TABLE OF CONTENTS. xiil 



Intestinal fluid. Description Morphological elements Fluid constituents 



its quantity Origin Uses . . . . ; . 200 



SECTION SECOND. The Glandular Secretions. 



I. Milk. Description Colostrum Milk-globules Analysis of its fluid 



portion Circumstances affecting the amount of caseine of sugar 

 of salts and of fat Quantity in twenty-four hours Origin Uses 

 of milk Milk of lower animals '. . ' . . " .. 202 



II. Semen. Description; 1. Liquor seminis ; 2. Spermatozoids Semi- 



nal granules Recognition of semen Origin Uses . ' . 206 



III. Glandular Secretions discharged into the Alimentary Canal. 



1. Saliva. Description Its characters as obtained from the dif- 



ferent glands Origin Uses Does not normally convert 

 starch into sugar V . " ''. . . . 205 



2. Bile. Its properties, chemical analysis, organic constituents, 



mineral constituents Biliary concretions Its amount Origin 



Fourfold function of the bile .... 210 



3. Pancreatic fluid. Description Its chemical analysis Pan- 



creatine Quantity in twenty-four hours Origin and uses . 213 



4. Urine. Description Normal morphological elements abnor- 



mal elements Chemical analysis Urea, uric acid, creatine, 

 and creatinine ; its mineral constituents Substances passing 

 unaltered into the urine Abnormal organic constituents of 

 urine Sugar normally in it during pregnancy Quantity of 

 urine in twenty- four hours Its origin and uses . .214 



Urinary deposits, list of Urinary concretions, table of 



Uric acid most frequently their nucleus . . 222 



5. Lachrymal fluid. Description Origin Uses . . * 225 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE CUTANEOUS SECRETIONS. 



I, Sebaceous secretions. Not all precisely identical How modified by in- 



flammation Acarus folliculorum Analysis of sebaceous fluid Rela- 

 tions of the sebaceous glands to the hair follicles Vernix caseosa 

 Castoreum Their origin Uses ...... 225 



II. Perspiration. The sweat-glands Analysis of sweat Gases contained 



in it Amount in twenty-four hours Origin Uses Effects of "check 



of the perspiration" explained ...... 228 



THIRD DIVISION. 



THE TISSUES. 

 CLASSIFICATION OF THE TISSUES. 



CHAPTER I. 



EPITHELIUM, NAILS, AND HAIR. 



SECTION FIRST. Epithelium. 



Definition Form and contents of epithelial cells Their size Five va- 

 rieties of epithelium ..... 235 



