The physiology of digestion : a review of the Leçons de physiologie experimentale appliquée a la médecine faites au College de France, par M. Claude Bernard = Lectures on experimental physiology as applied to medicine, delivered at the College of France by M. Claude Bernard.

  • Gilchrist, William.
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[1859]
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    speaking of fat-absorption, throw more light, and render it extremely probable, that the presence of bile assists absorption of fat, not by any chemical action, nor by forming an emulsion (which seems, to Ber- nard to be quite a satisfactory explanation of the mode in which the pancreatic fluid assists the absorption of fat), but by facilitating en- dosmotic action. In concluding this somewhat lengthy exposition of Bernard's Lec- tures upon Digestion, we willingly forbear presuming to express a general opinion upon the work of a physiologist of his high standing, but we may be allowed to express our high appreciation of the value of such experimental inquiries, as those we have just reviewed. It is to such investigations as these, that physicians must look for the at- tainment of a satisfactory and philosophical basis for the medical art; and we feel convinced that, until these physiological questions are settled, pathology and practice can never attain a secure footing. This end can be reached only by the cautious physical and chemical analysis of the normal and abnormal phenomena observed in living animals, and though the investigation be slow and laborious, we feel certain that it forms the true path to brilliant and enduring results. William Gilchkist, M.D. Prom, the Edinburgh Veterinary Review and Annals of Comparativb Pathology, for April, 1859. PRFNTED BY ANDREW JACK, CLYDE STREET, EUINUUBOH.