Human Physiology: Internal secretion, digestion, excretion, the skin

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Macmillan and Company, 1913 - Human physiology
 

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Page 383 - ... one of the most important, and at the same time, one of the least expensive and troublesome, which we possess.
Page 245 - ... seen that the introduction of the bolus caused the appearance of a strong constriction above it. This constriction passed downwards, driving the bolus in front of it. The numbers above the tracing of the circular fibres indicate the distance of the bolus in inches from the uppermost enterograph lever. At B the bolus had arrived at the upper longitudinal lever and at C had passed this and was directly under the transverse enterograph, or a little below it. At this point a strong tonic contraction...
Page 341 - Chemical studies on growth. IV. The transformation of glycogen by the enzymes of embryonic tissues.
Page 151 - A method to demonstrate the changes in the vascularity of the submaxillary gland on stimulation of the secretory nerves.
Page 479 - Hooker, DR A study of the isolated kidney — the influence of pulse pressure upon renal function.
Page 248 - Jacobi," says Starling, in a review of the subject, "states that the intestinal inhibitory fibers of the splanchnics take a different course from the vasomotor fibers, and that section of the nerves running from the suprarenals to the solar plexus annuls the inhibitory action of the splanchnics without affecting their vasoconstrictor effect.
Page 47 - ... organs are very irregular being marked by the presence of a large number of irregularly round or oval cysts, some of which were ruptured in attempting to remove the capsules. On section of the organs both cortical and medullary portions were found to be filled with large numbers of thin-walled cysts, which vary in size from a pin's head to that of a walnut or small egg. The fluid of some of the cysts is clear and straw-colored, and in some chocolatecolored, and in still others colloid material...
Page 64 - ... Biol. Chem., 1911, 9, 209, Digestion of protein in the stomach and intestine of the dogfish. VAN SLYKE, LL, and HART, EB: Am. Chem. J., 1903, 29, 150, Analytical methods for the determination of proteolytic products in cheese and milk. VOSBURGH, CH, and RICHARDS, AN: Am. J. Physiol., 1903, 9, 35, An experimental study of the sugar content and extra vascular coagulation of the blood after administration of adrenalin. WELLS, GH: Chemical Pathology, 1914. WHITE, GF, and CROZIER, U.: J. Am. Chem....

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