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INDEX. 



IDIOSYNCRASY as a factor in dietetics, 

 147 



Igniting juice, 101 



Institute for Experimental Medicine, 

 St. Petersburg, work of the laboratory 

 of the, 1 ; surgical department of, 

 16 et seq., 183 ; animals used by 183, 

 184 ; staff and funds of, 185 



Intestine (duodenum), gastric glands 

 influenced by reflex action from the, 

 110. 



KLEMENSIEWICZ, collection of gastric 



juice by, 11 

 Kreatin, ineffective as an exciter of the 



flow of gastric juice, 97 

 Kreatinin, not an exciter of the flow of 



gastric juice, 97 

 Kwas, a Eussian drink, 140, 141 



LACTIC acid as a possible factor in 



digestion, 120, 140, 141 

 Latent period in the secretion of gastric 



juice, 38, 124 ; on the response of 



the pancreas to stimuli, 59, 124 

 Lime-water, effect of, on the flow of 



pancreatic juice, 113-115 

 Literature on which these lectures were 



based, 187-189 



MEALS, significance of customs con- 

 nected with, 133 et seq. 



Meat-broth as an excitant of the gastric 

 glands, 96, 139, 140 



Meat extractives as exciters of flow of 

 gastric juice, 97 ; of bile flow, 156, 

 157 



Mechanical stimulus of stomach-wall in- 

 capable of producing a flow of gastric 

 juice, 86 et seq., 135 



Medicine, past and future, 176 et seq. ; 

 progress dependent on experiment, 

 177 et seq. 



Mett's method of determining the 

 proteolytic power of digestive fluids, 

 25, 26 



Milk, influence of, in exciting the secre- 

 tion of gastric juice, when mixed with 

 flesh and bread, 21 ; its influence on 

 the pancreas, 22, 122, 143 ; relation 

 of diet of, to digestive power of pan- 

 creatic juice, 29, 30, 143 ; and to that 

 of gastric juice, 33 ct seq., 78 et seq., 



105 ct seq., 143 et seq. ; flow of gastric 



juice excited by, 97 ; use of, as a 



food, 140, 142 ct seq. 

 Mixed diet, effect of on flow of gastric 



juice, 21 

 Mucus, hypersecretion of, in stomach 



under the influence of irritants, 168 ; 



a normal physiological defensive 



function, 168 ct seq. 

 Mustard, without action as a stimulant 



on the pancreas, 115 ; effect of oil of, 



in inducing hypersecretion of mucus 



in stomach, 168 



NERVES, secretory, for salivary glands, 



45 et seq. ; methods for determining 



the function of nerves, 47 et seq. 

 Nerve apparatus, complete form of, 63 ; 



centrifugal nerves, as parts of, 63 ; 



centripetal nerves, as parts of, 63 

 Nerve-cell as part of a complete nerve 



apparatus, 63 ; specific sensibility of, 



64 

 Nerve impulse, place of origin of, 63 ; 



paths of conduction of, 63 

 Nitrate of silver, effect of, in inducing 



hypersecretion of mucus in stomach, 



168 ; disease of peptic glands set up 



artificially by, 169, 170 

 Nutritive value of food, new criterion 



of, 144 



CESOPHAGOTOMY practised for separat- 

 ing the mouth from direct connection 

 with the stomach, 9 



Oil, effect of, on the digestive process 

 when associated with flesh, 103 et seq. ; 

 on the flow of pancreatic juice, 121 

 et seq. 



PANCREAS, method of studying rate of 

 its secretion by temporary fistulas, 4 ; 

 by " permanent " fistula 1 , 5 ; the 

 method devised and adopted by the 

 authors, 5 ; Fodera's method, 8 ; in- 

 fluence of milk on its activity, 22, 24 ; 

 methods of determining the amylo- 

 lytic activity of secretion from, 27 ; 

 digestive power of secretion from, 

 after a milk diet, 29, 30 ; action of 

 secretion of, on different foods, 38 

 et seq. ; adaptability of to required 

 conditions, 41 ct seq. ; effect of sen- 



