General Zoology

This little book contains a surprisingly large number of good descriptions of experimental techniques, presented with enough theory to make them intelligible. The chapters deal with blood, the circulation, respiration, muscle, peripheral nerve, the physical basis of body heat exchanges, and electronics in physiology. The methods are all physical rather than chemical, and such topics as electro-cardiography, electro-encephalography, and the special senses have been intentionally excluded. Among the many instruments described are an improved photoelectric oximeter, an electromagnetic flowmeter for blood in an artery, an infra-red analyzer for carbon dioxide gas, and a transistor stimulator circuit. The 290 references should make the book especially useful to students planning to begin physiological research.