INDEX 



ACID, effect of, on sub-maxillary gland, 

 68, 70 ; on the pancreas, 113, 116, 118 ; 

 as an excitant of the parotid secre- 

 tion, 152 ; ineffective in causing flow 

 of bile, 156 



Acidity of gastric juice, 87 ; of diges- 

 tive fluids as factor in digestion, 118 

 et scq., 141 ct scq. 



"Acute" experiments, disturbing in- 

 fluence of, in physiological investiga- 

 tions, 15 



Afferent or centripetal nerves. See 

 Nerve apparatus 



Albumen, use of, from white of egg in 

 determining proteolytic power, 25, 26, 



28, 29 ; ineffective as an exciter of 

 flow of gastric juice, 99, 100 ; but 

 becomes an exciter during diges- 

 tion, 100, 101 ; effect of, on the pan- 

 creas, 115 ; ineffective in causing flow 

 of bile, 156 ; digestive products of, 

 as exciters of the bile, 156, 157 ; in- 

 fluence of the succus entericus on the 

 digestion of, 161, 162 



Albumose, ineffective as an exciter of 

 gastric juice, 96 



Alcohol, use of, at meals, 133, 139, 140 ; 

 effect of, in inducing hypersecretion 

 of mucus in stomach, 168 



Alkaline compounds as stimuli of the 

 pancreas, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118 ; 

 inhibitory effect of, on flow of pan- 

 creatic juice, 126 ; influence of, on 

 digestion, 145 ; as a remedy for 

 gastric hypersecretion, 146, 175 



Alkalinity as a factor in digestion, 118 

 et seq. 



Amylolytic power, means of deter- 

 mining, by estimation of the sugar 

 formed, and with starch paste in 

 Mett's tubes, 27 ; after a milk diet, 



29, 30 ; of pancreatic juice, 39 et scq. ; 

 influence of bread and meat on, 120 ; 

 of bile, 157 



Anabolic nerve, 46 



Appetite (see " Desire for Food " under 

 Gastric Juice; Salivary Glands; Sham 

 feeding), the complex character of 

 the sensation, 90, 91 ; importance of 

 for digestion, 133 etseq. ; influence of 

 bitters on, 138 



Atropin, inhibitory effects of on gland 

 secretions, 55 



BACTERIOLOGY in relation to experi- 

 mental pathology, physiology and 

 therapeutics, 131 ct seq., 174, 178 



Bile, action of, on pepsin, 118, 157, 158 ; 

 ignorance as to function of, 154, 155 ; 

 faulty earlier methods of investiga- 

 tion, 155; new method, 156; non- 

 exciters and exciters of the flow 

 of, 156, 157 ; the work of the, 157 ; 

 influence of, on the ferments of the 

 pancreatic juice, 157 ; and on its rate 

 of flow, 158 



Bitters, therapeutic influence of, 

 138 



Blondlot's theory of digestion, 111 



Borrisow on Mett's method of estimating 

 digestive power, 26 



Botkin, S. P., tribute to, 1, 148, 185, 186 



Bread, influence of, in exciting the 

 secretion of gastric juice, when it is 

 mixed with meat and milk, 21 ; rela- 

 tion between diet of, and digestive 

 power of gastric juice, 34 et scq. ; 

 effect of, on the parotid secretion, 68 

 et seq. ; effect of, in exciting secre- 

 tion of gastric juice, 70, 102 ; in- 

 effective when introduced into the 

 stomach without the animal's know- 

 ledge, 99 ; effect of, in increasing the 

 amylolytic action of the pancreatic 

 fluid, 120 ; advantages of combining 

 butter or fat with, 142 



Butyric acid as an exciter of gastric 

 secretion, 154 



