Physiology of the carbohydrates : an epicriticism / by F. W. Pavy.

Date:
1895
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Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    of sugar in the transit of the blood through the systemic capillaries that is implied under the glycogenic doctrine does not exist. In reply to a letter asking for the names of the other investigators upon whose work the statement is based, I was informed by Dr. Paton that they are to be found in his article in the ‘ Edinburgh Medical Journal ’ which is dealt with in the succeeding pages. To these pages I refer the reader for evidence showing that nowhere in the article is there in reality to be discovered any valid support to his assertion. Looking at the experimental material upon which the paper, for the sake of which my work is so peremptorily cleared out of the way, is based, what do we find? I have experi- mentally investigated the matter and my results are embodied in the criticism to follow at pp. 71-102. Erom these results it is seen that the existence of a faulty experimental foundation is disclosed. Apart from the question of experimental validity which can only be tested by an actual repetition of the experiments, I submit that the paper, upon the strength of what is adduced