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• Bernard, of the liver's glycogenic function, i.e. of the important part played by the liver in the metabolism of sugar in the body.
• In seeking for the fountain-head of diabetic sugar, it is found that the liver is the great glycogenic, or sugar-originating factory of the body.
• His studies on the glycogenic functions of the liver opened the way for the modern fruitful researches on the internal secretions of the various glands.
• This was followed by the discovery of the glycogenic function of the liver — perhaps his most noteworthy achievement, particularly on account of its bearing on current...