A textbook of general physiology. / by Hugh Davson, D.Sc. (Lond.)

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davson, Hugh, 1909-1996.

Contributor:

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physiology.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (autograph) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 846 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second Edition with 384 illustrations including 32 plates.

Distribution:

London : Printed by the Whitefriars Press Ltd.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1959.

Contents:

1. The Structural Basis of Living Matter. I. The individual cell; II. Functional changes in the cell and their mechanisms; III. The nucleoprotein structures and the integration of the cell as a unit; IV. External structures

2. Transformation of Energy in Living Systems. V. Utilization of chemical energy; VI. Heat production and heat loss of animals

3. The Transport of Water and Solutes. VII. Simple Equilibria; VIII. Permeability and the structure of the plasma membrane; IX. The Gibbs-Donnan Equilibrium and the permeability of capillaries; X. Ionic equilibria, bioelectric potentials and active transport; XI. The cerebrospinal and ocular fluids; XII. Absorption from the intestine; XIII. Secretion of acid by the stomach; XIV. The kidney and osmotic regulation

4. Characteristics of Excitable Tissue. XV. Excitability and propagation of the impulse; XVI. Transmission of the impulse; XVII. The sensory response; XVIII. Excitability of cardiac muscle; XIX. Electrical activity in smooth muscle

5. The Mechanism of Contraction of Muscle. XX. Mechanical and thermal aspects of muscular contraction; XXI. Structure and composition of muscle in relation to function

6. Light: Its Effect on, and its Emission by, the Organism. XXII. Photosynthesis, photodynamic action, and the effects of ultra-violet light; XXIII. The Pigmentary response to light; XXIV. Bioluminescence; XXV. Photochemical aspects of views.

Notes:

"First published 1951, Second Edition 1959 © J. & A. Churchill Ltd."

"This new and revised edition is considerably larger than its forebear, although the increase has been partly disguised by a larger page and smaller print ... Thus three new chapters have been added namely Chapter XVII, XVIII and XIX ..."--Preface to the Second Edition.

Contains prefaces to first and second editions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Adams copy has autograph of Mark B. Adams.

Adams copy is "1960 reprint" of Second Edition.

Adams copy is Plate XVI disbound.

Adams copy has underlines.

Other Format:

Online version: Davson, Hugh, 1909-1996. Textbook of general physiology.

OCLC:

1558310