346 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANES, 255 (see also Membranes) 



SHAM FEEDING, 66, 191 



SLEEP, effect of, on gastro-intestinal movements, 46 



SMALL INTESTINE (see Intestine, small) 



SOAPS, solubility of, 242 



SODIUM BICARBONATE, and gastric secretion, 210 



SODIUM EXCRETION, 313; urinary and alimentary, 314 



SODIUM SILICATE, absorption of, from intestinal tract, 256; ab- 

 sorption of colloidal, 288, 289 



SOL, 95 



SOLUTIONS, molecular, 47; equimolecular, 47; isotonic, 268; 

 isosmotic, 268 ; colloidal or pseudo (see Colloids and Col- 

 loidal solutions); crystalloidal, 251, 252, 253, 254 



SOUP, 231 



SPLANCHNIC NERVE, effect of, on gastric movements, 42 



SPLEEN, function of, during digestion, 247 



SPORES, 86 



STARCH, digestion of, 76; fermentation of, 99; effect of amylase 

 on, 101; effect of maltase on, 104; absorption of, 285, 286 



STARVATION DIABETES, 284, 285 



STATIONARY REACTION, 107 



STEAPSIN (see Lipase) 



STOMACH, movements of, 6; changes in shape of, during diges- 

 tion, 8, 9 ; antrum of, 8 ; pylorus of, 8 ; preantral part of, 8 ; 

 muscle layers of, 9; as a reservoir, 12; emptying of, 12; 

 time food spends in, 13, 17; movements of food within, 14; 

 salivary digestion in, 15; passage of food out of, 16, 17; 

 effect of vagus nerve on movements of, 42; effect of sym- 

 pathetic nerve on movements of, 42 ; effect of AUERBACH 

 and MEISSNER'S plexus on movements of, 43; effect of emo- 

 tional states on movements of, 45; post-mortem diges- 

 tion of, 136; why not self -digested, 137; ulcers of, 138; 

 bactericidal action of, 163; anacidity of, 165; bacterial 

 fermentation in, 165; importance of, in protein absorption 

 $02, 303; removal of, 302; as excretory organ, 311; char- 

 acter of contents of, 318; fistulae of, 188; miniature, 189 



STRONTIUM, alimentary excretion of, 312 



SUBLINGUAL GLAND, 176, 177 



SUBMAXILLARY GLAND, 176, 177; amount of secretion from, 179 



