The prevention of the diseases peculiar to civilization / by Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane.

  • Sir William Arbuthnot-Lane, 1st Baronet
Date:
1929
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Credit: The prevention of the diseases peculiar to civilization / by Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rning back of material in the drain and later in the syphon trap: finally the accumulating con¬ tents in the pan are not evacuated when the plug is pulled on. In the case of the human system, food passes down the gullet into the stomach, wheie it is broken up by the gastric juice, and any organ¬ isms it may contain are killed by the action of the juice. The food which has been rendeied sterile passes into the duodenum or syphon trap where it is mixed with the secretion of the liver (bile) and with that of the pancreas. It then runs into the small intestine where its digestion is continued by the secretions of its lining membrane, the nutrient materials con¬ tained in the food are absorbed by the blood vessels and lymphatics, and are carried to the liver, the cells of which render any by¬ products inert and capable of being carried safely through the circulation to the kidneys where they are eliminated. Their products are urea, uric acid, etc. The contents or the small intestine from which all the nutrient products have been absorbed pass in a fluid state into the large bowel or cesspool. In the normal course
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