A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools
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Chapters (60)
- 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.
- Preface.
- CONTENTS.
- Chapter I. Introduction.
- Experiments.
- 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).
- Chapter III. The Muscles.
- Additional Experiments.
- Chapter IV. Physical Exercise.
- Chapter V. Food and Drink.
- Important Articles of Diet.
- Experiments.
- Experiments with the Proteids.
- Experiments with Starch.
- Experiments with Milk.
- Experiments with the Sugars.
- Chapter VI. Digestion.
- Absorption.
- Experiments.
- Additional Experiments.
- Experiments with the Fats.
- Chapter VII. The Blood and Its Circulation.
- Additional Experiments.
- Chapter VIII. Respiration.
- Animal Heat.
- Additional Experiments.
- Chapter IX. The Skin and the Kidneys.
- The Kidneys.
- Chapter X. The Nervous System.
- Additional Experiments.
- Chapter XI. The Special Senses.
- Additional Experiments.
- Chapter XII. The Throat and the Voice.
- Additional Experiments.
- Chapter XIII. Accidents and Emergencies.
- Chapter XIV. In Sickness and in Health.
- Poisons and Their Antidotes.
- Bacteria.
- Disinfectants.
- Instructions for the Management of Contagious Diseases.
- 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.
- Glossary.
- Index.
- Footnotes
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