Explains the process of digestion, detailing how food is transformed into simpler substances that can be absorbed into the ...

A Brief Tour Of The Alimentary Canal, From Spit To You Know What : Shots - Health News If you didn't know that spit makes a great spot remover or where prison inmates smuggle cellphones, ...

For all our talk about food, we don't like to think much about it after we put it in our mouths. But Mary Roach — whose latest book is Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal — did just that ...

Walkie-talkies had not been invented in 1910, when Humorist Robert Benchley delivered his uproariously unmedical lecture, "Through the Alimentary Canal with Gun and Camera," so the ...

Merck’s (NYSE:MRK) Alimentary and Metabolism drugs account for around 10% of the company’s value, according to our estimates. The key drugs in this segment are Januvia and Janumet. We don’t ...

The alimentary canal is everything from nose to tail. From the time you put something in your mouth and chew it and experience it all the way through to the other end.

Mary Roach Takes A Trip Down the Alimentary Canal. Mary Roach's new book, Gulp, explores our inner tubes. By Steve Mirsky. Join Our Community of Science Lovers! Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter.

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Mary Roach. Norton, $26.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-393-08157-2. Roach (Stiff) once again goes boldly into the fields of strange science.

This article was originally published with the title “ Alimentary Value of Albuminous Substances ” in SA Supplements Vol. 23 No. 596supp (June 1887), p. 9516 doi:10.1038 ...