INDEX 



Absorption, theory of control of, by 

 internal secretion of pancreas, 675. 

 in typhoid fever, 116. 



Acetone bodies, in blood and urine, 

 determination of, 84. 



Acetonuria, carcinomatous, metabo- 

 lism in, 632. 



Achlorhydria, metabolism in, 612. 



Achondroplasia, See Infantilism. 



Achondroplasiac dwarf, metabolism of, 

 table, 827. 



Achylia, metabolism m, 612. 



Achylia pancreatica, metabolism in, 

 674. 



Acid action in osteomalacia, 752. 



Acid-base balance of the body, abnor- 

 mal variation in, compensated alkali 

 excess, 72. 



compensated COz excess, 72. 



uncompensated alkali excess, 68. 



uncompensated COz deficit, 70. 



methods for determining state of, 76. 

 of acetone bodies in blood and 



urine, 84. 

 alkali retention test for alkali 



deficit, 81. 



of the alveolar COz tension, 82. 



calorimetric dialysis method for 



pH, 81. 

 collection and treatment of blood 



samples, 78. 

 electrometric determination of 



the plasma pH, 80. 

 estimation of blood bicarbonate 



and pH, 77. 

 of excretion rate of ammonia and 



free acid, 83. 

 gastrometric determination of 



whole blood or plasma bicarbonate, 



79. 

 titrimetric determination of 



plasma or serum bicarbonate, 80. 



normal, alkali reserve, 64. 



ammonia formation, 56, 66. 



buffers of the blood, alkali reserve, 

 64. 



interchange of buffer effects, be- 

 tween blood cells and plasma, 61. 



between the blood and the 

 tissues, 62. 



Acid-base balance of the body, normal, 

 buffers of the blood, laws of, 57. 



maximum efficiency of action 



of, 59. 



nature of, 57. 



neutralization of acid by, 57. 



physiologically available alkali 



of the bicarbonate and of other blood 



buffers, 63. 

 excretion of acid by the kidneys, 



56, 65. 



mechanism for maintenance of, 

 buffers of the blood, 56. 



kidneys, to excrete acid prod- 

 ucts, 56, 65. 



lungs, to accelerate the rate of 

 COz excretion, 56, 64. 



organism forming ammonia, 



56, 66. 



normal bicarbonate concentration 



of blood plasma and other body 

 fluids, 54, 63. 



normal hydrogen ion concentra- 

 tion of blood plasma and other ex- 

 tracellular fluids, 54, 57. 



respiratory regulation of free 



ILC0 8 of the blood, 64. 



normal and abnormal variation in, 

 representation of combined varia- 

 tions in blood bicarbonate and hy- 

 drion concentration, 67. 



and resultant effects on physio- 

 logical functions, 67. 



normal variations in, 72. 



compensated alkali deficit, 73. 



compensated COz deficit, 73. 



uncompensated alkali deficit, 75. 



uncompensated COa excess, 74. 



relation of changes in, to the 

 changes in other body fluids, 76. 



Acid sodium urate, 465, 466. 



solubility of, and temperature, 466. 

 Acidosis, after anesthesia, 92. 



and diabetes, 277. 



in cyclic vomiting of children, 

 cause of, 92. 



diagnosis of, 92. 



therapy for, 92. 

 type of, 92. 



definition of, 52. 



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