Animal Fluids

Normally found in the body and nece ary for the digestion, absorption, and distribution of the food. They furnish vehicles for the removal of the waste of the body, and lubricate surfaces which are in contact with each other. The gastric juice, perspiration, and vaginal mucus are normally acid, the urine occasionally so; all the other fluids are alkaline. The gastric juice, saliva, secretions of the pancreas, and intestines, bile, blood and lymph are concerned in the a imilation of the food; the urine and perspiration remove deleterious and waste products; the tears, mucus, and watery fluids found in the joints, abdomen and other cavities act as lubricants. The spermatic fluid and milk are usually included, and are alkaline.