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INDEX. 



Albumins, derived and native, 9 

 ,, chemistry of, 10, 14 

 ,, preparation of, 11, 15 

 Albuminates, 14 

 'Albuminose,' 36 

 Albumoses and peptones, 10 



, , , , chemistry of, 35 



,, ,, preparation of, 41 



Alcohols of the human body, 116 

 Aldehydes, their possible presence in 



plants, 51, 115, note 

 their relations to the ketones, 117 

 Aleurone-grains of plants, 25, 35 

 Alkali-albumin, 9, 17 



,, chemistry of, 17 



,, preparation of, 18 



rotatory power of, 18 



, , its relations to casein, 22 



Alkaloids, certain vegetable, their rela- 

 tion to the xanthins, 174, 

 175 

 ,, vegetable, their resemblance 



to ptomaines, 205, 206 

 Allantoin series, 171 

 ,, sources of, 172 

 ,, preparation, 173 

 Allanturic acid, 171 

 Alloxan series, 170 

 Amides and amido-acids, 140 

 Amido-acids of the acetic series, 140 

 . lactic series, 150 



,, ,, oxalic series, 151 



Amido-acetic acid, 140 

 a-amido-caproic acid, 148 

 Amido-ethylsulphonic acid, 142 

 Amido-formic acid, 140 

 Amido-pyro-tartaric acid, 153 

 Amido-succinamic acid, 153 

 Amido-succinic acid, 152 

 Amido-sulpholactic acid (cystin), 150 

 Amido-valerianic acid, 85 

 Amines, composition of, 205, note 

 Ammonium carbonate, its relations to 



urea, 162, 164 

 Amphikreatinin, 208 

 Amphipeptone, 45 

 Amylodextrin, 92 



Animal body, chemical basis of the, 3 

 ' Animal gum,' Landwehr's, 79, 84, 95 

 Antialbumate, 39 



characters of, 40 



Antialbumose, 39 



,, characters of, 41 



Antipeptone, 38 and note, 39 



,, preparation of, 45 



Apoglutin, 82, note 

 Aromatic series, the, 186 

 Ascidians, tunicin prepared from mantle 



of, 101 



Ash of egg-albumin, 5 

 ,, of proteids, 6 

 ,, of casein, 20 

 of fibrin, 33 

 Asparagin, 153 



Asparagin, its function in vegetable me- 

 tabolism, 52, 153, 154 

 Aspartic or asparaginic acid, 152 



Bananas, presence of isobutyric acid in, 



118 

 Barfoed's reagent, composition of, 112, 



note 



Beans, preparation of inosit from, 108 

 Benzoic acid, 186 



*, its relations to hippuric 



acid, 187 



,, vegetable sources of, 189 



Benzoyl-glycin, 187 

 Bile-acids, the, 208 



,, variations in, according tc 



source, 210 



, , Pettenkofer 's reaction for, 214 

 Bile, the mucin of, 77 



and free fatty acids, emulsifying 



power of, 124 



Bile-pigments and their derivatives, 24C 

 their relation to blood- 



pigments, 249, 250 

 Bilicyanin, 246 

 Bilirubin, its identity with haematoidin, 



240 



sources of, 241 

 ,, preparation of, 242 

 Biliverdin, 244 



,, preparation of, 245 

 Blood and bile, relationship between co- 

 louring matters of, 238, 247, 25C 

 ,, dextrose a constituent of, 102 

 ,, presence of sarcolactic acid in, 12*5 

 Blood-corpuscles, red, proteid constituent 



of, 27 

 ,, ,, ,, colouring matter of 



216 



,, white, their connectior 



with fibrin for 



mation, 66, 67 



68 



,, ,, ,, glycogen presem 



in, 96 



,, ,, nucleated, nuclein pre- 

 pared from, 88 

 Blood-plasma, fibrinogen a constituenl 



of, 28 



paraglobulin a constitu- 



ent of, 26 



Blood-stains, detection of, 238 

 Body, colouring matters of the, 216 

 Brain-substance, neurokeratin obtained 



from, 86 

 ., ethyl-alcohol obtainec 



from, 116 



,, inosit present in, 108 



a sugar obtained from, 



106 

 ,, preparation of cerebrir 



from, 138 



,, pro tagon obtained from 



137 



