16 CONTENTS 



Page 



Exophthalmic Goiter 609 



The Parathyroids 613 



The Adrenals and Addison's Disease 615 



Addison's Disease 620 



The Hypophysis and Acromegaly 621 



Thymus and Other Ductless Glands . 624 



CHAPTER XXII 1 



Uric-Acid Metabolism and Gout 626 



The Chemistry of Uric Acid 626 



Formation of Uric Acid 628 



Destruction of Uric Acid 632 



The Occurrence of Uric Acid in the Blood, Tissues and Urine 634 



Gout 636 



Uric-acid Infarcts 640 



CHAPTER XXIV 



Diabetes 642 



Carbohydrate Physiology 644 



The Blood Sugar 649 



The State of the Sugar in the Blood 650 



Diose 652 



Trioses 653 



Tetroses 656 



Pentoses 656 



Chronic Pentosuria 657 



Hexoses 657 



Galactose 661 



Levulose (Fructose) 662 



Polysaccharides 663 



Glycosurias 664 



Phlorhizin Diabetes 666 



Pancreas Diabetes and Diabetes Mellitus 671 



Index 679 



