THE

AMERICAN JOURNAL

OF

PHYSIOLOGY

VOLUME XLV

BALTIMORE, MD.

CONTENTS

No. 1. DECEMBER 1, 1917

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GASTRIC RESPONSE TO Foods. I. THE DETERMINATION AND SIGNIFICANCE

OF INTRAGASTRIC CONDUCTANCE. Olaf Bergeim..

An Air-Tight Pleura CANNULA. S. J. Meltzer...

A NEW METHOD OF OBTAINING THE RESPIRATORY GASES IN ANIMALS, AND

SOME OF THE RESULTS. A. L. Meyer ......

The ViscosITY OF LYMPH. R. Burton-Opitz and R. Nemser.

STUDIES ON ANIMAL Diastases. II. THE EFFECT OF THE ADMINISTRATION

OF VARIOUS SUBSTANCES ON THE Blood DIASTASE OF Rabbits. C. K.

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25

Watanabe .......

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THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE MINIMAL CONTRACTION IN SKELETAL MUSCLE.

John P. Eisenberger.

THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION ON CATALASE. W. E. BURGE...

HAEMODYNAMICAL STUDIES. Russell Burton-Opitz.

The REACTION OF THE KIDNEY COLLOIDS AND ITS BEARING Ox Renal Func-

TION. Raphael Isaacs.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE STOMACH. XLIV. THE ORIGIN

OF THE EPIgastric Pains in Cases of GASTRIC AND DUODENAL Ulcer.

A. J. Carlson....

A Note on SOME Obviors ConsEQUENCES OF THE High Rate of Blood Flow

THROUGH THE ADRENALS. G, N. Stewart...

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No. 2. JANUARY 1, 1918

97

111

THE EFFECT OF ORGAN EXTRACTS UPON THE CONTRACTION or Volu'NTARY

Muscle. John Rogers, Helen ('. Coombs and Jessie 11. Rahe.....

ADRENALIN VASODILATOR MECHANISMS IN THE CAT AT DIFFERENT AGES.

Frank A. Hartman and Leslie G. Kilborn..

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE STOMACH. XLV. HUNGER,

APPETITE AND Gastric JUICE SECRETION IN MAN DURING PROLONGED

FASTING (FIFTEEN Days). A. J. Carlson...

AEQUIRADIO-ACTIVITY. H. Zwaardemaker..

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No. 3. FEBRUARY 1, 1918

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF ASCIDIA ATRA LEUSEUR. III. THE BLOOD SYSTEM.

Selig Hecht.....

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EVIDENCE FOR THE ENZYMATIC BASIS OF HEART-BEAT. Mary Mitchell Moore 188

VASODILATOR REACTIONS. I. Reid Hunt

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VASODILATOR REACTIONS. II. Reid Hunt.

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