XX CONTENTS 



CHAPTER LXXIII PAGE 



URIC ACID AND THE PURINE BODIES (CONT'D) 643 



Source of Endogenous Purines, 643; Influence of Various Physiological Con- 

 ditions, of Drugs, and of Disease on the Endogenous Uric-acid Excretion, 

 647; Uric Acid of Blood, 648. 



CHAPTER LXXIV 



METABOLISM OF THE CARBOHYDRATES 652 



Capacity of the Body to Assimilate Carbohydrates, 652; Assimilation Limits, 

 652; Saturation Limits, 654; Digestion and Absorption, 656; Sugar Level in 

 the Blood, 657; Value of Blood Examinations in Diagnosis of Diabetes, 659; 

 Relationship Between Blood Sugar and the Occurrence of Glycosuria, 660. 



CHAPTER LXXV 



METABOLISM OF THE CARBOHYDRATES (CONT'D) 662 



Pate of Absorbed Glucose, Gluconeogenesis, 662; Storage of Sugar, 662; 

 Sources of Glycogen, 662; Gluconeogenesis in Normal Animals, 667. 



CHAPTER LXXVI 



METABOLISM OF THE CARBOHYDRATES (CONT'D) 669 



Fate of Glycogen, 669; Regulation of the Blood Sugar Level, 671; Nerve 

 Control and Experimental Diabetes, 672; Nervous Diabetes in Man, 674; 

 Hormone Control and Permanent Diabetes, 676 ; Utilization of Glucose in 

 Tissues, 677; Relation of the Pancreas to Sugar Metabolism, 678; Diabetes 

 and the Ductless Glands, 678; Diabetic Acidosis or Ketosis, 683; Starvation 

 Treatment, 684. 



CHAPTER LXXVII 



FAT METABOLISM 686 



Chemistry of Fatty Substances, 686 ; Digestion of Fats, 690 ; Absorption of 

 Fats, 691. 



CHAPTER LXXVIII 



FAT METABOLISM (CONT'D) 696 



Fat of Blood, 696; Methods of Determination, 696; Variations in Blood Fat, 

 697; Depot Fat, 700; Fat in the Liver, 701. 



CHAPTER LXXIX 



FAT METABOLISM (CONT'D) . . . 707 



Production of Fatty Acid Out of Carbohydrate, 707; Method by Which the 

 Fatty Acid is Broken Down, 709. 



CHAPTER LXXX 



CONTROL OF BODY TEMPERATURE AND FEVER 714 



Variations in Body Temperature, 714; Factors in Maintaining the Body Tem- 

 perature, 715 ; Control of Temperature, 719 ; Fever, 721 ; Causes, 721 ; Changes 

 in the Body during Fever, 723; Heat-regulating Center, 725; Significance of 

 Fever, 726. 



