XX CONTENTS 



CHAPTER LXXIII PAGE 



Uric Acid and the Purine Bodies (Cont'd) 643 



Source of Endogenous Purines, 643; Influence of Various Physiological Con- 

 ditions, of Drugs, and of Disease on the Endogenous Uric-acid Excretion, 

 647 J Uric Acid of Blood, 648. 



CHAPTER LXXIV 



Metabolism of the Carbohydrates 052 



Capacity of the Body to Assimilate Carbohydrates, 652; Assimilation Limits, 

 652; Saturation Limits, 654; Digestion and Absorption, 050; Sugar Level in 

 the Blood, 057; Value of Blood Examinations in Diagnosis of Diabetes, 059; 

 Relationship Between Blood Sugar and the Occurrence of Glycosuria, 660. 



CHAPTER LXXV 



Metabolism of the Carbohydrates (Cont'd) 662 



Fate of Absorbed Glucose, Gluconeogenesis, 662; Storage of Sugar, 662; 

 Sources of Glycogen, 662; Gluconeogenesis in Normal Animals, 667. 



CHAPTER LXXVI 



Metabolism of the Carbohydrates (Cont'd) 669 



Fate of Glycogen, 669; Regulation of the Blood Sugar Level, 671; Nerve 

 Control and Experimental Diabetes, 672 ; Nervous Diabetes in Man, 674 ; 

 Hormone Control and Permanent Diabetes, 676; Utilization of Glucose in 

 Tissues, 677; Relation of the Pancreas to Sugar Metabolism, 678; Diabetes 

 and the Ductless Glands, 678; Diabetic Acidosis or Ketosis, 683; Starvation 

 Treatment, 684. 



CHAPTER LXXVII 



Fat Metabolism 686 



Chemistry of Fatty Substances, 686; Digestion of Fats, 690; Absorption of 

 Fats, 691. 



CHAPTER LXXVIII 



Fat Metabolism (Cont'd) 696 



Pal of Blood, 696; Methods of Determination, 696; Variations in P.lood Fat, 

 697; Depot Fat, 700; Fat in the Liver, 701. 



CHAPTER LXXIX 



Fat Metabolism (Cont'd) 707 



Production of Fatty Acid Out of Carbohydrate, 707; Method by Which the 

 Fatty Acid is Broken Down, 709. 



CHAPTER LXXX 



Control of Body Temperature and Fever 714 



Variations in Body Temperature, 714; Factors in Maintaining the Body Tem- 

 perature, 71") ; Control of Temperature, 719: Fever, 721; Causes, 721; Changes 

 in the Body during Fever, 723; Beat regulating Center, 725; Significance of 

 Fever, 726. 



