CONTENTS


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CHAPTER I

DEFINITION OF DISEASE.--CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING MATTER.--CELLS AS
THE LIVING UNITS.--AMOEBA AS TYPE OF A UNICELLULAR ANIMAL.--THE
RELATION OF LIVING MATTER TO ENVIRONMENT.--CAPACITY OF ADAPTATION TO
ENVIRONMENT SHOWN BY LIVING MATTER.--INDIVIDUALITY OF LIVING
MATTER.--THE CAUSES OF DISEASE EXTRINSIC.--THE RELATION OF THE HUMAN
BODY TO THE ENVIRONMENT.--THE SURFACES OF THE BODY.--THE INCREASE OF
SURFACE BY GLAND FORMATION.--THE REAL INTERIOR OF THE BODY REPRESENTED
BY THE VARIOUS STRUCTURES PLACED BETWEEN THE SURFACES.--THE FLUIDS OF
THE BODY.--THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.--THE HEART AND BLOOD-VESSELS.--THE
CELLS OF THE BLOOD.--THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 9

CHAPTER II

NO SHARP LINE OF DEMARCATION BETWEEN HEALTH AND DISEASE.--THE
FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIVE AND FORMATIVE ACTIVITIES OF CELLS.--DESTRUCTION
AND REPAIR CONSTANT PROCESSES IN LIVING MATTER.--INJURIES TO THE
BODY.--THE EFFECT OF HEAT.--THE ACTION OF POISONS.--THE LESIONS OF
DISEASE.--REPAIR.--THE LAWS GOVERNING REPAIR.--RELATION OF REPAIR TO
COMPLEXITY OF STRUCTURE AND AGE.--THE RESERVE FORCE OF THE
BODY.--COMPENSATORY PROCESSES IN THE BODY.--OLD AGE.--THE DIMINUTION
OF RESISTANCE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT A PROMINENT FACTOR IN
OLD AGE.--DEATH.--HOW BROUGHT ABOUT.--CHANGES IN THE BODY AFTER