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Subject Index 



Sodium, and adrenal function, 166 

 deficiency of, causing liyponatrae- 

 mia, 44-45 

 effects due to, 140 

 See also Hyponatraemia 

 effect of protein intake on, 121, 126, 



132 

 effect on water intake, 37 

 excess of, 140, 144, 145-146, 226 



See also Hypernatraemia 

 exchangeable amounts in body, 108 

 exchange of, in cell, 18, 19, 20, 21, 



22, 24, 30, 34 

 excretion of, 62-63 



after water loading, 167-169 



during exercise, 279 



effect of ACTH and cortisone, 



176, 177, 178 

 effect of aldosterone, 183, 185, 



192-194, 196 

 effect of cortexone, 174, 175, 



177 

 effect of Cortisol, 187-188, 189, 



192-194 

 effect of cortisone, 171, 172, 



173, 178 

 effect of vasopressin, 170 

 in congestive heart failure, 



277, 288, 289, 299 

 in pancreatic juice, 63, 65, 71 

 in parotid saliva, 62-63, 65, 



66, 69, 71 

 in respiratory acidosis, 266 

 in sweat, 62-63, 65, 66, 69, 71, 



74, 75, 76, 77 

 in tears, 63, 65, 71, 75, 76 

 in body of rat, 120, 121, 126, 132 

 in erythrocytes, 200, 201-202, 203, 



206, 207, 208 

 in foetal urine, 217 

 in plasma, 65 

 in saliva, during menstrual cycle, 



83-88 

 in submaxillary gland, 71-72 

 loss of, in adrenal hyperplasia, 



79-80 

 ranges of intake, 142 

 retention of, in congestive heart 

 failure, 288 

 in pregnancy, 88-89 

 Sodium/potassium ratios, during 

 menstrual cycle, 83-88 

 effect of aldosterone on, 184- 

 185, 186-187, 192-194, 196- 

 197 



Sodium/potassium ratios 



effect of Cortisol on, 190-192, 

 193-194, 196 



in saliva, 94 

 Sodium pump, 203, 207 

 Starvation, effect of age, 226 

 Steroid metabolism, changes due 



to age, 90-92 

 Stress, effect on kidney, 260 

 Sublingual gland, electrolytes in, 



69-70 

 Submaxillary gland, electrolytes 



in, 69-70 

 Sweat, 100 



chloride in, 64, 74 



in mercury poisoning, 99 



potassium excretion in, 63, 64, 65, 

 74, 76, 77 



sodium excretion in, 62-63, 65, 66, 

 69, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77 



urea in, 67-69 



Tears, chloride in, 64, 71 



sodium excretion in, 63, 65, 71, 75, 

 76 



urea in, 67-69 

 Thirst, effect of, 143, 144 



failure of, 41-43 

 Thirst centre, 37 

 Toxaemia of pregnancy, 88, 89-90 



Urea, excretion of, 40-41, 73 

 in pancreatic juice, 68-69 

 in parotid saliva, 67-69, 75 

 in plasma, 67 

 in sweat, 67-69 

 in tears, 67-69 

 Urine, acids excreted in, 210, 215- 

 217, 221, 222 

 detection of, 220-221 

 ammonium salts in, 209-210 

 in babies, 210-211 

 in foetus, 217 



magnesium excretion in, 305, 309 

 output, effect of aldosterone on, 

 182, 192-194, 196 

 effect of Cortisol, 187, 188, 192- 

 , 194, 196 

 pH of, 209-210, 211-212, 215, 221, 



222 

 potassium in, during menstrual 



cycle, 84-88 

 sodium in, during menstrual cycle, 

 84-88 



