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Nutrition Digestion Absorption Respiration AVaste- 

 products of animal life Chemical changes after death . . . 639-649 



55. Animal fluids and tissues. 



Constituents of the animal body Blood ; its properties and 

 composition Blood-plasma and blood-serum Blood-pigments 

 Fibrin Hemoglobin Haematin Hrematoporphyrin 

 Spectroscopic examination Examination of blood-stains 

 Immune bodies of the blood-serum Lymph Bone Teeth 

 Hair, nails, etc. Muscle Muscle extractives Creatine and 

 Creatinine Xanthine bases Purine bases Xanthine and 

 hypoxanthine Meat-extracts The thyroid gland Brain 

 Lecithins Cholesterin 649-671 



56. Digestion. , 



General remarks Salivary digestion Saliva, tests for it 

 Gastric digestion Gastric juice, its clinical examination 

 Intestinal digestion Pancreatic secretions Bile Biliary pig- 

 ments, acids, and calculi Fermentative and putrefactive 

 changes Absorption, assimilation Feces ; their chemical ex- 

 amination The liver Glycogen Indole Skatole 672-694 



57. Milk. 



Properties and composition Milk-proteins Casein Milk- 

 fat Butter Lactose ; tests for it Changes in milk on stand- 

 ing Milk preservatives Analysis of milk Human milk 

 Modified milk 695-703 



58. Urine and its constituents. 



Excretion of urine General properties Points to be con- 

 sidered in the analysis of urine Color Odor Volume Re- 

 action Specific gravity Composition Normal and patho- 

 logical constituents Determination of total solids and inor- 

 ganic constituents Nitrogen in the urine Urea, its reactions 

 and determination Ammonia in urine and its determination 

 Creatine and creatinine Uric acid, its tests and determination 

 Xanthine bodies Allan torn Hippuric acid Chlorides and 

 their determination Phosphoric acid Sulphur compounds in 

 urine Indican Phenol Pyrocatechin Proteins in urine and 

 tests Blood and its tests Carbohydrates and tests Deter- 

 mination of dextrose in urine Laevulose, maltose, lactose, and 

 pentoses Glycuronic acid Acetone, diacetic, and beta-oxy- 

 butyric acids Bile Alkaptonic acids Diazo-reaction Func- 

 tional tests of the kidney Urinary sediments Urinary cal- 

 culi 703-746 



APPENDIX. 



Table of weights and measures 747 



Table of elements 749 



Index .... 751 



