OF THE FUNCTION Of THE INTESTINES, 



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The gas of the caecum and rectum of the third was examined 

 separately. Caecum, 



Oxygen O,OO 



Carbonic acid - 12,5O 



Pure hydrogen - 7 ,50 



Carburetted hydrogen - 12,50 



Azote - 67,50 



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 Rectum, 



Oxygen 0,OO 



Carbonic acid 42,86 



Carburetted hydrogen - 11,18 



Azote .... 45,96 



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Some traces of sulfuretted hydrogen appeared upon the 

 mercury before the last analysis was commenced. 

 Berzelius finds human excrement to consist of 



Water - - 73,3 



Remains of vegetable and animal \ ft 

 matter - / 



Bile - - 0,9 



Albumen 0,9 



Peculiar extractive matter 2,7 



Matter composed of altered bile, ") , ._ 

 resin, animal matter, &c. - j 



Satys, ----- 1,2 



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The excrements of brutes have been analysed, but not to an 

 extent capable of affording general views. 



