INDEX 



Amygdalin, 4 



Amylase, pancreatic, 4, n, 187, 192 



digestion of dry starch by, 188, 192 



inulin by, 192 

 experiments on, n, 191 

 influence of bile upon action of, 192 

 most favorable temperature for action 



of, 192 

 salivary, 4, 10, 55, 140 



activity of, in stomach, 57, 140 

 experiments on, 10, 59 

 inhibition of activity of, 57, 6 1 

 nature of action of, 56 

 products of action of, 56 

 vegetable, 4, 10 

 Amylases, 4, 10, 55, 187 



experiments on, 10, 59, ipe, 239 

 Amyloid, 49, 113 

 Amylolytic enzymes. See Amylases. 



quantitative determination of activity 



of, 192, 239 

 Anabolism, 564 

 Animal parasites in feces, 227 



in urinary sediments, 465, 474 

 Anti-enzymes, 9 



experiments on, 17 



Antimony pentachloride as cellulose solvent, 50 

 Antimony trichloride as cellulose solvent, 49 

 Antipepsin, 9, 17 

 Antipeptone, 95, 119 

 Antirennin, 9 

 Antithrombin, 257 

 Antitrypsin, 9, 18 

 Aporrhegmas, 214 

 Arabinose, 19, 37, 443 



Bial's reaction for, 37, 443 

 orcinol test on, 38, 444 

 phenylhydrazine test on, 38 

 Tollens' reaction on, 38, 443 

 Arginase, 4 



Arginine, 4, 67, 68, 79, 186 

 Arnold-Lipliawsky reaction for acetoacetic acid, 



440 



reagent, preparation of, 440 

 Aromatic oxyacids, 369, 394 

 Arsenic in urine, detection of, 448 



determination of, 448 

 Ascaris, 17, 1 8 



Ash of milk, quantitative determination of, 327 

 Asparagine, 82 



formula for, 82 

 Aspartic acid, 65, 67, 69, 82 



crystalline form of, 81 

 formula for, 82 

 Assimilation limit, 21 



Assimilation limit of dextrose, 21, 413, 568 

 Atkinson and Kendall's hemin test, 266 

 Autolytic enzymes, 3 

 Azolitmin, use of, as indicator, 158 



Babcock fat method, 324 



tube, 324 

 Bacteria in feces, 221, 224, 225, 588 



quantitative determination of, 241 

 Bacterial nitrogen in feces, 226, 588 

 determination of, 241 

 Balance, metabolic preparation of, 592 

 calcium, 592 



Balance, magnesium, 592 

 nitrogen, 592 

 phosphorus, 592 

 sulphur, 592 



Bang reduction flask, 281 

 Bang's method for estimation of sugar in blood, 



280 



Bang's method for estimation of sugar in urine, 524 

 Bardach's reaction, 101 



Barfoed's reagent, preparation of, 30, 200, 595 

 Barfoed's test for monosaccharides, 30 

 Baryta mixture, preparation of, 375, 595 

 Base-forming foods, influence of on hydrogen ion 



concentration of urine, 362, 580 

 Basic lead acetate solution, 542, 596 

 Bayberry tallow, saponification of, 181 



source of, 181 



Bayberry wax. See Bayberry tallow, 181 

 Bead test (Einhorn), 238 

 Beckmann-Heidenhain apparatus, 365 

 " Bence-Jones' protein," detection of, 428 

 Benedict creatine preparation, 384 

 Benedict and Bock's method for quantitative 



determination of total nitrogen, 488 

 Benedict and Lewis method for sugar in blood, 279 

 Benedict-Polin creatinine preparation, 383 

 Benedict-Folin method for creatine in urine, 508 

 Benedict-Hitchcock method for uric acid in urine, 



Sio 

 Benedict-Murlin method for amino-acid nitrogen 



in urine, 504 



Benedict-Pearce method for sugar in blood, 280 

 Benedict's method for quantitative deter- 

 mination of sugar, 522 



Benedict's method for quantitative deter- 

 mination of sulphur, 548 



Benedict's method for quantitative deter- 

 mination of urea, 494 



Benedict's method for uric acid in blood, 275 

 Benedict's modifications of Fehling's test, 27, 417 

 solution, for use in quantitative deter- 

 mination of sugar, preparation of, 522, 596 

 solutions, preparation of, 27, 417, 596 

 sulphur reagent, preparation of, 597 

 Benzidine peroxidase reaction (Wilkinson and 



Peters), 321 



Benzidine reaction for blood, 171, 233, 263, 431 

 Benzoic acid, 72, 369, 390, 395, 583, 585 

 crystalline form of, 396 

 experiments upon, 396 

 formula for, 395 

 solubility of, 396 

 sublimation of, 396 

 Bergeim's modification of the Herter-Foster 



method for indole in feces, 242 

 Bergeim's phosphonuclease theory for the origin 



of hydrochloric acid of gastric juice, 141 

 Berthelot-Atwater bomb calorimeter, 586 

 Bertrand's method for sugar determination, 527 

 Bial's reaction for pentoses, 37, 443 

 Bial's reagent, preparation of, 37, 443 

 Bile, 171, 202, 412, 432 

 analysis of, 203, 

 constituents of, 203 

 daily secretion of, 203 

 freezing-point of, 203 

 influence on digestion, gastric, 147 

 pancreatic, 178, 190 



