INDEX OP SUBJECTS. 335 



ARSENIC, elimination of, through stomach, 311 



ASCARIS, 133 (see also Antiproteinase) 



ASE, in naming ferments, 82 



ASSIMILATION LIMITS of carbohydrates, 284, 285 



BACILLUS, coli communis, 164; putrificus, 164; subtilis, 164; 

 acidophilus, 164 



BACTERIA OF ALIMENTARY TRACT, 160; existence of , 161; num- 

 ber of, 161; weight of, 162; kinds of, 162; distribution of, 

 165; destruction of, in stomach, 165; destruction of, in- 

 intestine, 166; products of, 168 



BACTERIUM, lactis aerogenes, 163 



BARIUM, alimentary excretion of, 313 



BASES, as electrolytes, 260 



BENCE-JONES PROTEIN, 149 



BILE, 70; amount of, 71; physical character of, 71; chemical 

 composition of, 72; secretion of (see Biliary secretion}', 

 functions and physiological importance of, 237, 238; and 

 digestion of fats, 238, 239, 240, 241 ; as adjuvant to pan- 

 creatic ferments, 241; as solvent for fatty acids, 241; as 

 inhibitor of gastric digestion, 242 ; antiseptic action of, 242 ; 

 as aid to peristalsis, 242; as activator of preferments, 242; 

 role of, in fat absorption, 296, 297, 298 



BILE ACIDS, 72 



BILE PIGMENTS, 72 



BILIARY SECRETION, 237; into intestine, 237; in relation to 

 feeding, 237; effect of foods on, 238; mechanism of, 238; 

 and pancreatic secretin, 238 



BISMUTH SUBNITRATE, and study of gastro-intestinal move- 

 ments, 7 



BITTERS, 231 



BIURET TEST, and peptides, 128, 142 



BLOOD, pressure of, and salivary secretion, 187; red corpuscles 

 of, 256; constancy of protein composition of, 305, 306 



BREAD, and gastric secretion, 198 ; and pancreatic secretion, 220 



BRUNNER'S GLANDS, secretion of, 245 



CALCIUM, antagonistic action of, toward sodium, 48 

 CALCULI, salivary, 65 



