A Practical PhysiologyA Text-Book for Higher SchoolsReading editionChapter navigation20 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…A Text-Book for Higher SchoolsPreface.Chapter I · Introduction.Chapter II · The Bones.Chapter III · The Muscles.Chapter IV · Physical Exercise.Chapter V · Food and Drink.Chapter VI · Digestion.Chapter VII · The Blood and Its Circulation.Chapter VIII · Respiration.Chapter IX · The Skin and the Kidneys.Chapter X · The Nervous System.Chapter XI · The Special Senses.Chapter XII · The Throat and the Voice.Chapter XIII · Accidents and Emergencies.Chapter XIV · In Sickness and in Health.Chapter XV · Experimental Work in Physiology.Glossary.Index.FootnotesBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Preface.All chapters and sections (20)Other sectionsA Text-Book for Higher SchoolsPreface.Chapters123456789101112131415Other sectionsGlossary.Index.FootnotesBy Albert F. Blaisdell, M.D.Author of “Child’s Book of Health,” “How to Keep Well,” “Our Bodies and How We Live,” Etc., Etc.Notes in this chapterNote 1 · [Transcriber’s Note: Figures 162-167 have been renumbered. In the original, Figure 162 was labeled as 161; 163 as 162; etc.]Preface. →