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Subject Index 



Ammonium salts in metabolism, 



209-210 

 Anaemia, erythrocytes in, 199 

 Anions, excretion of, 209, 210 



in infancy, 211-213 

 Antidiuretic hormone, 12, 37, 46, 

 47, 53, 55, 92, 238-240 

 in congestive heart failure, 280 

 Anuria, due to respiratory infection, 



268 

 Aqueous humour, concentration of 



ions in, 25-26, 28, 29 

 Ash, in rat body, 120-124 



relation to body composition, 118, 

 122 



Bicarbonate, excretion of, in respir- 

 atory acidosis, 265-266 

 in pancreatic juice, 64 

 in parotid saliva, 64 

 Blood-brain barrier, 26 

 Blood volume, effect of age, 243 

 Body, composition of, effect of 

 protein and mineral intake, 

 116-138 

 water in, 102-115 

 Bone, magnesium in, 309 



Calcium, effect of diet on, 120, 121, 

 127-128, 132, 138 

 in body of rat, 120, 121, 127-128, 



132, 138 

 in foetal urine, 218 

 Carbonic anhydrase, 218, 223 

 control of urinary pH, 210 

 Cardiac output, effect on kidneys, 

 234, 248, 267 

 in congestive failure, 272, 276 

 Castration, 227 



effect on adrenal glands, 197-198 

 Cells, age changes in, 199-205 

 electrolytes and water in, 15-35 

 electrolyte transfer in, effect of 



heat, 19 

 membrane of , permeability of , 1 6-3 1 

 osmotic equilibrium of, 18 

 Cerebral hypoxia, in congestive 



heart failure, 286 

 Cerebrospinal fluid, concentration 



of ions in, 25-26 

 Children, water in body of, 103-106 

 Chlorides, effect of diet on, 120, 121, 

 126, 132 



Chlorides 



excretion of, in congestive heart 



failure, 276, 277, 278, 284-285 

 in babies' urine, 211 

 in erythrocytes, 203 

 in foetal urine, 217 

 in rat body, 120, 121, 126, 132 

 in sweat, 64, 74 

 in tears, 64, 71 

 loss of, during labour, 90 

 Chorioallantoic membrane, 218 

 Circulation, effects of deficiency of 



water, 160, 163 

 Citric acid, excretion of, 217, 218, 



221, 222 

 Cold, effect on osmolarity of cell, 



24 

 Congestive heart failure, aldo- 

 sterone excretion in, 280, 

 292-293, 298, 300 

 cerebral hypoxia in, 286 

 humoral factors, 279-288 

 neural factors, 279-288 

 renal changes in, 275-279 

 renal function in, 271-275 

 salt and water retention in, 288- 

 293 



water and electrolyte metabolism 

 in, 271-300 

 Connective tissue, water and elec- 

 trolytes in, 27 

 Cor pulmonale, renal function in, 



266-267 

 Cortexone, effect on potassium ex- 

 cretion, 174, 175 

 effect on sodium excretion, 174, 



175, 177 

 effect on water loss, 174, 175 

 Cortisol, effect on potassium excre- 

 tion, 188, 189, 192-194, 196 

 effect on sodium excretion, 187- 



188, 189, 192-194, 196 

 effect on sodium/potassium ratio, 



190-192, 193-194, 196 

 effect on urinary output, 187, 188, 

 192-194, 196 

 Cortisone, effect on adrenal glands, 

 175-176 

 effect on diuresis, 13 

 effect on potassium excretion, 171, 



172, 176, 178 

 effect on sodium excretion, 171, 



172, 173, 176, 178 

 effect on water loss, 171, 172 

 Creatinine excretion, 249 



