Keynote Address. - Mucus in Health and Disease. - Mucus Production and Its Regulation. - Functional Anatomy of Mucus-Secreting Cells. - Epithelial Cell Turnover and Mucus Production in Man. - The Morphology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. - Mucus-Producing Cells of the Tracheobronchial Tree. - Dynamic Anatomy of the Cervical Epithelium. - Influence of Pilocarpine and Ammonia Vapour on the Secretion and Structure of Cat Tracheal Mucins: Differentiation of Goblet and Submucosal Gland Cell Secretions. - Control of Biochemical Parameters in Glycoprotein Production. - Factors Regulating the Changes in Cervical Mucus in Different Hormonal States. - The Control of Submaxillary Gland Mucin Production. - Regulation of the Secretory Cycles of Mucous and Serous Cells in the Human Bronchial Gland. - Physical and Chemical Properties of Mucus. - Function and Properties of Epithelial Mucus. - Basic Rheological Concepts. - Functional Aspects of Mucus Rheology. - Physical Properties of Bronchial Secretion. - Physical Properties of Cervical Mucus. - Gastric Mucus Viscosity and Peptic Ulcer. - Studies of Glycoproteins from Mucociliary Secretions. - Chemistry and Biosynthesis of Mucin Glycoproteins. - A Tentative Model for the Structure of Bovine Oestrus Cervical Mucin. - Structure and Function in Gastric Mucus. - The Turnover of Mucin Glycoprotein in the Stomach. - Mucus in Disease. - Derangements of Biosynthesis Production and Secretion of Mucus in Gastrointestinal Injury and Disease. - Malfunction of Intestinal Mucus and Mucus Production. - Cervical Factor in Fertility Regulation. - The Interaction between Sperm and Cervical Mucus in Couples with Antisperm Antibodies. - Modification of Mucus in Animal Models of Disease. - Mucin Histochemistry in the Detection of Early Malignancy in the Colonic Epithelium. - The Biochemical Pharmacology of Mucus. - Glycoprotein Alteration in Human Colonic Adenocarcinoma. - Treatment of Mucus Hypersection in Human Disease. - Evaluation and Treatment of Cervical Mucus Diseases Leading to Infertility. - Keynote Address. - Mucus in Retrospect. - Abstracts of Free Communications. - List of Contributors and Chairmen. Language: English