. A text-book of comparative physiology for students and practitioners of comparative (veterinary) medicine . ng thevegetable ferments best known. A ferment has been extracted from the stem, leaves, and un-ripe fruit of Carica papaya, found in the East and West Indiesand elsewhere, which has a marked proteolytic action. It is effective in a neutoal, most so in an alkaline medium ;and, though its action is suspended in a feeble acid menstruum,it does not appear to be destroyed under such circumstances, asis trypsin. This body is attracting a good deal of attention,and its use has been recently
. A text-book of comparative physiology for students and practitioners of comparative (veterinary) medicine . ng thevegetable ferments best known. A ferment has been extracted from the stem, leaves, and un-ripe fruit of Carica papaya, found in the East and West Indiesand elsewhere, which has a marked proteolytic action. It is effective in a neutoal, most so in an alkaline medium ;and, though its action is suspended in a feeble acid menstruum,it does not appear to be destroyed under such circumstances, asis trypsin. This body is attracting a good deal of attention,and its use has been recently introduced into medical prac-tice. Very lately also a vegetable rennet has been found in sev-eral species of plants. The subject is highly promising andsuggestive. DIGESTION OF FOOD. 311 SECRETION AS A PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS. Secretion of the Salivary Glands.—We shall treat this subjectat more length because of the light it throws on the nervousphenomena of vital process ; and, since the salivary glands havebeen studied more thoroughly and successfully than any other,they will receive greater
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