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CONTENTS
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| Introduction—Movement in general—Molecular movements—Muscles—Organ and function—Muscular contraction | 1 | |
| Myograph—Electricity as stimulus—Action of nerve—Continuous current—Interrupted current—Induction coil—Graphic method—Time in physiological phenomena—Chronographs—Study of contraction—Latent period | 33 | |
| Study of tetanus or cramp—Simple contraction and muscle curve—Muscle sound—Elasticity of muscle—Inherent irritability of muscle—White blood corpuscles—Cilia—Structure of muscle— End-plates in muscle | 69 | |
| Action of a nerve—Rapidity of nerve-current—Nature of nerve-current—Analogy with electric current—Nerveless animals—Heat in muscle—Muscles liberate mechanical energy and heat—Chemical changes in muscle | 102 | |
