CONTENTS. XV 



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SECT. 13. THE MINERAL CONSTITUENTS OF NORMAL BILE 341 



SECT. 14. THE GASES OF THE BILJ*- '. ; 343 



SECT. 15. SUMMARY OF THE QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION OF THE BILE IN MAN 



AND CERTAIN OF THE LOWER ANIMALS 344 



Human Bile 344 



Bile of the Dog 346 



Bile of certain other animals 347 



CHAPTER V. 



THE BILE (continued). 



SECT. 1. RECAPITULATION OF THE FACTS RELATING TO THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIFIC 



CONSTITUENTS OF THE BILE 348 



SECT. 2. DISCUSSION OF THE QUESTION WHETHER THE BILE is TO BE CONSIDERED 

 A DIGESTIVE SECRETION. THE ACTION OF THE BILE ON CARBO- 

 HYDRATES, PROTEIDS AND FATS 351 



The Antiseptic and Laxative Actions of the Bile .... 356 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE MODE OF PRODUCTION AND THE PHENOMENA OF ICTERUS OR 

 JAUNDICE. ICTEROGENIC POISONOUS AGENTS. THE MODIFICA- 

 TIONS IN CHEMICAL COMPOSITION WHICH THE BILE EXHIBITS 

 IN DISEASE. THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS ON THE SECRETION OF 

 BILE CHOLAGOGUES. THE ELIMINATION OF MEDICINAL AND 

 POISONOUS AGENTS BY THE BILE. 



SECT. 1. THE MODE OF PRODUCTION AND THE PHENOMENA OF ICTERUS OR 



JAUNDICE. ICTEROGENIC POISONOUS AGENTS .... 359 



Does a Haematogenic, as distinguished from a Hepatogenic, Jaundice 



exist ? Icterogenic Poisonous Agents 362 



Does a ' Urobilin Jaundice ' exist ? 366 



SECT. 2. THE MODIFICATIONS IN CHEMICAL COMPOSITION WHICH THE BILE 



EXHIBITS IN DISEASE 366 



The secretion of the Gall-Bladder in so-called Hydrops Cystidis 



Fellete 369 



SECT. 3. THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS ON THE SECRETION OF BILE. CHOLAGOGUES 370 



SECT. 4. THE ELIMINATION OF MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS AGENTS IN THE BILE 374 

 Passage of Pathogenic Micro-Organisms into the Bile . . . 376 



