Animal

{an’-ini-al) [anima, the spirit, breath, or life]. An organism capable of ingesting and digesting food. No sharp line of distinction exists between the lowest animals and certain vegetables. The higher animals are distinguished by the power of locomotion and the po e ion of a nervous system. A. Charcoal, bone-black, ivory-black, etc., is the product of the calcining of bones in closed ve els. A. Chemistry, that concerning itself with the composition of animal bodies. A. Electricity, electricity generated in the body. A. Gum, C12H20O10 + 2- H.,0. A substance prepared from mucin by Landwehr, and so named on account of its ANISOTROPAL resemblance to the gum of commerce. It occurs in many ti ues of the body, is soluble in water, and in alkaline solution readily di olves cupric oxid, the solution not being re- > duced on boiling. It yields no coloration with iodin, and is very feebly dextrorotatory. A. Heat, the normal temperature of the body in man — about 98.50 F. (370 C). A. Magnetism, mesmerism, hypnotism. A. Starch. See Glycogen. 62