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INDEX. 



Soda inhibitory of free flow of pan- 

 creatic juice, 115, 126 

 Sodium bicarbonate, use of, for animals 

 with pancreatic fistulas, 7 ; inhibitory 

 to the secretion of gastric juice, 95, 

 96, 145, 146 ; and to that of pan- 

 creatic juice, 126,145, 146 

 Sodium salts, therapeutic use of, 145 

 Spices, use of, at meals, 134, 137, 139 

 Starch, use of, in Mett's tubes, for 

 determining the amylolytic power of 

 digestive fluids, 27, 150 ; digestion of, 

 38 ; power of the pancreatic secretion 

 for digestion of, 39 ; not an exciter of 

 the flow of gastric juice, 97, 98 ; 

 except when eaten by the animal, 100, 



102 ; effect of mixture with flesh, 102, 



103 ; action of, on the pancreas, 120 ; 

 ineffective in causing flow of bile, 

 156 



Stomach, tactile sensations of, 90 et seq. ; 

 miniature, experimental value of, 

 as a clue to the effects of influences 

 on the large, 107 ; the functional con- 

 nection between the two stomachs, 



107 et seq. ; defects in Heidenhain's 

 method of forming a gastric pouch, 



108 et seq. ; glands of, not influenced 

 by stimulation of the rectum, 109 ; 

 but they do receive reflex impulses 

 from the duodenum, 109 et seq. ; 

 discharge of acid contents of, regu- 

 lated by alkalinity being set up in 

 the duodenum through the increased 

 flow of pancreatic juice, 164 et seq. ; 

 as also by fat in the duodenum, 166 ; 

 effect of irritants in inducing hyper- 

 secretion of mucus in, 168 ; defensive 

 purpose of such secretions, 168, 169 



Stomach-pouch (see Stomach, miniature) 



Sublimate solution, effect of, in in- 

 ducing hypersecretion of mucus in 

 stomach, 168 



Submaxillary gland, properties of saliva 

 from, 68 



Succagogues, supposed action of sodium 

 salts as, 145 



Succus entericus, Thiry's method of 



obtaining, 11 ; ignorance as to the 

 functions of the, 159 ; influence of, 

 on the proteolytic ferment of the 

 pancreatic fluid, 159 ; flow of water 

 not of, induced by mechanical stimu- 

 lus, 160 



Sugar, use of, in determining amylo- 

 lytic power, 27 ; action of, on the 

 pancreas, 115 



Surgery, importance of, in physiological 

 study, 15, 16 ; as exemplified by the 

 special set of rooms in the Institute 

 of Experimental Medicine, St. Peters- 

 burg, 16-19 



Sweets, use of, at meals, 140, 141 



Sympathetic nerve, connection of, with 

 the stomach, 48 ; with the pancreas, 

 59 et seq. 



THIRY, method of obtaining succus 



entericus devised by, 11 

 Trophic nerves, 46, 53 

 Trypsin, digestive power of, 26 ; after a 



milk diet, 29, 30 ; presence of, in the 



pancreatic juice, 163 



ULCER round, in stomach, pathological 

 conditions associated with, 171 ct seq. ; 

 the probable seat and cause of the 

 diseased state, 171, 172 



VAGI, connection of, with the digestive 

 process, 48 et seq. ; with the pancreas, 

 57 



Vegetables, use of, at meals, 141 



Vinegar, use of, at meals, 141 



WATER, special nerve for inducing the 

 secretion of, from salivary glands, 46 ; 

 as an exciter of the flow of gastric 

 juice, 94 ct seq. ; effect of a mixture 

 of starch, flesh and, 102, 103 ; as an 

 exciter of pancreatic juice, 113, 125 ; 

 use of, at meals, 140 ; ineffective in 

 causing flow of bile, 156 ; need of 

 ample supply of, for preparation of 

 gastric juice, 176 



Wine, use of, at meals, 141 



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