OF PRACTICE OF ON CLINICAL MEDICINE THE DISPENSARY

879 Digestion of nitrogenous alimentary principles. - All the nitrogenous compounds must undergo digestion before they can enter the system; in other words, they must be lique- fied and transformed in order to be fitted for absorp- tion. Beyond being reduced to a more or less finely divided state in the mouth, our nitrogenous food undergoes no change till it reaches the stomach. ................
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