Chapter 2

NO SHARP LINE OF DEMARCATION BETWEEN HEALTH AND DISEASE.--THE FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIVE AND FORMATIVE ACTIVITIES OF CELLS.--DESTRUCTION AND REPAIR CONSTANT PROCESSES IN LIVING MATTER.--INJURIES TO THE BODY.--THE EFFECT OF HEAT.--THE ACTION OF POISONS.--THE LESIONS OF DISEASE.--REPAIR.--THE LAWS GOVERNING REPAIR.--RELATION OF REPAIR TO COMPLEXITY OF STRUCTURE AND AGE.--THE RESERVE FORCE OF THE BODY.--COMPENSATORY PROCESSES IN THE BODY.--OLD AGE.--THE DIMINUTION OF RESISTANCE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT A PROMINENT FACTOR IN OLD AGE.--DEATH.--HOW BROUGHT ABOUT.--CHANGES IN THE BODY AFTER DEATH.--THE RECOGNITION OF DEATH 40