The Work of the Digestive Glands

The Work of the Digestive Glands. Lectures by Professor J. P. Pawlow. Translated by W. H. Thompson, M.D. Pp. xii. 196. London : Charles Griffin & Company. 1902. This book contains a quantity of new and original work on the digestive functions ; the conclusions have been arrived at by very ingenious and elaborate methods of experiment. One of the most interesting and novel points brought out by these observations is the very striking range of variability and adaptation to the varying needs of digestion displayed by the gastric and pancreatic secretions. Thus, although the acidity of the former appears to be constant when secreted, the total acidity of the gastric contents can vary by means of alterations in the quantity of gastric juice poured out. Further, if one kind of