Excerpt from Applied Physiology: Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics

This text-book of Applied Physiology was suggested by a series of popular lectures in which the author presented the essential principles of physiology about which a physician is consulted daily. His explanations of many common facts were entirely novel to the auditors, and on investigation it was found that the school text-books were silent upon many of these points, especially in regard to the cells, where the essential vital functions of the body are carried on. Throughout this book the fact that the cells are the units in which life exists and acts is emphasized.

The author has endeavored to include all the useful points of the older text-books, and to add such new matter as the recent progress of physiological and hygienic science demands. He has avoided technical terms, and has sought to express the truths in simple language such as he would use in instructing a mother as to the nature of the sickness of her child.

The subject of alcohol is discussed in all its aspects. Its evil effects are not exaggerated, but the alleged good from the use of strong drink is contrasted with its dangers in a judicial manner, which appeals to men far more effectively than dogmatic abuse. The relation of alcoholic indulgence to other forms of intemperance, as excessive sugar eating, is also explained.

The essential act of respiration is oxidation within the cells.

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