The Physiological Basis of Medical Practice: A Text in Applied Physiology

Abstract

Well known to medical students and practitioners is this book of physiology and its interpretation of the subject for medical practice. The various phases of physiology are constantly changing as research provides new information. Any book that is intended to provide up-to-date information on this subject must undergo review periodically. The present edition is an authoritative and easily read compilation of the newer findings and their practical application from a physiologic point of view. Eighty-one chapters have been written to provide informative discussions on the blood and lymph, circulation, respiration, excretion of urine, digestion, metabolism and nutrition, the ductless glands, the nervous system, respiration and the special senses. Figures and tables are used freely and supplement the textual matter for the convenience of the reader. Each page is divided into two columns, which is in keeping with a trend that seems to be occurring in medical books. The small size