CONTENTS. IX 



SECTION II. 

 FUNCTIONS OF NUTRITION. 



CHAPTER I. 



DIGESTION. 



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Organs of Digestion Alimentary Canal Digestive Fluids Their Action 

 on the Food Mastication SALIVA Salivary Glands Physical Prop- 

 erties and Composition of the Saliva Its Mode of Secretion Daily 

 Quantity Its Physiological Action GASTRIC JUICE Gastric Follicles 

 Gastric Fistula Physical Properties and Composition of the Gastric 

 Juice Its Free Acid Pepsine Pepsine Extracts and Artificial Digestive 

 Fluids Physiological Action of Gastric Juice Syntonine Peptone 

 Self-Digestion of the Stomach Daily Quantity of Gastric Juice Pro- 

 cess of Stomach Digestion Digestion of Bread, Cheese, Adipose Tissue, 

 Muscular Flesh. Milk, and Vegetable Tissues Reabsorption of the < 

 trie Juice PANCREATIC JUICE Its Physical Properties and Composition 

 Pancreatine Trypsine Acidification of Fats Mode of Secretion and 

 Daily Quantity of the Pancreatic Juice Its Physiological Action THE 

 BILE Its Physical Properties and Composition Mode of its Secretion 

 and Discharge Daily Quantity Ph ysi< >k>gical Action INTESTINAL 

 JUICE Its Physical Properties and Composition Its Physiological Action 

 Intestinal Digestion The Large Intestine and its Contents . 136-194 



CHAPTER II. 



ABSORPTION. 



Villi of the Intestine Closed Follicles of the Intestine Absorption by 

 the Villi Chyle Absorption by the Blood-Vessels Absorption by the 

 Lacteals Lacteals and Lymphatics Passage of Absorbed Materials into 

 the Circulation Absorption of Carbo-IIydrates and Production of Gly- 

 cogen in the Liver Transformation of the Glycogen into Glucose 

 Absorption and Disappearance of the Liver-Sugar Accumulation of 

 Glucose in the Blood and its Discharge by the Urine . . . 195-211 



CHAPTER III. 



THE BLOOD. 



Physical Properties and Constitution of the Blood RED GLOBULES Their 

 Physical Properties Their Composition Their Varieties in Different 

 Animals Diagnosis of Blood and Blood-Stains Physiological Function 

 of the Red Globules WHITE GLOBULES of the Blood Their Amreboid 

 Movements Their Physiological Functions PLASMA of the Blood Its 

 Composition Albumen Paraglobuline Fibrinogen Peptone Fatty 

 Matters Mineral Salts Coagulation of the Blood Clot and Serum 

 Conditions of Coagulation Xature of Coagulation Usefulness of Coag- 

 ulationQuantity of Blood in the Body 212-231 



