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CHAPTER LXXIII PAGE 



THE METABOLISM OF PROTEIN (CONT'D) 662 



Undetermined Nitrogen and Detoxication Compounds, 662; Ethereal Sul- 

 phates and Glycuronates, 665. 



CHAPTER LXXIV 



URIC ACID AND THE PURINE BODIES 667 



Chemical Nature of the Purines, 667; Chemical Nature of the Substances Con- 

 taining Purine and Pyrimidine Bases, 669; History of Nucleic Acid in the 

 Animal Body, 671 ; Balance Between Intake and Output of Purine Substances 

 under Various Physiological and Pathological Conditions, 674. 



CHAPTER LXXV 



URIC ACID AND THE PURINE BODIES (CONT'D) 676 



Source of Endogenous Purines, 676; Influence of Various Physiological Con- 

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

 680; Uric Acid of Blood, 681. 



CHAPTER LXXVI 



THE METABOLISM OF THE CARBOHYDRATES 685 



Capacity of the Body to Assimilate Carbohydrates, 685; Assimilation Limits, 

 685; Tolerance of the Body for Glucose, 688; Digestion and Absorption, 689; 

 Sugar Level in the Blood, 690; Value of Blood Examination in Diagnosis of 

 Diabetes, 691; Relationship Between Sugar Concentration of the Blood and 

 the Occurrence of Glycosuria, 692. 



CHAPTER LXXVII 



THE METABOLISM OF THE CARBOHYDRATES (CONT'D) 694 



Fate of Absorbed Glucose. Gluconeogenesis, 694; Storage of Sugar, 694; 

 Sources of Glycogen, 694; Gluconeogenesis in Normal Animals, 699. 



CHAPTER LXXVIII 



THE METABOLISM OF THE CARBOHYDRATES (CONT'D) 701 



Fate of Glycogen, 701; Regulation of the Blood Sugar Level, 703; Nerve Con- 

 trol and Nervous Experimental Diabetes, 704; Nervous Diabetes in Man, 706; 

 Hormone Control and Permanent Diabetes, 707; Utilization of Glucose in Tis- 

 sues, 708; Diabetes and the Ductless Glands, 710; Relationship of Pancreas 

 to Sugar Metabolism, 710; Pathogenesis of Pancreatic Diabetes, 712; Dia- 

 betic Acidosis or Ketosis, 715; Starvation Treatment, 716. 



CHAPTER LXXIX 



FAT METABOLISM 718 



Chemistry of Fatty Substances, 718; Digestion of Fats, 721; Absorption of 

 Fats, 722. 



CHAPTER LXXX 

 FAT METABOLISM (CONT'D) 726 



Fat of Blood, 726; Methods of Determination, 726; Variations in Blood Fat, 

 727; Depot Fat, 730; Fat in the Liver, 731. 



