An academic physiology and hygiene .. . atic juice — office. 18. Spleen —location, functions unknown, effects of removal from animals; plausible theoryof office. 19. Kidneys — number, form, dimensions, location; structure;functions; constituents of secretion; ureters—size and function; effects ofsuppression. 20-22. Chylification—function of small intestine — digestion;secretion throughout length; digestion in duodenum — entry of juices, andtheir action; probable action of bile — alkaline; action of pancreatic juice;action of the intestinal juices; quantity poured out and re-absorbed; food inso
An academic physiology and hygiene .. . atic juice — office. 18. Spleen —location, functions unknown, effects of removal from animals; plausible theoryof office. 19. Kidneys — number, form, dimensions, location; structure;functions; constituents of secretion; ureters—size and function; effects ofsuppression. 20-22. Chylification—function of small intestine — digestion;secretion throughout length; digestion in duodenum — entry of juices, andtheir action; probable action of bile — alkaline; action of pancreatic juice;action of the intestinal juices; quantity poured out and re-absorbed; food insolution — absorption; nature of juices combined—alkaline; result of action— chyle. 23, 24. Absorption of chyle — action of intestine, of the villi, con-duction to heart, entering venous blood, pumped to lungs — arterialized Evils of indigestion — insoluble elements, effete matters secreted and ex-pelled— function of intestine; undue retention of effete products — effects. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, 231. Fig. 44. The Cerebrospinal Sustt >, cercbrur> % /ma/con/; I / D, .;>rat sciatic nerve. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. CHAPTER XXIV. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE BRAIN. 1. Functions of the Nervous System. — Every movement ofthe body, whether voluntary or involuntary, is caused andgoverned by some portion of the nervous system. If wewill to do anything, we do it through the agency ofnervous matter which acts as a medium between the mindand the muscles. Nerve-matter does not produce motionby its own contraction, but by its mysterious influenceover the muscles in which its fibres terminate. Not onlyevery motion, but also every sensation, is dependent uponit. The material of which the nervous system is com-posed constitutes the highest order of organized matter,and in some mysterious way possesses the hidden force orpower which constitutes what is called life. 2. Divisions of the Nervous System. — The nervous systemconsists of two connected parts, ca
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