CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. 



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CHAPTER XXIV. 



DIGESTION, CONTINUED. 



The STOMACH, 190 

 Its mucous coat, 191 

 Stomach cells, 192 

 Stomach tubes, 194 

 Pyloric tubes, 195 

 Movements of the stomach, 195 

 Changes in the mucous membrane 

 during digestion, 196 



Of the solution of the stomach after 



death, 199 



The gastric juice, 200 

 The acid of the gastric juice, 204 

 Nature of the digesting power of the 



gastric juice, 206 

 The chyme, 209 

 Rate of stomach digestion, 209 

 Eructation and vomiting, 211 



CHAPTER XXV. 



DIGESTION, CONTINUED. 



ANATOMY OF THE INTESTINAL CANAL, 



216 



The intestinal canal in vertebrata, 218 

 The tunics of the intestinal canal, 223 

 Of the valvulee conniventes, folds and 



villi, 225 



Of the glands of the intestine, 231 

 jBrunner's glands, 231 

 Peyer's glands, 233 

 Movements of the intestines, 236 

 Changes in the mucous membrane 



during intestinal digestion, 238 



Of the chyle, 240 



Changes of the food in the small in- 

 testine, 24] 



Function of the Pancreas in digestion, 

 246 



The function of the Liver, 251 



Quantity, and the physical and chemi- 

 cal properties of the bile, 253 



Use of the bile, 256 



Digestion in the large intestine, 265 



Defalcation, 266 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



ABSORPTION. 



Nature of ABSORPTION 

 The absorbent vessels, 271 

 Contractility of the absorbent vessels, 



273 



Origin of the lymphatics, 276 

 Do the lacteal and lymphatic vessels 



absorb? 278 



Contents of the absorbents, 279 

 Lymph, 280 



Chyle, 281 



Quantity of chyle and lymph, 282 



Absorption as influenced by the quali- 

 ties of the fluids, 283 



Absorption as influenced by pressure, 

 286 



Absorption as influenced by the motion 

 of the fluid within the vessels, 287 



Function of the absorbents, 288 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



THE BLOOD. 



General characters of the BLOOD, 290 

 The constitution of the blood, 291 



The quantity of blood in the body, 292 

 The phenomenon of coagulation, 293 



