A textbook of physiology.

  • Foster, M. (Michael), Sir, 1836-1907.
Date:
1895-1900]
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Credit: A textbook of physiology. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS OF PART II. BOOK II. THE TISSUES OF CHEMICAL ACTION WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE MECHANISMS. NUTRITION. CHAPTER I. The Tissues and Mechanisms of Digestion. PAGE § 196. Food-stuffs. The several stages of Digestion 379 SECTION I. The Characters and Properties of Saliva and Gastric Juice. Saliva. § 197. The chemical characters of saliva. Mucin 381 §198. The properties of saliva. The action of saliva on starch. Characters of starch, dextrins, dextrose, maltose 382 § 199. The nature of the amylolytic action of saliva. The amylolytic ferment 385 § 200. The characters of parotid, submaxillary, sublingual and mixed saliva 386 (Jastric Jxdce. § 201. The chemical characters of gastric juice 388 § 202. The action of gastric juice on proteids. Artificial gastric juice. The characters of the more important proteid bodies. Formation of acid-albumin 389 § 203. Peptone and albumose. Parapeptone. Classification of proteids . 393