INDEX 



953 



Eenal function, and laws of urea ex- 

 cretion, concentration of urea in 

 urine, 361. 



effect of concentration of urea in 

 blood on quantity of urea excreted 

 by kidneys, 360. 



method of determining the co- 

 efficient of urea excretion, 362. 



relation of water elimination to 

 urea excretion, 361. 



reliability of coefficients of urea 

 excretion, 362. 



in nephritis, 313. 



Schlayer's theories of, in nephritis, 

 355. 



- test day for, 368. 



criteria for judging efficiency of 



kidney by means of, 371. 

 criteria of value, summary of, 378. 



degrees of variation of specific 

 gravity, 371. 



tables of, 371, 372, 373, 374, 



375. 



diet in, normal, 370. 

 table showing, 378. 



- dietary for, 369. 



directions for, 370. 



elimination of salt and nitrogen, 



377. 



maximal specific gravity, 374. 



metabolism in, 372. 



nocturnal polyuria, 374. 



tables of, 375, 376. 



nycturia, 377. 



tests for, 350. 



coefficient of urea excretion, 357. 



Ambard's coefficient, 358. 



Austin, Stillman and Van 



Slyke, 360. 



-McLean's, 359. 



concentration and dilution, 381. 



table of, 382. 



function of the glomeruli and tu- 

 bules, 353. 



lactose, 357. 



^-phthalein test, 350. 



potassium iodid, 357. 



for urea and salt excretion, 366. 



Renal injury, effect of, on nitrogen bal- 

 ance in nephritis, 335. 



Renal insufficiency, as cause of in- 

 creased arterial pressure in nephritis, 

 401. 



symptoms produced by, 388. 



uremia depending upon, 388. 

 Renal stones, causing disturbed bone 



metabolism, 761. 

 Renal theory of gout, 441. 



Respiration, cell, and edema, 166. 



Respiration and circulation, diseases 

 of, metabolism in, 541. 

 arterial blood, 546! 



blood gases, 546. 



; constituents of urine, 549. 



effects on, of oxygen lack, 



542. 



gaseous exchange, 545, 546. 



ino'rganic salts, 551. 



non-volatile products of me- 

 tabolism in blood and urine, 549. 



> oxidative processes, 545. 



pathological effects due to oxy- 

 gen lack, 542. 



qualitative and quantitative 

 changes, 545. 



reduction of normal reserve, 



544. 



respiratory quotient, 545. 



variety of ways affected, 541. 



venous blood, 547. 



harmonious interaction between sys- 

 tems of, 544. 



Respiratory diseases, dermatoses asso- 

 ciated with, 701. 



Respiratory metabolism, in anaphy- 

 laxis, 212. 



in erysipelas, 139. 



Respiratory quotient, in diseases of 

 respiration and circulation, 545. 



in typhoid fever, 106. 

 Respiratory regulation of free ILCOs 



of the blood, 64. 



Respiratory system, effect on, of un- 

 dernutrition or fasting, 21. 



Reproductive system, effect on, of fast- 

 ing and undernutrition, 23. 



Retroflexion of uterus, gastric disturb- 

 ances in, and metabolism, 623. 



Retention uremia, 388. 



Rheumatic fever, acute, metabolism in, 

 149. 



Rickets, in breast fed children, 249. 



cause of, 250. 



causes of, 765. 



complicating scurvy, 884. 



composition of bones in, change in, 

 743. 



due to deficiency of calcium in diet, 

 764. 



histological examination in, 749. 



metabolism in, summary of observa- 

 tions, 751. 



metabolism experiments in, 748. 



relation to, of osteomalacia, 734. 



transmittable infectious agent in 

 766. 



