xii CONTENTS 



BOOK III 

 THE MECHANISMS OF NUTRITION 



CHAPTER IX 



THE EXCHANGES OF MATTER AND ENERGY IN THE 

 BODY (GENERAL METABOLISM) 



SECTION . PAGE 



I. METHODS EMPLOYED IN DETERMINING THE TOTAL EXCHANGES 



OF THE BODY . . 660 



II. METABOLISM DURING STARVATION ..... 670 



III. THE EFFECT OF FOOD ON METABOLISM . . 677 



IV. THE EFFECT OF MUSCULAR WORK ON METABOLISM . 683 

 V. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FOODSTUFFS . . . 688 



VI. THE NORMAL DIET OF MAN 695 



CHAPTER X 

 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION 



CHANGES UNDERGONE BY THE FOODSTUFFS IN THE ALIMENTARY 



CANAL 703 



I. DIGESTION IN THE MOUTH 706 



II. THE PASSAGE OF FOOD FROM THE MOUTH TO THE STOMACH . 721 



III. DIGESTION IN THE STOMACH 728 



IV. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE STOMACH 742 



V. THE PANCREATIC JUICE . . . . . . . 748 



VI. THE LIVER AND BILE .... .759 



VII. THE INTESTINAL JUICE . 764 



VIII. FUNCTIONS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE 768 



IX. MOVEMENTS OF THE INTESTINES 771 



X. THE ABSORPTION OF THE FOODSTUFFS . . 779 



XI. THE F^CES .799 



CHAPTER XI 



THE HISTORY OF THE FOODSTUFFS 



I. PROTEIN METABOLISM 801 



II. NUCLEIN OR PURINE METABOLISM 818 



III. THE HISTORY OF FAT IN THE BODY 826 



IV. THE METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES . 839 



