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509 



pancreas, 213 ; observations on the 

 secretion of bile, 271 ; on digestion of 

 starch by dogs with biliary fistulae, 

 352 ; on imperfect digestion of fat by 

 dogs under the same conditions, 356; 

 intestinal juice, 406 ; diastatic action 

 of intestinal juice (foot-note), 413 



BIENSTOCK, on the bacteria of human 

 faeces, 454 



Bile, the, introductory observations on, 

 266 ; methods of obtaining, 267 ; estab- 

 lishment of biliary fistula by Schwann's 

 method, 267; by Schiffs method (amphi- 

 bolic fistulae), 268 ; temporary biliary 

 fistulas, 269 



absolute amount of, secreted, 269 ; 

 absolute amount of bile and bile- solids 

 secreted by animals of various species, 

 270 ; results of observations on the dog, 

 270; the secretion of in herbivorous con- 

 trasted with that in carnivorous animals, 

 271 



quantity of, secreted by man, 272 ; 



Banke's observations, 273 ; v. Wittich's 

 case, 273; observations of Yeo and 

 Herroun, 273 ; of Copeman and Wins- 

 ton, 274 ; of Mayo Robson, 275 ; of 

 Noel Paton and J. M. Balfour, 275 ; 

 table exhibiting results of these observa- 

 tions, 277 



variations in the flow of, during 



a digestive period, 276; influence of 

 nature of diet on secretion of, 278 ; in- 

 fluence of absorption of bile from intes- 

 tine on the quantity of bile secreted 

 Schiffs entero-hepatic circulation of 

 bile, 278, 279 ; the researches of Werthei- 

 mer, 281 ; influence of blood-supply on 

 the secretion of, 283; is bile secreted 

 at the expense of the blood of the portal 

 vein, or of the hepatic artery, or of both? 

 283; influence of changes in pressure 

 in portal system on flow of, 285 ; 

 effects of section and stimulation of the 

 spinal cord in the cervical region in the 

 flow of, 286 ; effects of section and 

 stimulation of splanchnics on, 286 



pressure under which secreted, 286 ; 



re-absorption of, secreted, 287 



colour of, 288 ; taste, odour, density 



of, 289 ; reaction of, 290 



constituents of, enumerated, 290 ; 

 those which are specific of, 290 



the acids and their derivatives, 290 



313 ; the colouring matters of, and 

 their derivatives, 313 335 ; the mucoid 

 nucleo-albumin of, 335 338 



cholesterin, fats, soups, lecithin 



and remaining organic constituents 

 present in the normal, 339340 ; the 

 mineral constituents, including the 

 iron, of, 341 ; the gases of, 343 ; sum- 

 mary of quantitative composition of, 

 in man and lower animals, 344 347 



Bile, recapitulation of the facts relating 

 to the origin of the specific constituents 

 of, 348351 



the action of, as a digestive secretion 



discussed, 351 ; action of, on starch, 

 350 ; action of, on proteids, 352 ; the 

 nature of the precipitate produced by, 

 when added to chyme the researches 

 of Hammarsten and of Maly and Emich, 

 353, 354 ; the action of, on fats, 356 ; 

 antiseptic action of, discussed, 356 

 358 ; laxative action of, 359 



modifications in chemical composi- 

 tion presented by, in disease, 366 ; ' hae- 

 moglobinocholia,' 366 ; presence of al- 

 bumin in, 367 ; presence of sugar in, 

 367; presence of urea in, 367; presence 

 of leucine and tyrosine in, 367 ; ab- 

 sence of biliary colouring matters in, 

 368 ; summary of the changes observed 

 in, classified under particular diseases, 

 368 



influence of drugs on the secretion 



of, 370 374 ; elimination of medicinal 

 and poisonous agents by, 374 ; passage 

 of pathogenic micro-organisms into, 376 



methods of analysis of, 390; detection 



of albumin, sugar, oxy-haemoglobin and 

 its derivatives in, 391 ; detection of 

 urea, leucine and tyrosine in, 392 ; 

 determination of specific gravity, 392 ; 

 of total solids and salts, 392 ; of the 

 mucoid nucleo-albumin, 392 ; of neutral 

 fats, soaps, and cholesterin, 393 ; of the 

 bile acids and their salts, 393 ; of the 

 biliary colouring matters, 395 



Bile acids, the 290 308; introductory 

 observations on, 290 ; Plattner's crystal- 

 lised bile, 291 ; early history of, re- 

 searches on, 291 294 ; description of 

 individual, the compounds and im- 

 mediate derivatives of, 294 308 ; amido- 

 acids which result from decomposition 

 of, 308313 



origin of, 348 



products of decomposition of in 



faeces, 458 



Bile colouring matters, the, 313335; 

 historical introduction relating to, 313 ; 

 bilirubin, 315322 ; biliverdin, 322 

 325 ; some derivatives of, 325 ; hydro- 

 bilirubin, 325 327 ; biliary urobilin, 

 327 ; bilicyanin, 328 ; choletelin, 329 

 332 ; cholohaematin, 332335 ; bili- 

 fuscin and bilihumin, 335 



origin of, 349 



Biliary calculi, see Calculi 



Bilicyaniu, preparation of, 328; physical 



and chemical properties of, 329 ; nature 

 and relations of, 329 ; see also Plate I. , 

 Spect. 3) ; presence of, in gall-stones, 

 383 



Bilifuscin, 335, 382 



Bilihumin, 335, 382 



