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Subject Index 



Infants, electrolyte metabolism in, 



78-79, 154^164 

 water metabolism in, 78-79, 154- 



164 

 water retention in, 96-98 



17-Ketosteroids, excretion of, 



changes due to age, 91 

 Kidney, blood flow in, 248 

 age changes, 234-235 

 in congestive heart failure, 272, 

 273-274, 276, 282, 283, 284, 

 287 

 changes in due to age, 227-228, 



229-249, 253-254 

 changes in due to congestive failure, 



275 

 concentrating ability of, age varia- 

 tions, 11-12, 243-244 

 diseases of, effect of age, 250-263 

 effect of Dibenamine, 281, 282 

 effect of obesity on, 254, 255, 260 

 effects of potassium deficiency on, 



262-263 

 effects of pyrogen, 235-238 

 effect of water deficiency on, 43 

 enzymes in, changes in due to age, 



245 

 function of, 229 



in respiratory failure, 264-270 

 glomerular filtration rate, changes 

 due to age, 231, 248 

 in congestive heart failure, 

 275, 277 

 growth of, 251-252 

 hormonal damage to, 256-258, 262 

 in cor pulmonale, 266-267 

 lesions of, causing loss of water, 39 

 overloading of, producing "senile" 



changes, 254-^255, 260 

 plasma flow in, changes with age, 

 229-231, 235 

 effects of pyrogen, 237-238 

 regeneration of, 252-253 

 role of in water and electrolyte 



regulation, 229-249 

 tubular excretion of, changes due to 

 age, 233, 247 



Labour, dehydration during, 94, 95 

 Lungs, effects of age on, 264 



Magnesium, deficiency of, 301-310 

 signs of, 304, 307, 309-310 



Magnesium 



in body of rat, 120, 121 



in bone, 309 



in plasma, 99-100 

 Malnutrition, effect on body fluids, 



156-157 

 Menstrual cycle, acid-base balance 

 during, 93 



effect on water and electrolytes, 

 81-88 



electrolyte changes during, 93 



sodium/potassium ratios during, 

 83-88 

 Mental excitement, due to mag- 

 nesium deficiency, 304, 307, 309- 



310 

 Mercury poisoning, excretion of 



sweat in, 99 

 Metabolic disturbances in infants, 



154-164 

 Metabolism, comparison between 



infant and adult, 157-159 

 Mineral, intake of, effect on body 



composition, 116-138 

 Muscle, analysis of in sodium de- 

 ficiency, 49-50 



composition of, 23 



electrolytes in, 21-22, 164, 224-225 



potassium in, 289-291 



water in, 21-22, 113, 163-164 



Nephrectomy, effects of, 252, 255, 



257 

 Nitrogen, excretion, changes due to 

 age, 243 



in rat body, 120, 121 



Obesity, effects on kidney, 254, 255, 



260 

 Oestrogens, effect on water reten- 

 tion, 79, 84, 86 



excretion of, changes due to age, 91 

 Osmotic diuresis, 40 



Pancreatic juice, bicarbonate in, 64 

 sodium excretion in, 63, 65, 71 

 urea in, 68-69 

 Parenteral fluid therapy, 144, 



146-148, 151 

 Parotid saliva, bicarbonate in, 64 

 potassium excretion in, 63, 64, 

 65, 74, 75 



