DsDEX. 



555 



Saliva, parotid, mode of obtaining 

 the pure secretion from the hu- 

 man subject, 157 



composition of, in the human 



subject, 157 



comparison of, with the mixed 



saliva, in the human subject,. . 158 



organic principle of, 159 



sulpho-cyanide in, , 159 



influence of mastication upon 



the secretion of, 160 



alternation in the secretion 



of, on the two sides, 160 



influence of gustatory impres- 

 sions upon the secretion of,. . . . 161 



functions of, 162 



Saliva, sublingual, 164 



general properties of, 165 



secretion of, 165 



Saliva, submaxillary, 162 



composition and properties 



of, 163 



influence of gustatory im- 

 pressions upon the secretion of, 164 



Salsify, '. 99 



Sauerkraut, 99 



Scallops, used as food. 84 



Shrimps, used as food, 85 



Skin, absorption from, 451 



transudation from, in a bath, 454 



Snails, used as food, 84 



Solitary glands of the intestine, ... 319 



Soup, formula for making, 87 



Sphincter, internal, 389 



external, 390 



of O'Beirne, 407 



Starch, 56 



properties of, in different 



vegetables, 56 



granules of, 58 



tests for, 58 



changes of, into dextrine and 



glucose, 59 



principles resembling, 60 



action of the saliva'upon, . . 174 



action of the gastric juice 



upon, 269 



action of the intestinal juice 



upon, 328 



action of the pancreatic juice 



upon, 350 



summary of the process of 



digestion of, 352 



Stercorine, 399 



extraction of, 399 



crystals of, 400 



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Stercorine, formation of, from 



cholesterine, 402 



Stewing, in the preparation df 



food, 88 



St. Martin, case of, 223 



Stomach, physiological anatomy of, 



135, 208 



movements of, 136, 287 



muscular coat of, 209 



mucous membrane of, 21 2 



glandular apparatus of, 212 



character of the glands in dif- 

 ferent parts of, 2J2, 214 



fistula into, 220 



mucous follicles of, 214 



closed follicles of, 2J7 



duration of digestion in,. ... 271 



immunity of, from digestion 



by the gastric juice during life, 275 



existence of living animals in, 277 



digestion of parts of living 



animals in, 277 



protection of walls of, from 



digestion during life, by the al- 

 kalinity of the blood, . ." 279 



protection of walls of, from 



digestion during life, by the cat- 

 alytic processes of nutrition, . . . 281 



influence of section of the 



pneumogastric nerves upon the 



movements of, 285 



*- diiference between the mus- 

 cular contractions of, in the car- 

 diac and in the pyloric portion, 290 



regurgitation from, 292 



anatomy of, in ruminating 



animals (note), 293 



gases of, 411 



absorption from, 421 



Stomach-glands, 213 



Stomach-tubes, muscular fibres 

 surrounding extremities of,. ... 217 



Stylo-pharyngeus muscle, 184 



Sublingual gland (see Sublingual 



saliva), ; 164 



Submaxillary gland (see Submax- 

 illary saliva), 162 



Sugar, 55 



action of gastric juice upon, 268 



action of pancreatic juice 



upon, 353 



presence of, in the lymph 



and chyle, 520, 537 



Sulpho-cyanide in the parotid sali- 

 va, 159 



in the mixed saliva, 1 72 



