The Work of the Digestive Glands; Lectures by Professor J. P. Pawlow

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1902. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LECTURE IX * LATEB RESEARCHES -- THE COLLABORATION AND MUTUAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE DIGESTIVE JUICES --BILE AND SUCCUS ENTERICUS -- MOVEMENTS OF THE STOMACH--PATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS OF DIGESTION -- THE METHOD OF EXPERIMENT IS THE ONLY ONE ADEQUATE TO PRESENT-DAY MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS. Later researches on the digestive glands--The physiology and psychology of salivary secretion--New method for the separate study of gastric secretion --The multiplicity of functions attributed to the bile is an indication of our lack of knowledge of the physiology of this secretion--Method of studying the biliary secretion--The entry of bile into the intestine is dependent on the presence and the nature of the food--The true digestive function of the bile is to augment the activity of the ferments of pancreatic juice--The Svccuk entericvt has also the same function--A ferment of ferments, the Enterokinase--Mechanical excitation effects a secretion of micnis entericnt, but only of its watery constituents--Pancreatic juice is a specific excitant of the kinase--The favouring influence oimiccus entericus upon the trypsin of pancreat ic juice depends upon the transformation of the zymogen into trypsin--Theamount of trypsin in the form of zymogen depends on the nature of the diet--The spleen and the pancreas--The propulsion of food along the digestive canal ; its functional adaptation thereto--Experiments on the movements by which the stomach is emptied of its contents--The passage of chyme into the intestine is regulated by impulses generated in * This lecture was delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Society of Russian Medical Men five years later than those preceding. It was also dedicated to the memory of S. P. Botkin in the names of Professor Pawlow and ...