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General properties 143 



Chemical composition 144 



The mucinous body of the bile 145 



The biliary acids 145 



Isolation 147 



Tests 147 



Pettenkofer's test 147 



Physiological test 148 



Glycocholic acid 148 



Hyoglycocholic acid 149 



Taurocholic acid 149 



Hyotaurocholic acid 150 



Chenotaurocholic acid 150 



Cholalic acid 151 



Hyocholalic acid and chenocholalic acid 153 



Choleicacid 153 



Fellicacid 153 



Lithofellic acid 153 



Taurin 153- 



Isolation 154 



Glycocoll 155 



The bile-pigments 15& 



Bilirubin 156- 



Tests 158 



Isolation 159" 



Biliverdin 160 



Isolation 160- 



Biliprasin 161 



Bilifuscin 161 



Bilicyanin 161 



Bilipurpurin 161 



Choletelin 161 



Bilihumin 162" 



Cholesterin 162 



Tests 163 



Other organic constituents of the bile 163 



Tbe biliary iron 164 



CHAPTEE VIII. 

 THE PEOCESSES OF DIGESTION AND EESOEPTION. 



THE DIGESTION AND KESORPTION OF THE CARBOHYDRATES 165 



THE DIGESTION AND RESORPTION OF THE ALBUMINS 168 



Digestion of the native albumins 168 



Gastric digestion 168 



Tryptic digestion 174 



Digestion of the proteids 178 



Digestion of the albuminoids 179 



THE DIGESTION AND KESORPTION OF THE FATS 180- 



