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INDEX 



Dietary studies, nitrogen minimum, 

 401. 



protein minimum and optimum, 401. 

 experiments on, of Chittenden, 



402. 



of Fisher, 405. 



O f McCay, 406. 



of Xeumann, 402. 



results reported as food consumed 

 not that supposed to be absorbed, 

 369. 



scales for converting food require- 

 ment of women and children into 

 "man's equivalents," 368. 



undernutrition, 414, 415. 

 war edema, 415. 



war time foods, in Russia and Ger- 

 many, 418. 



Digestion, of carbohydrates, 248. 



action of ptyalin, 248. 



gastric, 249. 



intestinal, 249. 



salivary, 248. 



in fat metabolism in the intestines, 

 193. 



of stomach, 189. 



of fats in the intestines, bile, 198. 

 emulsification, 200. 



factors in, pancreatic secretion, 



197. 



gastric, influence on, of water, 281. 



pancreatic, influence on, of water, 

 289. 



of the protein, 101. 



salivary, influence on, of water, 281. 



of vitarnines, 347. 

 Dioses, 242. 

 Diphtheria toxin, 669. 

 Disaccharides, 243. 



lactose, 245. 



formula for, 244. 



maltose, 246. 

 formula for, 244. 



sucrose, 245. 



formula for, 244. 



Distilled water, 292. 



Diuretic property of mineral waters, 



847. 

 Drugs, epinephrinemia due to, 782. 



theory of reduction of fever by, 

 771. 



Dulong (1785-1838), experiments of, on 



calorimetry, 35. 

 Dumas (1800-1884), experiments of, on 



calorimetry, 36. 

 Duodenal contents, urobilin in, 165. 



clinical significance of, 168. 



determination of, 167. 



Duodenal feeding, Einhorn's routine, 

 808. 



indications for, 807. 



metabolism of, 807. 



method of introducing duodenal 

 tube, 807. 



Dynamic action, of foods, in infants 

 from two weeks to one year of age, 

 643. 



Economic status, influence of, on food 



consumption, 391. 

 Edema, as a water retention, 311. 



war, or hunger, 415. 



Edwards, William F. (1776-1842), car- 

 bon dioxid, his conclusions on, 32. 



Effervescent baths, 865. 



Eggs, in rectal feeding, 813. 



Einhorn's duodenal feeding, 808. 



Elastin, of connective tissue, 466. 



Electricity, contraction of muscles by, 

 894. 



effects of, on body, 894, 895. 



stimulation of nerves by, 894. 



as a therapeutic agent, 894. 



use of, in. pathological condition, 

 895. 



Electrolysis, salting out of proteins by, 

 99. 



Embryonic growth, and energy metabo- 

 lism, 616. 



Endocrin drugs, effect of, on metabo- 

 lism, epinephrin, 780. 



thyroid gland substance, 782. 



Endocrin glands, and mineral metabo- 

 lism, 336. 



Endocrin and nerve control of glyco 

 genesis, glycogenolysis and glucoly- 

 sis, 257. 



Energy, effect on, of temperature and 

 humidity, 901. 



extra, called out by cold baths, 858. 



general nature of products of bac- 

 terial growth, arising from utiliza- 

 tion of proteins and carbohydrates 

 for, 669. 



measurement of, Zuntz, 77. 

 Energy chemical .requirements, for 



bacterial development, 669. 



Energy content of food, 406. 



Energy metabolism, basic principles of, 

 583. 



basal metabolism. See Basal 



Metabolism. 



conservation of energy in the ani- 

 mal organism, 584. 



determination in part by environ- 

 ing temperature, 593. 



