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INDEX 



Metabolism, bacterial, chemistry of, 

 phases of, 678. 



reactions, 680. 



general nature of products of bac- 

 terial growth, arising from utiliza- 

 tion of proteins and of carbohydrates 

 for energy, diphtherial toxin, 669. 



indol formation, 670. 



protein-liquefying enzymes, 



formation of, 670. 



general relations between surface 



and volume of bacteria and the gen- 

 eral energy requirements of bacteria, 

 665. 



influence on, of saprophytism, 

 parasitism, and pathogenism, 666. 



intestinal bacteriology, 690. 



adolescent and adult, 696. 



exogenous intestinal infec- 

 tions, 706. 



of normal nurslings, 691. 



sour milk therapy and, 700. 



nitrogenous, illustrative date, 



676. 

 quantitative measures' of, 674. 



significance of, 663. 



sour milk therapy and, 700. 



specificity of action of pathogenic 

 bacteria, and its relation to proteins 

 and carbohydrates, 673. 



-basal, 130, 607. 



in anemia, 822. 



basal metabolic .rate, Boothby and 

 Sandiford, 610. 



of children, up to puberty, 649. 



awake and sleeping, 658. 



of fat and thin boys, table, 



658. 



influence on, of muscular 



activity, 654. 



of sex, 652. 



influence on, of puberty, 



654. 



comparison of, per kgm. and per 

 sq. meter, of surface, table, 610. 



described by Bidder and Schmidt, 

 60. ' 



effect on, of blood transfusion, 

 828. 



of radiation, 883. 



facts regarding, from Lavoisier's 

 respiration experiments, 25. 



of infants, new-born, 632. 



influence of crying, 637. 



of sex, 635. 



from two weeks to one year of 



age, 642. 



influence of age, 645. 



influence on, of age, 612. 



Metabolism, basal, influence on, of in- 

 creased water ingestion, 279. 



of physical characteristics, 608. 



of sex, 614. 



in vegetarian diet, 400. 



basal level, 130. 



bile, digestive action of, in making 

 materials more fluid, 59. 



relation of excretion of to total 



ingesta and excreta of body, Bidder 

 and Schmidt, 58. 



body temperature, effect on, of epi- 

 nephrin, 781. 



of narcotics, 760. 



of opiates, 765. 



of purins, 779. 



of uranium, 758. 



and heat production, effect on, 



of cocaih, 777. 



calculation of, Bischoff and Voit, 

 69. 



its difficulties, von Liebig on, 48. 



caloric value of meat, von Liebig, 

 49. 



carbohydrate, absorption, 249. 



sugar of the blood, 250. 



antiketogenesis, 271. 



digestion, 248. 



action of ptyalin, 248. 



gastric, 249. 



intestinal, 249. 



salivary, 248. 



of anesthetics, general, chloro- 

 form and ether, 761. 

 of antipyretics, 770. 



of arsenic, 754. 



of blood poisons, 744. 



of calcium, 731. 



of carbon monoxid, 743. 



effect on, of acids and alkalies, 



737. 



of alcohol, 764. 



of cocain, 777. 



of cyanids, 748. 



of epinephrin, 781. 



of mercury, 756. 



of opiates, 766. 



of phlorizin, 759. 



of phosphorus, 749. 



of pituitary substances, 785. 



of purins, 780. 



of roentgen rays and radioac- 

 tive substances, 883. 



of saline cathartics, 719. 



of sodium chlorid, 722. 



of strychnin, 775. 



of thyroid gland substance, 



783. 



of uranium, 757. 



