their report.* ing selves to a verification of facts, 
they state that since the universal presence of sugar in the 
_ liver, as the evidence of an important function of this organ, 
_ has never been contested, the questions to be settled, are its ori- 
ginin this viscus, its use there, and its final disappearance. 
Alter enumerating the views of the authors named, the Report 
_ says that Bernard’s view rests upon four data: 1st, the constant 
_ presence of sugar in the liver of all animals; 2d, the presence 
- ‘ho less constant, of sugar in the hepatic veins; 3d, the absence 
of sugar in the portal blood of animals fed on animal food; 
_ and 4th, the temporary appearance of sugar in portal blood, 
_ When the food is amylaceous or saccharine, Of these points, 
_ two, the Ist and 4th, are universally admitted; it therefore re- 
of the hepatic veins contained it in appreciable quantity. 
therefore remark, in conclusion ; ‘la doctrine professée 
_ Pat notre confrére parait intacte,” : : 
/; Miz) On the 27th of August, Ficurer replied to this Report,7 
hours afterward, ligated the portal 
ee : The blood drawn from this vein, 
hed when defibrinated, 700 grams; 600 grams of this were 
_ ated with 24 volumes alcohol, strained from the coagulum, 
- Midulated slightly with acetic acid, and evaporated on the water- 
_ Mth. The residue wes dissolved in water, the solution strained 
'80dic carbonate and mixed with well washed yeast. In 
nutes, fermentation began and continued several hours; 
S evolved was absorbed entirely by potassic hydrate, and 
‘lation, alcohol, recognizable by its odor and its reauc- 
“Of potassic dichromate with the odor of aldehyd, was 
. > OR, 21,1384 + ©. R., xi, 352. i 
Ax. Jour, Sct.—Szconp Serms, Vou. XLVI, No. 138.—Nov., 1868. 
