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The mucinous body of the bile 159 



The biliary acids 159 



Isolation 160 



Tests 161 



Pettenkofer's test 162 



Physiological test 162 



Glycocholic acid 162 



Hyoglycocholic acid 163 



Taurocholic acid 163 



Hyotaurocholic acid 164 



Chenotaurocholic acid 164 



Cholalic acid 165 



Hyocholalic acid and chenocholalic acid 167 



Choleic acid 167 



Fellic acid 167 



Lithofellic acid 167 



Taurin 168 



Isolation 169 



Glycocoll 169 



The bile-pigments 170 



Bilirubin 170 



Tests 173 



Isolation 174 



Biliverdin 174 



Isolation 175 



Biliprasin 175 



Bilifuscin 175 



Bilicyanin 175 



Bilipurpurin 176 



Choletelin 176 



Bilihurain 176 



Cholesterin 176 



Tests 177 



Other organic constituents of the bile 178 



The biliary iron 178 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 THE PROCESSES OF DIGESTION AND RESOEPTION. 



THE DIGESTION AND RESORPTION OF THE CARBOHYDRATES 179 



THE DIGESTION OF THE ALBUMINS 181 



Digestion of the native albumins 181 



Gastric digestion 181 



Tryptic digestion 185 



Digestion of the proteids 187 



Digestion of the albuminoids 188 



RESORPTION OF THE PRODUCTS OF PROTEOLYTIC DIGESTION 189 



Erepsin 189 



THE DIGESTION AND RESORPTION OF THE FATS 



Autolysis 193 



