GENERAL INDEX 



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Water, influence of. increased ingestion 

 of, on metabolism, iii, 277. 



passage of, from stomach, iii, 286. 



percentage of, in organs, tissues and 

 secretions of body, iii, 275. 



-regulation of intake of, in certain 

 conditions, iii, 294. 



requirement of body for, iii, 312. 



stimulatory power of, iii, 281. 

 Water balance, of fasting man, table, 



iv, 6. 



Water metabolism, disturbed, as cause 

 of renal insufficiency, iv, 393. 



effect on, of acids and alkalies, iii, 

 736. 



of anesthetics, general, chloro- 

 form and ether, iii, 763. 



of antipyretics, iii, 770. 



of arsenic, iii, 755. 



of atropin, pilocarpin, etc., iii, 

 774. 



of calcium, iii, 730. 



oT epinephrin, iii, 781. 



of mercury, iii, 756. 



of opiates, iii, 767. 



of pituitary substances, iii, 784. 



of purins, iii, 778. 



of sodium chlorid, iii, 720 



of uranium, iii, 757. 



in typhoid fever, iv, 106. 



in undernutrition, iv, 4. 



of rectal feeding, iii, 812. 



storage of water, iv, 7. 



Water retention, edema due to, iii, 311. 



relation of salt to, iii, 311, 312. 

 Water starvation, iv, 4. 



critical level in order to avoid, iv, 5. 



symptoms of, iv, 5. 



Water supply, relation of, to cretinic 

 degeneration, i, 451, 469. 



Waters, mineral, iii, 845. 



alkaline waters, including carbo- 

 nated, iii, 848. 



arsenic, iii, 851. 



bitter waters, iii, 850. 



carbonated, iii, 848. 



classification of, iii, 845. 



diuretic property of, iii, 847. 



iron, iii, 851. 



radio-active, iii, 852. 



saline waters, iii, 846. 



sulphur, iii, 851. 

 Waxes, as simple lipoids, iii, 185. 

 beeswax, iii, 185. 



cetin, iii, 185. 



wool wax (lanolin), iii, 185. 



Weight, relation of, to surface area, iii, 

 598. 



Weight curve, importance of, in hypo- 



thyroidism, i, 429. 

 Weight of the body, in fasting man, iv, 



16. 



percentage loss in weight of vari- 

 ous organs in starvation, iv, 18. 

 -in typhoid fever, iv, 119. 

 -percentage loss of, in starvation, iv, 

 ^4. 



Wiesel, J., first description of chroma- 

 phil system by (1904), i, 68. 



Willis (1621-1675), on respiration, in 

 history of metabolism, iii, 11. 



Winds, effects of, iii, 902. 



Winking, ii, 767. 



Winterstein's apparatus for measuring 

 respiratory exchange, iii, 530. 



Wool wax, iii, 185. 



Work, influence of, on food consump- 

 tion, iii, 391. 



Worm tetany, i, 649. 



Wounds, of the testicles, ii, 482. 



X-ray, effects of, on testis, ii, 442. 



in treatment of dystrophia adiposo- 

 genitalis, i, 922. 



in treatment of exophthalmic goiter, 

 i, 371. 



Xanthin, and its derivatives in tetany, 

 i, 634. 



as toxic agent in intoxication theory 

 of parathyroid tetany, i, 544. 



chemical nature of, iv, 468. 



formula for, iv, 413. 



in muscle tissue, iii, 461. 



in urine, iv, 467. 

 Xanthin calculi, iv, 467. 



Xanthine oxidase, distribution of, iii, 

 156. 



Xanthoproteic reaction, iii, 98. 



Xanthoma, associated with miscellane- 

 ous causes, iv, 705. 



Xerophthalmia, ii, 801. 



Xerosis, ii, 802. 



Xylose, iii, 241. 



Yeast cells, activity of, von Liebig's 



discussion of, iii, 54. 

 Yeast nucleic acid, fundamental groups 



of, iii, 136. 



Zanthine, iii, 137, 138. 



Zinc, effect of, on metabolism, iii, 

 758. 



Zuntz, Nathan (1847-1920), work of, 

 on metabolism, iii, 76. 



Zuntz and Geppert's method of meas- 

 uring respiratory exchange, iii, 538. 



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