Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. 1. The Earliest Concepts 1
5. 2. Biochemical Concepts in Classical Greece 5
6. 3. The Hellenistic Period 25
7. 4. The Early Middle Ages 37
8. 5. Chinese and Indian Concepts 44
9. 6. Arabic Concepts 53
10. 7. The Medieval Period 63
11. 8. Paracelsus and the Beginnings of latrochemistry 81
12. 9. The Transitional Seventeenth Century 92
13. 10. Physiology Comes of Age 111
14. 11. Pneumatic Chemistry and Its Biological Significance 128
15. 12. Animal Chemistry 138
16. 13. Nineteenth-Century Vitalism 149
17. 14. Theories of Digestion and Assimilation in Mid-Nineteenth Century 160
18. 15. Enzymes and Cell Constituents 176
19. 16. Energy Production and Biological Oxidations 189
20. 17. Intermediary Metabolism 201
21. 18. Vitamins 212
22. 19. Hormones 223
23. 20. Afterword 231
24. Notes Index
25. Notes 237
26. Index of Proper Names 275
27. Subject Index 281