1. MASTICATION I PROPOSE in this and the following papers to give an account of the physiology of digestion, or, in other words, to describe the operations to which food is submitted, and the ...

The major focus of the book is on studies using the short circuit current (SCC) technique. The technique was developed in the 1940's, and it remains the method of choice for whole tissue studies, as ...

THIS is a small but comprehensive account of modern physiological ideas concerning the important subjects of digestion and absorption. The work of physiologists on these questions has of recent years ...

Credit: The physiology of digestion, considered with relation to the principles of dietetics / by Andrew Combe. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal ...

Concerns the case of Alexis St. Martin, whose relations with Beaumont are summarized in the introduction. This edition was reissued in Boston in 1834. The second American edition was published in 1847 ...

1. Nutrition is a potent mediator of developmental plasticity. If food is scarce, developing organisms may invest into growth to outgrow size-dependent mortality (short-term benefit) and/or into an ...

The many functions of the digestive system are differently affected by age, making older people more prone to gastrointestinal conditions. Abstract Ageing can have drastic effects on the functions of ...

Your stomach growls are a normal part of digestion. This sound, called borborygmus, happens as gas and fluids move through ...