

200 OF THE FUNCTION OF THE INTESTINES. 



0,00 

 Oxygen - " ^ ooo 



Carbonic acid - ' > 



Hydrogen and pure carburetted J ufi6 

 hydrogen 



Azote - . 



100,00 

 The gas of the cecum and rectum of the third « examined 



separately. Caecum,— ^^ 



Oxygen 



.1 12 50 



Carbonic acid - > 



7 50 

 Pure hydrogen - "' 



Carburetted hydrogen - - i^ 50 



67,50 



Azote 



100,00 



Rectum, — 



Oxygen 

 Carbonic acid 

 Carburetted hydrogen - 



Azote 



100,00 

 Some traces of sulfuretted hydrogen appeared upon the 

 mercury before the last analysis was commenced. 

 Berzelius finds human excrement to consist of 



Water ----- ? 3 ' 3 

 Remains of vegetable and animal j 7 

 matter 



Bile 0- 9 



Albumen 



Peculiar extractive matter - 2 >7 



Matter composed of altered bile, j 14 

 resin, animal matter, &c. - J 



Salts - 1,g 



100,0 



The excrements of brutes have been analysed, but not to ah 

 extent capable of affording general views. 



