INDEX 



945 



Opiates, effect of, on metabolism, total, 

 765. 



water, 767. 



Organic acids, salts of, effects of, on 

 metabolism, 725. 



Organic phosphorus, 752. 



Ornithin, 89, 113, 685. 



Osazones, 235. 



Osborne and Mendel's experiments il- 

 lustrating physiological value of 

 amino acids, 127, 128, 129. 



Osones, 235. 



Osteomalacia, and mineral metabolism, 

 339. 



Oxalates, effects of, on metabolism, 725. 



Oxalic acid, in urine, 499. 



Oxyacids and derivatives, aromatic, 

 499. 



Oxidation, of carbohydrates, 227. 



of glucose, 251. 



Oxygen, from arterial blood, by 

 Humphrey Davy, 31. 



in the blood, 455. 



content of, 455. 

 arterial, 456. 



in pathological conditions, 457. 



and carbonic acid gas, Spallanzani's 

 experiments, 32. 



as cause of metabolism, passing of 

 conception of, 71. 



discovery of, by Priestley, 16. 



by Scheele, 17. 



effect of, on metabolism, 740. 



oxygen deficiency, 740. 



relation between quantity exhaled 

 as carbon dioxid, and quantity con- 

 sumed, 41. 



Oxygen capacity of blood, effect on, of 



blood transfusion, 823. 

 Oxygen consumption, effects on, of 



hot baths, 860, 861. 

 Oxygen deficiency, 740. 

 blood alkalinity in, 741. 



lactic acid excretion in, 741. 

 Oxygen requirement for combustion of 



foods, von Liebig, 50. 

 Oxyprolin, 90, 114. 

 Oxy-purins, chemical relation of, with 



amino-purins, 138. 



formation of, from amino-purins, 151. 



formation of uric acid from, 151. 



hypoxanthin, 137, 138. 



uric acid, 137, 138, 139. 



xanthin, 137, 138. 



Pancreas, influence of, on glycogenesis, 

 glycogenolysis and glucolysis, 257. 



Pancreatic digestion, influence on, -of 

 water, 289. 



Pancreatic juice, amount of, secreted, 

 in 24 hours, 192. 



excitants for secretion of, 192. 

 Pancreatic lipase, action of, 192. 



extraction of, from gland, 193. 



secretion and activity of, 193. 

 Pancreatic secretion, effect on, of al- 

 kaline waters, 849. 



of saline waters, 847. 



as factor in fat digestion and ab- 

 sorption, 197. 



Paracelsus (1493-1591), on metabolism, 



7. 

 Paraldehyde, effect of, on metabolism, 



764. 



Paramyelin, 470. 

 Parasitism, influence of, on bacterial 



metabolism, 666. 

 Parathyroid gland substances, effect of, 



on metabolism, 785. 

 Parturition, energy metabolism before 



and after, table, 634. 

 Parasitism, influence of, on bacterial 



metabolism, 666. 

 Peat baths, 867. 



Pellagra, feces in, average daily com- 

 position of, 509. 

 Pentose, 136. 

 Pentoses, 240. 



aldopentoses, table of, 241. 



1-arabinose, 241. 

 -methyl, 242. 



rhamnose, 242. 



d-ribose, 242. 



xylose, 241. 



Pernicious anemia, blood transfusion 

 in, indications for, 831. 



treatment of, by x-rays, 886. 



urobilin excreted in, 168. 

 "Perspiration, insensible," Hippocrates 



on, 4. 



-Sanctorius (1561-1636), 7. 

 von Pettenkofer, Max (1818-1901), 

 contribution of, to study of meta- 

 bolism, 64, 65. 



apparatus of, for measuring respira- 

 tory exchange, 516. 



Pettenkofer reaction for bile salts, 65. 

 Phenols, formation of, 680. 



effects on, of utilizable carbohy- 

 drates, 685. 



Phenylalanin, decomposition of, 684. 

 Phenylamin, 89, 113. 

 Phenylethylamin, 686. 



effect of, on metabolism, 773. 

 Phlogiston theory of combustion, 11. 



demolished by Lavoisier <1783), 23. 

 Phlorizin, effect of, on metabolism, 759. 

 carbohydrate, 759. 



