Source of the Hydrogen Ions Produced by Gastric Mucosa

Abstract

Conway and Brady¹ have claimed to show two statements made by Davies, Longmuir and Crane² “… to be incorrect, as indicated in the accompanying cyclical scheme”. These statements were (1) “… so Conway's statement that … a cyclical process³ could give a Q_HCl for higher than $Q_{{\text{O}}_{\text{2}}}$ is not justified”; and (2) “These facts rule out theories dependent upon the production of hydrogen ions by the fermentation or oxidative degradation of any carbon compound”.