OF ALCOHOL UPON DIGESTION. 123 



elusion. Thus, in one experiment 50 c.c. of 20 per cent 

 alcohol were introduced into the stomach, and on withdraw- 

 ing the stomach-contents half an hour later no alcohol what- 

 ever was found in the 40 c.c. of fluid obtained. In view of 

 this rapid disappearance of alcohol from the alimentary tract 

 it is plain that alcoholic fluids cannot have much, if any, 

 direct influence upon the secretion of either pancreatic or 

 intestinal juice. 



