTIONS OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX 337
ⅩⅫ．THE CEREBELLUM 352
ⅩⅫⅠ．THE AUTONOMIC SYSTEM:THE HYPOTHALAMUS:HUMORAL TRANSMISSION 363
BOOK Ⅳ The Supplying of Information－The Special Senses＆(By H．Hartridge，F．R．S．) 388
ⅩⅪⅤ．THE NERVOUS MECHANISM OF SENSATION 388
ⅩⅩⅤ．VISION 393
ⅩⅩⅥ．HEARING AND SPEECH 466
ⅩⅩⅦ．CUTANEOUS SENSATIONS 488
ⅩⅩⅧ．SENSATIONS OF SMELL AND TASTE 496
BOOK Ⅴ Systems for Distribution of Materials－Blood，Circulation and Respiration 501
Historical Note 501
ⅩⅪⅩ．THE BLOOD 506
ⅩⅩⅩ．GENERAL FEATURES OF THE CIRCULATION 551
ⅩⅩⅪ．PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HEART 555
ⅩⅩⅫ．FACTORS WHICH MODIFY THE HEART＇S ACTION 586
ⅩⅩⅫⅠ．DYNAMICS OF THE CIRCULATION 625
ⅩⅩⅪⅤ．LOCAL REGULATION OF BLOOD FLOW 659
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ．THE PULMONARY，HEPATIC AND CEREBRAL CIRCULATIONS 683
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ．EXAMPLES OF CIRCULATORY ADAPTATION 692
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ．LYMPH，TISSUE FLUIDS，AND CEREBRO-SPINAL FLUID 705
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ．THE DEFENCE OF THE ORGANISM AGAINST INFECTION 718
ⅩⅩⅩⅨ．RESPIRATION．(I) MECHANICS OF RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS 729
(Ⅱ) THE CHEMISTRY OF RESPIRATION 743
ⅩL．THE CONTROL OF THE RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS 771
BOOK Ⅵ The Intake of Materials－Nutrition，Metabolism 805
Historical Note 805
ⅩLⅠ．THE EXCHANGES OF MATTER AND ENERGY IN THE BODY 808
ⅩLⅡ．THE VITAMINS 845
ⅩLⅢ．THE NORMAL DIET OF MAN 859
ⅩLⅣ．THE PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION－CHANGES UNDERGONE BY THE FOODSTUFFS IN THE ALIMENTARY CANAL 869
ⅩLⅤ．THE ABSORPTION OF THE FOODSTUFFS 927
ⅩLⅥ．THE HISTORY OF THE FOODSTUFFS 944
BOOK Ⅶ The Removal of Waste Material and Temperature Conservation－Excretion and Temperature Regulation 1002
Historical Note 1002
ⅩLⅦ．RENAL EXCRETION 1005
ⅩLⅧ．THE SKIN AND THE SKIN GLANDS 1049
ⅩLⅨ．THE TEMPERATURE AND HEAT-BALANCE OF THE BODY 1056
BOOK Ⅷ The Provision of Special Chemical Stimulants，and of Measures for Continuance of the Species－The Endocrine Organs and Reproduction 1079
Historical Note 1079
A．Endocrine Organs 1081
L．THE ENDOCRINE ORGANS 1081
B．Reproduction 1125
LⅠ．THE FORMATION OF GERM CELLS 1125
LⅡ．REPRODUCTION IN MAN AND OTHER MAMMALS 1133
LⅢ．THE SECRETION AND PROPERTIES OF MILK 1178
LⅣ．HEREDITY 1187