XV111 CONTENTS 



CHAPTEB LV] page 



Biochemical Processes of Digestion (Cont'd) 489 



Digestion in the Intestines, 4S!i; Pancreatic Digestion, 489; The Bile, 492; 

 Chemistry of Bile, 194. 



CHAPTER LVII 



Bacterial Digestion in the Intestine 499 



Bacterial Digestion of Protein, 501 ; Botulism, 503. 



PART VI 

 THE EXCRETION OF URINE 



CHAPTER LVIII 



The Excretion of Urine (By R. G. Pearce) 507 



Structure of Kidney, 507; Mechanism of the Excretion of Urine, 510; Theories 

 of Renal Function, 511; Diuretics, 51S; Albuminuria, 519; Influence of the 

 Nervous System on the Secretion of Urine, 519. 



CHAPTER LIX 



The Amount, Composition and Character of t{he Urine (By R. G. Pearce) . 521 

 Amount, 522; Specific Gravity, 522; Depression of Freezing Point, 523; Re- 

 action, 524; Solid Constituents, 525. 



PART VII 

 METABOLISM 



CHAPTER LX 



Metabolism 534 



Energy Balance, 5.'!5 ; Methods for Measuring Energy Output, 536; Normal 

 Values, 538; Influence of Age and Sex, 541; Influence of Diseases, 542; 

 The Material Balance of the Body, 543; Methods for Measuring Output, 543; 

 Calculation of the Results 544. 



CHAPTER LXI 



The Carbon Balance 547 



Respiratory Quotient, .117; Influence of Diet, 547; Influence of Metabolism, 

 549; Magnitude "f the Respiratory Exchange, 550; Influence of fiody Tem- 

 perature, 551. 



CHAPTER LXII 



\ Clinical Method for Determining the Respirator? Exchange in Man (By 



R. G. Pearce) 554 



The Valves, 555; Tissot Spirometers, 556; Douglas Bag, 558; Ealdane Gas- 

 analysis Apparatus, 559; Calculations, 562. 



