The natural history of digestion : by A. Lockhart Gillespie / Illustrated by figures, diagrams, and charts.

  • Gillespie, A. Lockhart (Alexander Lockhart)
Date:
1898
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Credit: The natural history of digestion : by A. Lockhart Gillespie / Illustrated by figures, diagrams, and charts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER X. PAGE The Micro-organisms of the Alimentary Tract of the Higher Mammals ... ... ... 213 Micro-organisms in the Mouth—Stomach—Intestines—Chemical Poisons formed by them—Cadaveric Alkaloids—Ptomaines —Leucomaines. CHAPTER XI. The Influence of the Nervous System upon the Actions of the Digestive Organs ... ... 223 Influence on the Salivary Glands—Secretory Fibres—Pressure of Secretion—On Gastric Digestion—On Pancreatic Secretion —On the Biliary Excretion—Intestinal Digestion—Paralytic Secretion—Summary. CHAPTER XII. A Comparative Study of Digestion in Animals... 235 Types of Nutrition — Vegetal — Saprophytic — Specialised — Protozoa — Amoeba— Foraminifera — Meta/na — Spongida — Cu'lenterata — Annuloida — Arthrozoic Series — Artliro- poda — Crustacea — Polyzoa — Mollusca — Gasteropoda — Tunicata — Summary — Digestion in Pisces — Organisms in Canal—The Salmon—In Aves—In Reptilia—In Kuminnntia —Tn other Ilerbivora—Vomiting—Digestive Lcucocytosis. CHAPTER XIIT. The Senses Smell :—Mechanism—Acuity—Taste largely smell. Taste :—Different tastes—Minimum amounts of substances re- quired—Connection of sense of taste with hahits and appetite. Hunger : —Nervous origin—Cause. Thirst:—Local sensations—Nervous origin—Connection with hunger. 279