American Journal of Physiology, Volume 52

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American Physiological Society, 1920 - Physiology
Volumes for 1898-1941, 1948-56 include the Society's proceedings (primarily abstracts of papers presented at the 10th-53rd annual meetings, and the 1948-56 fall meetings).
 

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Page 408 - Preparations of questionable quality and potency are far too common. Administration of such products is most uncertain medication. «••»•» There is one method by which the therapeutic worth of medicinal preparations may be definitely determined before administration. That method is by assay, chemical or physiological. That method is our method. We standardize our entire output of pharmaceutical and biological products — our fluid, solid and powdered extracts; tinctures, elixirs, pills,...
Page 503 - Acid extracts of the mucous membrane normally contain a body which causes a fall of blood pressure. This body is not secretin, and the latter may be prepared free from the depressor substance by acting on desquamated epithelial cells with acid.
Page 54 - FRANCISCO (From the George Williams Hooper Foundation for Medical Research University of California Medical School, San Francisco) MUCH has been written about the interesting type of intoxication which develops with an intestinal obstruction.
Page 34 - ... raw vegetables low in protein, as carrots, celery, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, and cucumber, leave the stomach rapidly — and without great change." In studying the effect of water, tea, coffee, and cocoa upon digestion in the stomach the following conclusions were made by Hawk2 and his associates: "Evacuation of the stomach was not appreciably delayed by the drinking of 1 liter of cold water, cold or hot 1 Hawk, PB, and associates: The Gastric Response to Foods, American Journal of Physiology,...
Page 497 - THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL SECRETIONS ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE FORMATION OF BILE ARDREY W.
Page 260 - A study of the digestion in the stomach of puddings, pies, and cakes gives an average time for puddings of two hours; pies, two hours and twenty-four minutes; cakes, three hours. Pies were digested more rapidly than cakes. "The addition of 50 grams of ice-cream to a small piece of pie did not increase the burden of the stomach to any marked extent.
Page 207 - ... practicing physician wants a definite result from a definite dosage. He does not always get it. Why ? Variability in the remedial agents of the market is largely responsible. Preparations of questionable quality and potency are far too common. Administration of such products is most uncertain medication. -»--»••»There is one method by which the therapeutic worth of medicinal preparations may be definitely determined before administration. That method is by assay, chemical or physiological....
Page 408 - ... definite result from a definite dosage. He does not always get it. Why ? Variability in the remedial agents of the market is largely responsible. Preparations of questionable quality and potency are far too common. Administration of such products is most uncertain medication. •»••«•-»• There is one method by which the therapeutic worth of medicinal preparations may be definitely determined before administration. That method is by assay, chemical or physiological. That method is our...

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