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INDEX 



Protein, deficiency of, in metabolic dis- 

 turbances of infancy and childhood, 

 804. 



deficient in diet, interference of, 

 with growth, 246. 



excess of, in diet of infancy and 

 early childhood, 786, 787. 



in food supply of diabetes, 283. 



as source of glucose supply, 271. 

 Protein constituents, of edema fluids, 



160. 



of lymph, normal, 160. 



Protein destruction, as cause of uremia, 

 393. 



in nephritis, 337. 

 Protein intoxication, 230. 



Protein metabolism, in anaphylaxis, 

 209. 



in anemia, 574. 

 hemolytic, 576. 



and edema, 166. 



effect on, of oxygen-lack, 543. 

 in leukemia, 578. 



in nephritis, 314. 



in typhoid fever, 111. 



in undernutrition, 12. 



Protein poisoning, edema due to, 158. 

 Protein starvation, 13. 

 Proteins, blood, possible derivation 

 from, of Bence-Jones protein, 488. 



cystin in, 518. 



cystin nitrogen in, 519. 



foreign, parenteral injection of, 

 fever caused by, 144. 



and the liver, 645. 



utilization of, in nephritis, 314. 

 Proteose relationships, of Bence-Jones 



protein, 488. 

 Proteoses, in urine, 483. 

 Proteosuria, and Bence-Jones protein, 



487. 



myelopathic, 498. 

 -types of, 483. 



Protocatechinic acid, in urine of alkap- 

 tonurics, 503. 



Pruritus, associated with angioneurotic 

 edema, 697. 



Prurigo, associated with diet, 698. 



with miscellaneous causes, 705. 



Psoriasis, associated with miscellaneous 

 causes, 705. 



Ptosis of the stomach, metabolism in, 

 621. 



Puerperal osteomalacia, chemical evi- 

 dence on, 756. 



clinical evidence on, 758. 



fetus in, 757. 



histological investigations on, 757. 



Puerperal osteomalacia, need of cal- 

 cium as a cause of, 756. 



summary of evidence on, 758, 759. 

 Pulse rate, average, in fasting man, 



20. 



in underfeeding, 20. 

 Purgatives, in treatment of edema, 



193. 

 Purin bodies, and formulae for, 412. 



and nucleic acid, 415. 

 Purin-containing food, effect of, on out- 

 put of uric acid, 423. 



Purin-free diet, for uric acid calculi, 



469. 

 Purin metabolism, in anemia, 579. 



in leukemia, 579. 

 Pylorospasm, metabolism in, 618. 

 Pyrocatechol, in urine of alkaptonurics, 



503. 



Race, as factor in obesity, 34. 



as factor in pellagra, 902. 

 Radium, influence of, on metabolism, 



in blood diseases, 601. 

 Radium emanations in treatment of 



gout, 454. 

 Renal calculi, and colloidal material, 



457. 



constituents of concretions, 457. 



formation of concretions, 457. 



metabolic studies of, calcium metabo- 

 lism, 459. 



cystin calculi, 468. 



magnesium metabolism, 460. 



oxaluria and oxalate calculi, 462. 

 phosphaturia and phosphate 



stones, 458. 



phosphorus metabolism, 458. 



uraturia and uric acid calculi, 

 465. 



xanthin calculi, 467. 



See also Urinary calculi. 



Renal disease, dermatoses associated 



with, 700. 

 Renal excretory function in its relation 



to edema, 174. 



nephritis, acute diffuse, 175. 



chronic diffuse, 176. 



chronic interstitial, 175. 



chronic parenchymatous, 176. 



subacute, 176. 



renal function in other conditions 

 associated with edema, 178. 



summary of, 178. 

 Renal function, 349. 



and laws of urea excretion, clinical 

 . value of coefliciency of urea excre- 

 tion, 362. 



