Part Ⅰ．General Metabolic Considerations 1
1．ENERGETICS AND METABOLISM＆by Arthur Grollman 3
2．CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM＆by John P．Peters 16
3．LIPID METABOLISM＆by John P．Peters 67
4．PROTEIN METABOLISM＆by John P．Peters 115
5．VITAMINS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE＆by William Bennett Bean 160
6．WATER AND ELECTROLYTE METABOLISM＆by Donald W．Seldin 178
7．METABOLIC DISEASES＆by Arthur Grollman 214
Part Ⅱ．The Cardiovascular System 237
8．GENERAL HEMODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS＆by Carleton B．Chapman 239
9．PHYSIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF CLINICAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY＆by Robert P．Grant 287
10．DISTURBANCES IN MYOCARDIAL METABOLISM＆by Richard J．Bing 308
11．CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE＆by Richard J．Bing 314
12．CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE＆by M．Irené Ferrer and Réjane M．Harvey 324
13．ALTERATIONS IN BLOOD PRESSURE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO HYPERTENSION＆by Arthur Grollman 359
Part Ⅲ．The Respiratory System 379
14．NORMAL RESPIRATORY AND PULMONARY CIRCULATORY FUNCTIONS＆by A．Cournand and D．W．Richards 381
15．PHYSIOLOGIC DERANGEMENTS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM＆by A．Cournand and D．W．Richards 416
Part Ⅳ．The Digestive System 451
16．THE DIGESTIVE TRACT＆by Theodore L．Althausen and John V．Carbone 453
17．THE PANCREAS＆by Theodore L．Althausen and Kahn Uyeyama 479
18．THE LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT＆by Victor M．Sborov 490
Part Ⅴ．The Hematopoietic System 507
19．THE BLOOD AND BLOOD-FORMING ORGANS＆by Arthur Grollman 509
20．THE COAGULATION OF THE BLOOD＆by Leandro M．Tocantins 532
Part Ⅵ．The Endocrine System 547
21．ENDOCRINE DYSFUNCTION＆by Arthur Grollman 549
22．THE ADENOHYPOPHYSIS＆by Frank L．Engel 560
23．THE POSTERIOR LOBE OF THE PITUITARY＆by Louis G．Welt 586
24．THE THYROID＆by Paul Starr 602
25．THE PARATHYROID GLANDS＆by John Eager Howard 625
26．THE ADRENAL CORTEX＆by Jerome W．Conn and Stefan S．Fajans 636
27．THE MALE AND FEMALE SEX ORGANS＆by Carl G．Heller 667
Part Ⅶ．The Renal Excretory System 689
28．PHYSIOLOGY OF RENAL FUNCTION＆by Charles H．Burnett 691
29．RENAL FAILURE＆by Charles H．Burnett 704
Part Ⅷ．The Locomotor System 723
30．THE NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM＆by David Grob 725
31．THE BONES＆by Arthur Grollman 757
Part Ⅸ．Infection and Immunity 771
32．RESISTANCE TO INFECTION＆by A．I．Braude 773
33．DISTURBANCES INDUCED BY INFECTIOUS AGENTS＆by A．I．Braude 796
INDEX 813