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GENERAL INDEX 



Metabolism, energy, and post-embry- 

 onic growth, iii, 619. 



basic principles of, iii, 583. 



basal metabolism. See Metab- 

 olism, basal. 



conservation of energy in ani- 

 mal organism, iii, 584. 



determination in part by en- 

 vironing temperature, iii, 593. 



energy of muscular work defi- 

 nitely related to potential energy of 

 food, iii, 586. 



heat production as affected 

 by external temperature, iii, 601. 



indigestion of food increases 



metabolism, iii, 604. 



calorimetry, direct, iii, 567. See 



also Calorimetry. 



indirect, iii, 515. See also 

 Calorimetry. 



determined in part by environing 



temperature, how heat is lost from 

 body, iii, 593. 



law of surface area, iii, 594. 



effect on, of acids and alkalies, 

 iii, 736. 



of calcium, iii, 730. 

 of sodium chlo.rid, iii, 720. 



of saline cathartics, iii, 718. 

 factors determining level of, iii, 



607. 



of infant, new-born, iii, 627. 



from two weeks to one year 



of age, iii, 640. 



in undernutrition, iv, 7. 



mechanical efficiency of muscular 



work, iii, 586. 



methods of measuring heat pro- 

 duction from respiratory exchange. 

 See Respiratory exchange. 



methods of measuring respiratory 



exchange. See Respiratory ex- 

 change. 



normal processes of, iii, 515. 



of children, up to puberty, iii, 



647. 



of old age, iii, 658. 



of parturition, before and after, 



table, iii, 634. 



of pregnancy, iii, 621. 



comparison of energy metabo- 

 lism in pregnant and non-pregnant 

 women, table, iii, 625. 



origin of, in non-nitrogenous food, 



iii, 586. 



relative value of different food- 

 stuffs as a source of energy in muscu- 

 lar wark, iii, 590. 



Metabolism, energy, surface area, law 

 of, iii, 594. 



law of, criticism of, iii, 597. 



measurement of, iii, 595. 



relation of, to body weight, iii, 

 598. 



See also Muscular energy, iii. 

 energy relation^, importance of in- 

 sisted on by Rubner, iii, 76. 



error of. See Alkaptonuria. 



fat, absorption, from the intestine, 

 iii, 194. 



changes in fats during, iii, 196. 



emulsification, iii, 200. 



factors in, iii, 197. 



paths of, iii, 196. 



stomach, iii, 190. 



and blood lipoids, iii, 445. 



digestion, in the intestines, iii, 

 193. 



emulsification, iii, 200.- 



factors in, iii, 197. 



in stomach, iii, 189. 

 effect on, of alcohol, iii, 765. 



of anesthetics, general chloro- 

 form and ether, iii, 762. 



of cocain, iii, 777. 

 of mercury, iii, 756. 



of opiates, iii, 766. 



of oxygen-lack, iv, 544. 



of phlorizin, iii, 759. 

 of phosphorus, iii, 748. 



of saline cathartics, iii, 718. 

 of thyroid gland substance, iii, 



784. 



of uranium, iii, 758. 



fat excretion, iii, 210. 



in Graves' disease, i, 340. 



in hypothyroidism, i, 395. 



in nephritis, iv, 340. 



in the blood, alimentary lipemia, 



iii, 201. 



lipoids of, iii, 204. 



in the intestines, absorption, 



changes in fats during, iii, 196. 



absorption of fat, iii, 194. 



paths of, iii, 196. 

 bile, iii, 198. 



digestion, iii, 193. 



emulsification in fat digestion 



and absorption, iii, 200. 



factors in digestion and absorp- 

 tion, iii, 197. 



lipases of intestinal tract and 

 digestion, iii, 192. 



nature of food fat, iii, 199. 



pancreatic juice, iii, 192. 

 pancreatic secretion, iii, 197. 



