Recent advances in physiology and bio-chemistry / edited by Leonard Hill ; contributors, Benjamin Moore [and others].

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1908
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    CHAP. PAGE TX. THE INFLUENCE OF INCREASED ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (continued)— The Effects of Decompression ...... 245 The Treatment of the Decompression Symptoms . . . 245 The Effect of Water Pressure on Bioplasm .... 294 Bibliogra]3hy .......... 255 X. WATER—ITS RELATION TO METABOLISM AND THE REGULATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE . . .256 Relative Humidity of the Atmosphere 258 The Amount of Water in the Body 259 The Outpiit of Water in Rest and Work . . . .260 The Effect of Humidity of Air on Heat Loss .... 268 The Critical Temperature of an Animal .... 271 Bibliograj)hy 274 XL THE METABOLISM OF FAT 275 The Digestion of Fat 277 , X^ ^Absorption 279 The Metabolism of Fat 283 The Metabolism of Fat during Fasting 287 The Metabolism of Fat when Proteids are Fed . . . 288 The Source of Body Fat—Is it Formed from Proteid ? . . 290 The Formation of Milk Fat 294 Pathological Evidence as to the Formation of Fat from Proteid 295 Origin of Fat out of Carbohydrate 299 The Origin of Body Fat out of Food Fat .... 302 Quantitative Relations of Feeding Fats 302 Fat as a Source of Energy . . . . ... . 303 The Work of Digesting and Absorbing Fat .... 305 The Putting on of Fat 306 Fattening by Over-eating 306 Fattening by Lessened Expenditure 307 The Effects of Obesity 3Q9 Bibliography 3j-^ By J. J. R. MACLEOD XII. THE METABOLISM OF THE CARBOHYDRATES . . 312 The Distribution of Glycogen in the Body .... 321 How the Tissues may be rendered free of Glycogen . . 324 What Food-stuffs lead to Glycogen Formation ? . . . 325 Wliat Ijccomes of Glycogen in the Organism ? 334 ' h