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VI. — The Pituitary and Pineal Glands - - 88 



The effects of removal in animals.- — Injection 

 of extracts ; pituitary feeding. — Acromegaly 

 and gigantism. — Frohlich's type. — Functions 

 of the pituitary gland. — Therapeutic value of 

 pituitary extract. — The pineal gland. 



VII. — Studies in Digestion and Absorption - 98 



Movements of digestion. — Sensation in the 

 alimentary canal. — Causes of variation in the 

 hydrochloric acid of gastric juice. — The physio- 

 logical effects of gastrojejunostomy. — Feeding 

 after gastrostomy. — The process of secretion of 

 pancreatic juice. — The bile. — -The absorption of 

 proteins.- — -Absorption in the large intestine. — ■ 

 The value of nutrient enemata. 



VIII. — The Hemorrhagic Diathesis - - 131 



The physiology of the coagulation of the 

 blood. — Fibrinolysis. — ^^Haemophilia. — Pathology 

 of lijemophilia. — Treatment of haemophilia. — - 

 The therapeutics of calcium salts. 



IX. — The Physiology of Uric Acid and other 



Urinary Deposits - - - 145 



Uric acid. — Derivation from food-stuffs. — 

 Derivation from the tissues. — The purin bodies. 

 — Calcium oxalate. — Cystin. 



X. — Acidosis, Aceton.emia, and Diabetes - 157 



Conditions of occurrence of acetone, diacetic 

 acid, and /"5-oxybutyric acid. — Origin from fats. 

 — Sugar starvation the cause of acidosis. — Acid 

 poisoning. — The diagnosis of starvation. — The 

 essential nature of diabetes. — The treatment of 

 non-diabetic acidosis. — The prevention of post- 

 operative coma in diabetics. 



XI. — Immediate and Remote Poisoning by 



Chloroform .... 177 



Sudden death under chloroform. — The fatal 

 adrenalin-chloroform combination. 



