52 THE ALBUMINS. 



of the theoretical hemipeptone, we are not warranted in speaking of 

 peptones as a well-defined chemical unity, and it is questionable, 

 indeed, whether the final products of proteolytic digestion can 

 actually be classed as albumins. Wo shall accordingly not give an 

 account of the various properties of the peptones which would be 

 based upon the conception that we are dealing with a well-defined 

 chemical substance. We shall have occasion, however, at another 

 place to deal in detail with some of the better known constituents 

 of antipeptone. 



