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