10 CONTENTS. 



vulae conniventes Glands of Brunn Intestinal tubules, or follicles of Lieber- 

 kiihn Intestinal villi Solitary glands, or follicles, and the patches of Pejer 

 Intestinal juice Secretion of the solitary and agminated glands General 

 properties of the intestinal juice Action of the intestinal juice in diges- 

 tion, .' Page 308 



CHAPTER XII. 



PANCEEATIC JUICE. 



Pancreatic ducts Mode of obtaining the pancreatic juice General properties 

 and composition of the pancreatic juice Alterations of the pancreatic juice 

 Action of the pancreatic juice in digestion Action upon fats Destruction 

 of the pancreas Cases of fatty diarrhoea Action of the pancreatic juice 

 upon starchy and saccharine principles Action upon nitrogenized principles 

 Summary of the functions of the pancreas in digestion, . . 330 



CHAPTER XIII. 



ACTION OF THE BILE IN DIGESTION MOVEMENTS OF THE SMALL 

 INTESTINE. 



Question of the excrementitious or recrementitious character of the bile Liga- 

 tion of the ductus communis choledicus Biliary fistula General constitu- 

 tion of the bile Observations on a dog with biliary fistula Variations of the 

 bile with digestion Movements of the small intestine Peristaltic and anti- 

 peristaltic movements Cause of the movements of the small intestine 

 Function of the gases in the small intestine Peristaltic movements after 

 death Influence of the nervous system upon the peristaltic movements, 360 



CHAPTER XIV. 



ACTION OF THE LAEGE INTESTINE. 



Physiological anatomy of the large intestine Divisions of the large intestine 

 Ileo-csecal valve Digestion in the large intestine Contents of the large in- 

 testine Composition of the fteces Microscopic characters of the fceces Ex- 

 cretine and excretoleic acid Stercorine Origin of stercorine Summary of 

 the constitution of the faeces Movements of the large intestine Defecation 

 Action of the sphincter and the levator ani Gases found in the alimentary 

 caual Origin of the intestinal gases, 383 



