Subject Index 



323 



Dehydration, effect on water intake, 4 



in labour, 94, 95 

 Dehydration reaction, 38-39, 47 

 Diabetes insipidus, causing loss of 



water, 39, 42-43 

 Diarrhoea, causing hypernatraemia, 



58 

 Dibenamine, effect on kidney, 281, 



282 

 Diet, effect on body composition, 

 117-138 



effect on electrolytes, 116-138 



effect on homeostasis, 143-144 

 Diuresis, effect of adrenal glands, 13 



effect of adrenaline, 9, 14 



effect of age, 6-10, 238-240 



effect of cortisone, 13 



effect of hypoxia, 8 



effect of pitressin, 7-8, 11 



effect of vasopressin, 12, 13 



in congestive heart failure, 272-273, 

 275 



Electrolytes, cellular aspects of, 



15-35 

 changes in due to age, 241, 311-312 

 deprivation of, 144 

 during pregnancy, 88-90 

 effect of diet, 116-138 

 effect of hormones on, 313-314 

 effect of hypercapnia, 265 

 effect on mineral content of body, 



125 

 effect on protein body content, 125 

 excretion of, response to adrenal 



steroids, 180-194, 196-198 

 glandular secretion of, 62-77 

 hormonal aspects of, 78-98 

 in congestive heart failure, 271-300 

 in muscle, 164 



in parenteral fluid therapy, 146-148 

 metabolism of, in infancy, 154-164 

 regulation of, by kidney, 229-249 

 total exchangeable in body, 108 

 See also under Sodium, Potassium, 



etc. 

 Erythrocyte, electrolytes and water 



in, 17-21, 199-208 

 in foetus, 204, 205, 206 

 in sheep, 200-203, 204, 206 

 Extracellular fluid, equilibrium 



with plasma, 15-16 

 volume of, changes due to age, 



244 

 Eyes, water content of, 28, 29 



Fat, in body, 113, 114, 115, 129, 132 

 in rat body, 119 



Fluids, metabolic disturbances, rea- 

 sons for, 154r-155 



Foetus, acid-base balance in, 217-219 

 haemoglobin in, 203 

 urine in, 217 



Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium, 15-18, 



27, 28, 30 

 Glomerular filtration rate, changes 



with age, 231, 238, 246 

 effects of pyrogen, 237 

 in congestive heart failure, 275, 



277 

 Growth, body water changes due to, 



103-106 

 diet in, 116-138 

 effect on electrolytes, 160 

 in mice, 136 

 in rats, 136 



Haemoglobin, changes in due to age, 

 203, 206, 207 



foetal, 203, 206, 207 



in sheep, 202-203 

 Heart, effect of potassium on, 95-96 

 Heart failure, congestive {see Con- 

 gestive heart failure) 

 Homeostasis, disturbances of, in 

 infants, 154-157 



effect of hormones on, 165-179 



of water and electrolytes, effect of 

 age, 139-153 

 Hormones, effect on electrolytes, 

 313-314 



effect on homeostasis, 165-179 

 Hydrogen ion gradients, 34 

 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids, effect 



on water and electrolytes, 79 

 Hypercapnia, renal effects of, 265- 



266 

 Hypernatraemia, and cerebral dis- 

 turbances, 36-44 



due to diarrhoea, 58 



due to water deficiency, 38-44 

 Hypertension, renal aspects of, 258 

 Hypertonic saline, effect on hypo- 



natraemia, 50 

 Hyponatraemia, 44-55, 95 



and cerebral disturbances, 36-37 



and steroid output, 60 

 Hypothalamus, effect on thirst, 37 

 Hypoxia, effect on diuresis, 8 



