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Peptone

the products of the action of pepsin, or acid gastric juice on albuminous substances. They are only found in the stomach and small intestines, are highly diffusible, readily soluble in water, and are not coagulated with boiling.

PERAK writer's own character very plainly, give ing an excellent picture of contemporary life, and of great value for the history of the court of Charles II. It is in shorthand, was discovered among a collection of books, prints and manuscripts bequeathed by Pepys to Magdalene College, Cambridge, and was first printed in 1825.

He died in 1703.

SAMUEL PEPYS

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