INDEX 



951 



Sodium eWorld, effects of, on metab- 

 olism, 719. 



salt glycosuria, 722. 



salt starvation, 723. 



mineral, 719. 



on nitrogen, 721. 



on total, 721. 



water, 720. 



relation of, to diet, 312. 



See also Salt. 

 Sodium chlorid fever, 720. 



Sodium salt, in milk, human and 

 cow's, 478. 



Sonden and Tigerstedt's apparatus for 

 measuring respiratory exchange, 516. 



Sour milk therapy, in bacillary dysen- 

 tery, 709. 



and bacterial metabolism, 700. 

 Spallanzani (1729-1799), experiments 



relating to oxygen and carbonic acid 



gas, 32. 



Sphingomyelin, of brain, 470. 

 Spirometers, for measuring respiratory 



exchange, Boothby's, 535. 



Speck's, 534. 



Tissot method, 535. 



Spleen, effect of, on metabolism, 785. 



role of, in iron metabolism, 331. 

 Spoiled air, or nitrogen, of Scheele, 



17. 

 Stahl (1660-1734), phlogiston theory of 



combustion of, 11. 

 Starch, 247. 

 Starch, conversion of, into fat, Yoit, 



73. 

 Stark, William, (1740-1770), on diet, 



in history of metabolism, 12. 

 Starvation, creatinin excretion during, 



178. 



metabolism during, protein. 116, 

 117. 



salt, 723. 

 Steapsin, 192. 

 Sterols, 188. 



Stomach, fat metabolism in, absorp- 

 tion, 190. 



digestion, 189. 



in passage from, to intestines, 



191. 



passage from, of water, 286. 

 Stools, urobilin in, 165. 



clinical significance of increased 



amount of, 167, 168. 



determination of, 167. 



diagnostic value of, 169. 



Structural chemical requirements for 



bacterial development, 669. 

 Strychnin, effect of, on metabolism, 



Subcutaneous feeding, 814. 



of carbohydrates, 816. 



of fats, 815. 



of protein, 815. 



of salts and water, 816. 

 Sucrose, 245. 



formula for, 244. 



Sugar, of blood. See Blood Sugar. 



in cerebrospinal fluid, 473. 



cleavage of, von Liebig's observa- 

 tions on, 47. 



conversion of protein into fat and, 

 73. 



of the urine, 499. 



Sugars, effects of, upon intestinal flora 

 of nurslings, experimental evidence 

 of, 694. 



polymerization of, 225. 



reactions of, with substituted hy'dra- 

 zins, 232. 



reduction of, 230. 



specific rotations of, table of, 225. 



terminology of, 213. 

 Sulphates, in the blood, 454. 



in the urine, 502. 

 Sulphatids, of brain, 470. 

 Sulphonal, effect of, on metabolism, 



764. 



in metabolism, 332. 

 Sulphur waters, 851. 

 Sulphur lead reaction, 98. 



Surface area of body, heat production 

 in infants per square meter of, 646. 



law of, 594. 



criticism of, 597. 



measurement of, 595. 



relation of, to body weight, table, 

 598. 



relation of heat radiation to, table, 

 610. 



Sweat, composition of, 512. 

 table of, 513. 



diastatic ferment in, 513. 



methods employed to collect, 512. 



nitrogen content of, 513. 



substances excreted in, 512. 



total solids in, 513. 



urea in, 513. 



uric acid, in, 513. 



volume eliminated, 512. 



Sweat secretion, baths and, 867. 



Sympathetic system and adrenals, in- 

 fluence of, on glycogenesis, glyco- 

 genolysis and glucolysis, 257. 



Syntheses, in blood poisons, 745. 

 Synthesis, of carbohydrates, 226. 



Tartaric acid, Pasteur's studies on, 

 219. 



