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CHAPTER V. 



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ABSORPTION - - 398 



Imbibition, diffusion, and osmosis - 398 



Absorption of the food - - 401 



Theories of absorption 404 



Formation of lymph 406 



Absorption of fat 412 



Absorption of carbo-hydrates - - 416 



Absorption of water and salts - - 417 



Absorption of proteins - - 418 



CHAPTER VI. 



EXCRETION - 435 



Excretion by the kidneys - 436 



Chemistry of urine - 436 



The urine in disease - 447 



Secretion of urine - 451 



Bloodvessels and tubules of kidney 452 



Theories of renal secretion - 455 

 Influence of the circulation on the secretion of uririe - 467 



Diuretics - 470 



Micturition - 471 



Excretion by the skin - - 473 



CHAPTER VII. 



METABOLISM, NUTRITION AND DIETETICS 496 



Metabolism of proteins - 496 



Formation of urea - 500 



Formation of uric acid - - 505 



Formation of hippuric acid 508 



Formation of kreatinin - 509 



Autolysis - 509 



Metabolism of carbo-hydrates glycogen 511 



Glycogen-formers - 513 



Extra-hepatic glycogen - - 514 



Fate of the glycogen - 515 



Glycolysis - 516 



Diabetes 518 



Metabolism of fat 522 



Formation of fat from carbo-hydrates - 524 



Formation of fat from protein - 525 



Income and expenditure of the body 528 



Nitrogenous equilibrium - 529 



Laws of nitrogenous metabolism - 535 



Carbon equilibrium 539 



The oxygen deficit 541 



