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CHAPTER XVIII PAGE 



Pathological Conditions Due to, or Associated with, Abnormal- 

 ities in Metabolism, Including Auto-intoxication . . . 431 



Uremia 433 



Eclampsia 439 



Acute Yellow Atrophy of the Liver 443 



Acid Intoxication 451 



Fatigue 459 



Poisons Produced in Superficial Burns . . ., , .461 



CHAPTER XIX 



Gastro-intestinal Auto-intoxication and Related Metabolic Dis- 

 turbances 464 



Constituents of the Digestive Fluids 465 



Products of Normal Digestion 466 



Products of Putrefaction and Fermentation 468 



Derivatives of the Aromatic Radicals 469 



Alkaptonuria 475 



Cystinuria 478 



CHAPTER XX 



Chemical Pathology of the Ductless Glands 483 



Diseases of the Thyroid 483 



Acromegaly and the Hypophysis . 496 



The Adrenals and Addison's Disease . 498 



CHAPTER XXI 



Uric-acid Metabolism and Gout 503 



Chemistry of Uric Acid 503 



Gout . ." .... 511 



CHAPTER XXII 



Diabetes 516 



Experimental Glycosuria 516 



Pancreatic Glycosuria 525 



Human Diabetes 531 



Diabetes Insipidus 536 



INDEX . 537 



