A Textbook of General Physiology

General physiology has come into a new era. Physical chemistry has reshaped the onceptions of the architecture and behavior of living matter, and the new atomic physics has already reached application in the field of biochemistry. The time seems ripe, the author states, to cast the teaching of physiology in a new mold. While excellent texts written in the light of the newer knowledge are already available, there is still little tendency to adapt the teaching of physiology in elementary form to the modern point of view. The study of chemistry too seldom precedes that of physiology. This book is designed for those who want to study physiology but who lack such extensive preparation. The author aims to emphasize the fundamental facts of physiology, describing for the most part special aspects of the subject only as illustrations of general principles. The more drastic changes in the fourth edition of this