INDEX 



955 



Vitamins, chemical nature and physical 

 properties of, fat-soluble vitamin 

 (fat-soluble A), 345. 



discovery of, 341. 



distribution of, in food, 346. 

 -fat-soluble (fat-soluble A), 345. 



distribution of, in food, 346. 



metabolism of, 341. 



digestion and absorption, 347. 



end, 350. 



intermediary, and physiological 



action, 347. 



special features of, 351. 

 - table of, 352, 355. 

 Voit, Carl, on metabolism, 5, 65. 

 von Haller, Albrecht (1708-1777), on 



respiration, in history of metabolism, 



11. 

 von Liebig, Justus (1803-1873), 44. 



caloric value of meat, 49. 



classes of foodstuffs according to, 50. 



isodynamic equivalents, 49. 



table of, 50. 



Munich period of, 53. 



on alcohol, comments, 49. 



on energy production, 47. 



on formation of fat, 49. 



on formation of feces and absorption 

 of bile, 49. 



on metabolism, difficulties of cal- 

 culating, 48. 



on metabolism in fasting, 46. 



on metabolism of a horse, 48. 



; on muscle power, criticism of 

 Frankland's comparison of with 

 steam engine, 54. 



source of, 53. 



on respiration, 46. 



on sugar, cleavage of, 47. 



on oxidation of various foods, 49. 



oxygen requirement for combustion 

 of foods, 50. 



plagiarism of ideas of, 51, 52. 



ultimate disposal of products of me- 

 tabolism according to, 51. 



Voit's description of services of, 46. 



War edema, 415. 



Water, content of, in blood, 311. 



in body, 311. 



deficiency of, effect of, on metabo- 

 lism, 717. 



as a dietary constituent, 275. 

 drinking with meals, 280. 



influence of diminished water in- 

 take on metabolism, 279. 



influence of increased water in- 



gestion on metabolism, 277. 



on basal metabolism, 279. 



Water, discovery of composition of, by 



Cavendish, 15. 

 distilled, 292. 



drinking of, with meals, 280, 283, 

 287, 288, 294. 



effect of, on metabolism, 717. 

 deficiency of, 717. 



mineral waters, 718. 



experiments of Lavoisier on nature 

 of, 19. 



external use of, for therapeutic 

 measures. See Hydrotherapy. 



ice, 293. 



importance of, to human body, 276. 



influence of, on absorption, 291. 

 on blood pressure and blood vol- 

 ume, 291. 



on gastric digestion, 281. 



on intestinal flora and putrefac- 

 tion, 291. 



on pancreatic digestion, 289. 



on salivary digestion, 281. 



influence of diminished water in- 

 take on metabolism, 279. 



influence of increased ingestion of, 

 on metabolism, 277. 



on basal metabolism, 279. 



passage of, from stomach, 286. 



percentage of, in organs, tissues and 

 secretions of body, 275. 



regulation of intake of, in certain 

 conditions, 294. 



requirement of body for, 312. 



and salts, subcutaneous feeding of, 

 816. 



stimulatory power of, 281. 



Water metabolism, effect on, of acids 

 and alkalies, 736. 



of anesthetics, general, chloro- 

 form and ether, 763. 

 of antipyretics, 770. 



of arsenic, 755. 



of atropin, pilocarpin, etc., 774. 



of calcium, 730. 



of epinephrin, 781. 



of mercury, 756. 



of opiates, 767. 



of pituitary substances, 784. 



of purins, 778. 



of sodium chlorid, 720. 



of uranium, 757. 



of rectal feeding, 812. 



Water retention, edema due to, 311. 

 - relation of salt to, 311, 312. 

 Waters, mineral, 845. 

 alkaline waters, including carbo- 

 nated, 848. 



arsenic, 851. 



bitter waters, 850. 



