The secret of life. The human machine and how it works / tr. [from the German] by George Rosen ; from the original work by Dr. Kahn

The human biology of today is not the anatomy of 1880, which began with the statement: "The human body consists of

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English Pages 632 [645] Year 1948

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Fritz Kahn

Table of contents :
I FROM ELECTRON TO MAN
Chapter I Life
„ II The Development of Man
II ARCHITECTURE OF THE BODY
Chapter III Connective Tissue and Fat
IV Cartilage, Bones, Joints
V The Theory of Body Proportions
VI The Skeleton
VII The Teeth
III THE MUSCULATURE
Chapter VIII Muscle Structure and Function
IX Principal Muscle Systems
IV THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD
Chapter X The Heart
XI The Blood Vessels
XII The Blood
XIII Lymph
XIV Man and Bacillus
V RESPIRATION
Chapter XV The Respiratory Gases
XVI The Nose
XVII The Lungs
XVIII The Vocal Apparatus
VI DIGESTION
Chapter XIX The Problem of Nutrition
XX The Mouth
XXI The Stomach
XXII The Liver and the Pancreas
XXIII Tice Intestine
VII METABOLISM
Chapter XXIV Fuel Becomes Energy
XXV Nutrition
XXVI Foods
XXVII Mineral Substances
XXVIII Diets and Vitamins
XXIX Hunger and Thirst; Stimulants
XXX Body Temperature
XXXI Hormones
XXXII The Urinary Organs
VIII THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chapter XXXIII The Nerve Cells
XXXIV The Sympathetic Nervous System
XXXV The Central Nervous System
IX THE SKIN AND THE SENSORY ORGANS
Chapter XXXVI The Skin
XXXVII The Sense Organs of the Skin
XXXVIII Taste
XXXIX Smell
XL The Ear
XLI The Eye
XLII The Psychology of Seeing
X THE PASSING-ON OF LIFE
Chapter XLIII Reproduction
XLIV Sex and Human Life
GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL. AND TECHNICAL TERMS

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