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204. Nitrogen excretion in urine, 205. Formation of urea, 

 etc., 205. Conversion of proteins into carbohydrates, 206. 

 Conversion of proteins into fats, 207. 



Chapter XIII. Milk, Blood and Urine .... 



Milk, 209. Constituents, 209. Carbohydrates, 209. 

 Fats, 210. Proteins, 211. Casein, 212. Lactalbumin, 212. 

 Inorganic salts, 212. General properties, 214. Analysis, 

 215. Preservatives, 216. Butter, 216. Cheese, 217, 

 Whey, 217, Food value, 218. Experiment Study XXIX; 

 Milk, 218. Blood, 219. Properties, 220. Constituents, 

 220. Erythrocytes, 220. Haemolysis and haemagglutina- 

 tion, 220. Haemoglobin and oxyhaemoglobin, 221. Leu- 

 cocytes, 222. Blood plasma, 223. Blood serum, 223. 

 Serum albumin, 2 24. Fibrinogen and fibrin, 224. Clotting, 

 224. Experiment Study XXX; Blood, 226. Urine, 226. 

 Constituents, 227. Nitrogen compounds, 227. Urea, 227. 

 Isolation and determination, 227. Uric acid, 228. Crea- 

 tinine, 228. Ammonia, 228. Hippuric acid, 229. Patho- 

 logical constituents, 229. Glucose, 229. Albumin, 230. 

 General properties, 230. Experiment Study XXXI ; Urine, 

 231. 



Chapter XIV. Plant Physiology 



Plants and animals compared, 232. Similarity, 232. 

 Differences, 235. Exothermic and endothermic reactions, 



235. Animals liberate energy, 236. Plants store energy, 



236. Photosynthesis, 237. Source of energy, 237. Chlo- 

 rophyll bodies and chlorophyll, 238. Products of photo- 

 synthesis, 238. Function of products of photosynthesis, 241. 

 Carbohydrates, 241. Carbohydrates present in plants, 242. 

 MetaboHc transformations, 242. Sugars, 243. Transloca- 

 tion material, 243. Cell food, 243. Starch, 244. Reserve 

 food, 244. Diastase and maltase, 244. Germination, 245. 

 Experiment Study XXXII; Diastase and starch, 246. 

 Building material, 246. Cell wall, 247. Cellulose, 247. 

 Fats and proteins, 248. Synthesis of fats and proteins, 248. 

 Location of fats, 249. Location of proteins, 249. Source of 

 nitrogen, 249. Nitrogen cycle, 250. Fixation of atmospheric 

 nitrogen, 251. Metallic nitrides, 251. Electrical discharges, 

 251. Nodule bacteria, 252. Reactions of nitrogen cycle, 

 254. Diagram of nitrogen cycle, 255. Resume, 255. Ref- 

 erences to Section II, 257. 



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