GENERAL INDEX 



873 



Undernutrition, effects of, of muscular 

 system, iv, 17. 



pulse rate in fasting man and in 

 underfeeding, iv, 20. 



reproductive system, iv, 23. 



respiration, iv, 21. 



energy metabolism in, body tempera- 

 ture, iv, 7. 



tables, iv, 8. 



heat production, iv, 8. 



fat metabolism in, iv, 10. 



metabolism in, body weight, iv, 16. 



percentage loss in weight of 

 various organs in starvation, iv, 18. 



possible duration of fasting, iv, 24. 



mineral metabolism in, iv, 15. 



modified form of starvation, iv, 4. 



problems of, iv, 3. 



protein metabolism in, iv, 12. 



starvation, with and without water, 

 iv, 5. 



therapeutic use of fasting and, iv, 

 26. 



voluntary fasting, iv, 4. 



water metabolism in, iv, 4. 



storage of water, iv, 7. 



water balance in fasting man, 

 table, iv, 6. 



water starvation, iv, 5. 



water starvation, iv, 5. 



See also Fasting; and Starvation. 

 Uniglandular disturbance, ii, 883. 

 Uracil, iii, 137. 



and cytosine, iii, 137. 



Uranium, effects of, on metabolism, iii, 

 757. 



carbohydrate, iii, 757. 

 fat, iii, 758. 



mineral, iii, 757. 



protein, iii, 757. 

 - total, iii, 758. 



water, iii, 757. 



Uranium nephritis, alkaline treatment 



in, iii, 735. 

 Uraturia, and acid sodium urate, iv, 



465, 466. 



definition of, iv, 465. 



Urea, as a hepatic internal secretion, ii, 

 683. 



as causative agent of uremia, iv, 389. 



as principal end product of metabo- 

 lism, iii, 675. 



in blood, iii, 435. 



conditions with significant urea 

 nitrogen findings, iii, 436. 



in nephritis, comparative value of 

 uric acid, creatinin and, in blood, iv, 

 330. 



Urea, in urine, concentration of, iv, 



oul. 



in sweat, iii, 513. 



Urea of blood, in nephritis, iv, 321. 



of the urine, iii, 486, 487, 488. 



origin of, iii, 675. 



Urea excretion, coefficient of, iv, 357. 



Ambard's, iv, 358. 



-Austin, Stillman and Van Slyke, 

 iv, 360. 



clinical value of, iv, 302. 

 - McLean's, iv, 359. 



method of determining, iv, 362. 



reliability of, iv, 362. 



-laws of, and renal function, clinical 

 value of coefficiency of urea excre- 

 tion, iv, 362. 



concentration of urea in urine, iv, 

 361. 



effect of concentration of urea in 

 blood on quantity of urea excreted by 

 kidneys, iv, 360. 



method of determining the coeffi- 

 cient of urea excretion, iv, 362. 



relation of water elimination to 

 urea excretion, iv, 361. 



reliability of coefficients of urea 

 excretion, iv, 362. 



relation to, of water elimination, iv, 

 361. 



- tests for, iv, 366. 

 Urea formation in liver, iii, 464. 



in protein metabolism, iii, 105. 

 Urea nitrogen, in blood, in pregnancy, 



changes of, iv, 854. 



in nephritis, chronic, table of, iii, 

 439. 



Ureids, iv, 412. 



Uremia, as described by Cohnheim, 

 Julius, in 1882, iv, 384. 



causative agents of, possible, acido- 

 sis, iv, 391. 



creatin, iv, 390. 



creatinin, iv, 390. 



disturbed water metabolism, iv, 

 393. 



indicanemia, iv, 391. 



potassium, iv, 391. 



protein destruction, iv, 393. 



sodium chlorid, iv, 39\. 



urea, iv, 389. 



uric a^id, iv, 391. 



conditions hitherto often erroneously 

 classified as, iv, 387. 



definition of, iv, 382. 



division of, into groups, iv, 387. 



conditions hitherto often errone- 

 ously classified as uremia, iv, 387. 



