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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PART II THE VITAL FUNCTIONS
- CHAPTER I OBJECTS OF NUTRITION
- CHAPTER II NUTRITION IN VEGETABLES
- CHAPTER III ANIMAL NUTRITION IN GENERAL
- CHAPTER IV NUTRITION IN THE LOWER ORDERS OF ANIMALS
- CHAPTER V NUTRITION IN THE HIGHER ORDERS OF ANIMALS
- CHAPTER VI PREPARATION OF FOOD
- CHAPTER VII DIGESTION
- CHAPTER VIII CHYLIFICATION
- CHAPTER IX LACTEAL ABSORPTION
- CHAPTER X CIRCULATION
- CHAPTER XI RESPIRATION
- CHAPTER XII SECRETION
- CHAPTER XIII ABSORPTION
- CHAPTER XIV NERVOUS POWER
- PART III THE SENSORIAL FUNCTIONS
- PART IV THE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS
- INDEX
CHAPTER XIII - ABSORPTION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PART II THE VITAL FUNCTIONS
- CHAPTER I OBJECTS OF NUTRITION
- CHAPTER II NUTRITION IN VEGETABLES
- CHAPTER III ANIMAL NUTRITION IN GENERAL
- CHAPTER IV NUTRITION IN THE LOWER ORDERS OF ANIMALS
- CHAPTER V NUTRITION IN THE HIGHER ORDERS OF ANIMALS
- CHAPTER VI PREPARATION OF FOOD
- CHAPTER VII DIGESTION
- CHAPTER VIII CHYLIFICATION
- CHAPTER IX LACTEAL ABSORPTION
- CHAPTER X CIRCULATION
- CHAPTER XI RESPIRATION
- CHAPTER XII SECRETION
- CHAPTER XIII ABSORPTION
- CHAPTER XIV NERVOUS POWER
- PART III THE SENSORIAL FUNCTIONS
- PART IV THE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS
- INDEX
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- Animal and Vegetable PhysiologyConsidered with Reference to Natural Theology, pp. 351 - 353Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1834