RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Worm notes: On digestive power]. CUL-DAR64.1.88 and CUL-DAR64.1.89. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2021. RN1
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Is it known whether the digestive power of pancreatic ferment is lessened or stopped by the presence of a considerable quantity of an acid?
Stopped.
[CUL-DAR64.1.89]
Is the digestive power of the pancreatic ferment increased or decreased by the presence of an acid?
decreased.
(see Foster)
[On the action of the pancreatic ferment, see 'A Text-Book of Physiology,' by Michael Foster, 2d ed. pp. 198-203. 1878. See Earthworms, pp. 37, 52-53.]
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