510 



INDEX. 



Bilic acid, a product of oxidation of 

 cholalic acid, 306 ; probable relation to 

 cholalic acid, 306 



Biliprasin, 382 



Bilirubin, 315 ; occurrence of, 315 ; 

 methods of separation of, 316 ; physical 

 and chemical characters of, 317 ; com- 

 pounds of, 317 ; composition and for- 

 mula of, 318; action of nitric and 

 nitrous acids on (Gmelin's reaction), 

 319 ; the spectrum of the latter, 320 ; 

 'Ehrlich's reaction 'for, 321 ; the action 

 of bromine on, 321 ; calculi of calcium 

 compound of, 380, 388, 389, 390 



Biliverdin, 322 ; occurrence of, 322 ; pre- 

 paration of, 323 ; physical and chemical 

 properties of, 324 ; composition of, and 

 its relation to bilirubin, 324 



BIOT and PEKSOZ, discovery of the dex- 

 trogyrous property of dextrose, 37 



Birds, digestion in, 473 



BISCHLER, bacterium ascribed by and 

 named after, 454 ; observations of the 

 fermentation by bact. coli com., 455 



BISCHOFF and VOIT, composition of the 

 faeces of the dog, as influenced by the 

 diet, 457 



Biuret-reaction for albumoses and pep- 

 tones, 139 



BLACHSTEIN, researches of, on the produc- 

 tion of laevogyrous lactic acid by the 

 'bacillus typhi,' 464 



BLANCHABD, RALPH, on the appendices 

 pyloricae, 473 



BLONDLOT, establishment of gastric fistula 

 by, 73 



BOAS, on resorcin as a reagent for the HC1 

 of the gastric contents, 497 



BOOKER, W., on the faeces of sucklings, 454 



' Border cells,' or ' Belegzellen,' 62 ; func- 

 tion of, 107 ; experiments to determine 

 whether they possess an acid reaction, 

 109 



BORELLI, the chief of the iatro-mathe- 

 matical school, his assertion of the 

 existence of a gastric juice, the product 

 of gastric glands, 67 



BRACONNOT, confirmation by, of Prout's 

 discovery of HC1 in the gastric juice, 91 



BUDGE, influence of nervous system on 

 intestinal secretion, 410 



BRAUN, quoted, 76 



BRIEGER, L., on the formation of indol 

 in the putrefaction of proteids, 422 ; his 

 discovery of skatol, 424 ; on the normal 

 non-occurrence of ptomaines in the 

 intestinal contents, 435 ; occurrence of 

 putrescine and cadaverin in cholera 

 cultures and stools, 436; on toxalbu- 

 mins in cholera, 465 



BRIEGER, L., and C. FRANKEL, on the tox- 

 albumins of cholera, 465 



BRIEGER, L., and M. STADTHAGEN, on the 

 faeces and urine in cystinuria, 466 



BROWN, HORACE T., and J. HERON, re- 

 searches of, on starch and its transfor- 

 mations, 68, 39, 42, 49 ; on the action 

 of intestinal juice on starch, 413 ; on 

 the intestinal inverting enzyme, 414 ; 

 on the maltose-converting enzyme, 415 



BROWN, H. T., and MORRIS, researches of, 

 on the action of diastase upon starch, 

 38, 42, 49 ; on the determination of 

 the molecular weight of the carbo- 

 hydrates, 38 



BRUCKE, E., his method of isolating 

 pepsin, 86 ; his hypothesis as to mode 

 of production of acid of gastric juice, 

 130; his method of determining the 

 quantity of pepsin, 182 ; views of, on 

 the digestion of proteids, 116 ; action 

 of the bile on proteids, 352 



BRUNTON, T. LAUDER, quoted, 23 ; his 

 description of method of establishing a 

 gastric fistula, quoted, 73 ; on the 

 laxative action of the bile, quoted, 358 ; 

 on the action of purgative medicines. 

 462 



BRUNTON, T. LAUDER and P. PYE-SMITH, 

 on the nerve centres which influence 

 intestinal secretion, 411 



Buccal and lingual glands, secretion of, 

 34 



BULLOCK'S acid glycerin of pepsin, 90 



BUNGE, GEORGE, his ' Text-Book ' quoted, 

 164, 348, 349, 351; on the function 

 of the intestinal juice, in relation to the 

 absorption of fats, 416 



BUSCH, W., on human intestinal juice, 

 408 



Butyric acid, method of detecting in 

 gastric juice, 100 



' Cadaverin ' or pentamethylendiamin, 436 

 CAGNIARD-LATOUR, on alcoholic fermenta- 

 tion, 5 

 Calculi, I. Salivary, 52 



H. Biliary, 377 ; early observations 



on, 377 ; frequency of occurrence of, 

 377 ; physical characters of, 378 ; struc- 

 ture of, 378, 387; Naunyn's classification 

 of, 380 ; enumeration of constituents of, 

 381 ; bilifuscin, biliprasin, and bili- 

 humin in, 382 ; bilicyanin and chole- 

 telin in 383; mode of formation of, 

 383 ; incidence of in relation to sex and 

 age, 383, 384; French's theory to 

 explain origin of, 385 ; Naunyn's theory 

 and researches on, 386 ; results of quan- 

 titative analysis of, 389 ; methods of 

 analysis applicable to, 396 



III. Intestinal, 467 



CAPITAN and MOREAU, on the micro- 

 organisms of the human stomach, 170 



Carbolic acid, influence of, on diastatic 

 action, 50 



CASH, decomposition of neutral fats in 

 stomach, 155 



