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and pancreatic juices, which enter the intestine from the Liver and Pancreas,
as well as the action of the intestinal fluids which are secreted in the Small
Intestine itself. These fluids still further soften and dissolve the Chyme,
and the chemical processes caused by their presence transforms the
Chyme into three substances, viz: (1) Peptone, resulting from the digestion
of albuminous matter; (2) Chyle, resulting from the emulsion of the fatty
particles; and (3) Glucose, resulting from the transformation of the starch
substances. These three substances are absorbed through the walls of the
Small Intestines, and are carried into the circulation or blood-supply, and
thence to all parts of the system. We have not referred to the part played
by the Liver in this work, as our object is principally to follow the course
of the food-mass through the Stomach and Intestines. After the valuable
portions of the food-mass have been absorbed in the Small Intestine, the
balance—the excrement, waste, refuse matter, etc., passes through a small
opening, known as the Illeo-Coecal valve into the Large Intestine or Colon.
This little valve is constructed quite ingeniously, in such a manner as to allow
the excrement to pass freely into the Colon, but which prevents any of it
from returning to the Small Intestine. Let us now follow this waste matter in
the Great Sewer of the System—the Colon.
C. Caecum. The Caecum is a large “blind end” of the Colon, just beyond
the point where the excrement enters it from the Small Intestine. It is a
rounded cavity.
D. Vermiform Appendix. The Vermiform Appendix to the Caecum is the
little worm-like appendage which when inflamed gives rise to the trouble
known as appendicitis. It is from one to five inches in length, and its uses
are not known. Some claim that it furnishes a fluid needed in the work of
lubrication, while others claim that it is the vestige of an organ which has
outlived its usefulness in the course of evolution.
E, F, G, H, I. The Colon. The Colon is the Large Intestine, or great canal,
consisting of a large, membranous tube of about five feet in length rising
as the Ascending Colon (E) on the right side of the abdomen; then passing