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GENERAL INDEX 



Bence- Jones protein, metabolic studies 

 of cases excreting, tables of, Seegel- 

 ken (multiple myeloma), iv, 495, 

 496. 



Walters (multiple myeloma), 



iv, 496, 497, 498. 



myelopathic proteosuria (Kahler's 

 disease), iv, 498. 



origin and nature of, theories re- 

 garding, origin from bone, iv, 489. 



possible derivation from blood 



proteins, iv, 488. 

 product of abnormal metabolism, 



iv, 490. 

 proteose relationships, iv, 488. 



proteosuria, iv, 487. 



treatment of, iv, 500. 



Benedict's method of measuring re- 

 spiratory exchange, i'ii, 544. 



Benzoates, effect of, on metabolism, iii, 

 726. 



Benzol, influence of, on metabolism, 

 in blood diseases, iv, 604. 



Benzol poisoning, blood transfusion in, 

 iii, 832. 



Beriberi, definition of, iv, 889. 



diagnosis of, iv, 893. 



etiologic relationship between pella- 

 gra and, theory of, iv, 900. 



etiology of, iv, 889. 



in breast-fed children, causes of, iv, 

 249, 250. 



occurrence of, iv, 889. 



pathology of, iv, 890. 



symptomatology of, iv, 892. 



treatment of, prophylactic, iv, 894. 

 specific, with vitamin prepara- 

 tions, iv, 894. 



with yeast preparations, iv, 897. 



symptomatic, iv, 894. 



-types of, iv, 892. 



Bernard, Claude (1849), discovery of, 

 that temporary glycosuria or medul- 

 lary diabetes mellitus may be in- 

 duced by puncture in fourth ventri- 

 cle of brain (1849), i, 59. 



observations of, introducing new. 

 concept of internal secretions (1843), 

 i, 58. 



obtaining of glycogenic substance of 

 liver in the form of a dry powder 

 which could be converted into dex- 

 trose by fermentation (1855), i, 59. 



Berthelot (1827-1907), work of, on me- 

 tabolism, iii, 77. 



Berthold, A. A. (1849), experiment of, 

 in transplanting testes of a fowl to 

 another part of its body, i, 57. 



Berzelius (1779-1848), experiments of, 



in history of metabolism, iii, 33. 

 Bicarbonate, administration of, in acid- 



osis, iv, 86. 

 Bicarbonate concentration, normal, of 



blood plasma and other body fluids, 



iv, 54. 



Bichat, fundamental error of, i, 47. 

 Bidder, F. W. (1810-1894), and 



Schmidt, C. (born 1822), combined 



work of, on metabolism, iii, 57. 

 basal metabolism described by, iii, 



60. 

 bile, excretion of, in relation to 



the total ingesta and excreta of body, 



iii, 58. 



carbon metabolism, iii, 61. 



respiratory quotient, iii, 63. 



total metabolism computed by, iii, 



60. 

 "typical food minimum" of, iii, 



63. 



weight of feces following meat 

 ingestion, iii, 58. 



Biedl's experiments, with pineal gland 



extirpation, ii, 24. 

 Bile, absorption of, iii, 49. 



action of epinephrin on, pharmaco- 

 dynamic, i, 127. 



and hemoglobin formation, iii, 

 677. 



as factor in fat digestion and absorp- 

 tion, iii, 198. 



character of, iii, 464. 



composition of, iv, 647. 



bile pigments, iv, 648. 



bile salts, iv, 648. 



cholesterol, iv, 649. 



fat, iv, 649. 



mineral substances, iv, 649. 



considered as both a secretion and 

 excretion, iii, 464. 



constituents of, iii, 465. 

 table of, iii, 465. 



digestive action of, in making ma- 

 terials more fluid, iii, 59. 



excretion of, daily, iv, 647. 



relation to total ingesta and ex- 

 creta of body, iii, 58. 

 stimulation of, iv, 647. 



function of, iii, 464. 



pigments of, iii, 465. 



storing and ejection of, iv, 647. 



urobilin in, iii, 165. 



clinical significance of increased 



elimination of, iii, 168. 



determination of, iii, 167. 



diagnostic value of, iii, 169. 



