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13. Absorption of fat - - 463 



14. Time required for digestion and absorption of food sub- 



stances - 464 



15. Quantity of cane-sugar inverted and absorbed in a given 



time - 464 



1 6. Auto-digestion of the stomach * 465 



( 

 CHAPTER IX. 



1. Specific gravity of urine - - - 5 J 5 



2. Reaction of urine - - - - 515 



3. Chlorides in urine ... -515 



4. Phosphates in urine - - 516 



5. Sulphates in urine - 517 



6. Indoxyl in urine - - - - > 517 



7. Urea ------ - 518 



8. Ammonia in urine - - - - - '521 



9. Total nitrogen in urine - - - 521 



10. Uric acid ... . 523 



11. Creatinin .... . 523 



12. Hippuric acid - - - - - 524 



13. Proteins in urine ... . 524 



14. Sugar in urine - - 525 



15. Pentoses in urine - - 528 



16. Acetone in urine - - 529 



17. Determination of the freezing-point of urine - - 529 



1 8. Examination of urine - - 531 



19. Urinary sediments - - 53 1 



CHAPTERS X., XI., AND XII. 



1. Glycogen . . 7 j 5 



2. Catheterism - - - - 



3. Experimental glycosuria . - 



(1) Injection of sugar into the blood - - 



(2) Phlorhizin glycoauria . 



(3) Alimentary glycosuria - - - 



(4) Estimation of the sugar in blood - - - 



4. Milk - 



5. Cheese - - 719 



6. Flour - - *. 719 



7. Bread - ... 720 



8. Excretion of urea (and total nitrogen) and proteins in food - 720 



9. Action of epinephrin - _ 720 

 10. Measurement of the heat given off in respiration - - 721 



