these and many others the author makes grateful acknowledgment.

F.M.W.

MISSOURI STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
SECOND DISTRICT, May 1, 1909.





CONTENTS


Preface
Contents
PART I: THE VITAL PROCESSES
CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II - GENERAL VIEW OF THE BODY
CHAPTER III - THE BODY ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER IV - THE BLOOD
CHAPTER V - THE CIRCULATION
CHAPTER VI - THE LYMPH AND ITS MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BODY
CHAPTER VII - RESPIRATION
CHAPTER VIII - PASSAGE OF OXYGEN THROUGH THE BODY
CHAPTER IX - FOODS AND THE THEORY OF DIGESTION
CHAPTER X - ORGANS AND PROCESSES OF DIGESTION
CHAPTER XI - ABSORPTION, STORAGE, AND ASSIMILATION
CHAPTER XII - ENERGY SUPPLY OF THE BODY
CHAPTER XIII - GLANDS AND THE WORK OF EXCRETION