GENERAL INDEX. 



The Arabic figures refer to the paging; the Roman numerals to the Volumes; and s. to the Supplementary Vulumc. 



ABDOMEN (in anatomy generally), i. 1. 

 in Arachnkla, i. 1 . 

 in Articulata, i. 1 . 

 in Vertebrata, i. 1. 

 ABDOMEN (in human anatomy), i. 2. 

 arteries, i. 14. 



cavity, abduminal, i. 16. See CAVITY. 

 lymphatics, i. 16. 



muscles, and their aponeuroses, i. 4.* 

 nerves, i. 16. 

 uistribution of the nervus vagus in the abdomen, iii. 



889. 



parietes, physiological action of abdominal, i. 1C. 

 serous membrane of the. See PERITONEUM. 

 superficial fascia of, ii. '230. 



walls, and structures composing the walls, i. 2 11. 

 peritoneal investment of the walls of the abdomen, 



iii. 944. 

 veins, i. 1ft. 



congenital malformations, i. 508 ; iv.950. 

 morbid conditions, i. 509. 

 Abdominal aorta, i. 181. 189. See AORTA. 

 aneurism of the, i. 192. 

 branches of the, i. 194. 

 Abdominal artery, iv. 823. 

 Abdominal cavity (in human anatomy), i. 500. See 



CAVITY. 



Abdominal fascia?, s. 138. 



Abdominal plexus of sympathetic nerve, s. 428. 

 nerve, large, iv. 761. 

 small, iv. 762. 



Abdominal ring, external, i. 4,* 5. 

 internal, i. 712. 

 Abdominal veins', i. 15. 

 Alirluccntes oculi nerves, iii. 70?. 

 Abduction, a motion of joints, i. 256. 

 Abductor minimi digit! muscle, ii. 520. 



relations and uses, ii. 520. 

 minimi diiti pedis muscle, ii. 358. 

 pollicis mantis muscle, ii. 519. 

 relations and uses. ii. 519. 

 pollicis pedis muscle, ii. 358. 

 Aberration oflight, chromatic, iii. 335 ; iv. 1438. 1441. 



correction, iii. 335 

 spherical, iii. 334 ; iv. 1438. 1141. 

 correction, iii. 334. 

 Herschel's doublet, iii. 331. 

 Abnmusrif, reed, caillette, or fourth stomach, of Rumi- 



nantia. ii. 11 ; s. 537. 

 Abram-hia, an order of Amphibia, i. 91, elseq. 



characters of the order, i. 91. 

 Aborigines, causes of the tendency of, to extinction, iv. 



1341. 13G5. 



Abscesses of the axilla, i. 3G2. 

 of the bladder, i. 307. 

 of the bones of the face, ii. 220. 

 of the cancellated structure of the tibia, iii. 136. 

 caused by a foreign body impacted in the intestine, 



i. 187. 



cerebral, iii. 720 c. 

 chronic, of cellular tissue, i. 515. 

 of the cornea, ii. 177. 



of the fore-arm, diagnosis and treatment of, ii. 3 r >3. 

 of the ischio-rectal spaces, i. 177. ISO. 

 of knee-joint, iii. 61, et seq. 

 of the liver, idiopathic, iii. IPO. 



from external injury, iii. 190. 



in the loins, connected with diseased vertebra?, i. 452. 

 lobular, iv. 1395. 

 mode of production of, iv. 1395. 

 lumbar, or psoas, i. 187. 



its resemblance to inguinal hernia by direct 



descent, ii. 760. 

 mode of cicatrisation of, i. 601. 



Abscesses continued. 



of the muscular substance of the heart, ii. fi.''G. 



in tlie neck connected with diseased vertebra?, i. 452. 



simple, of the nose, iii. 738. 



of the p;irotid gland, iv. 430. 



of the pharynx, iii. 954. 



plilegmonous, of elbow, ii, 63. 



of the prostate gland, iv. 156. 



psoas, 1. 187. 



case of, ii. 797. 



of scapular region, chronic, iv. 438. 



in scrofulous affections of the bones, i. 45D, 451. 



scrofulous, of the kidney, iv. 257. 



of vagina, s. 7C8. 



Absorbent system, iv. 444. See LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. 

 Absorbents in arteries, i. 224. 



of the bladdtT, i. 387. 



of fore-arm, ii. 362. 



of testicle, iv. 9^2. 



of the mammae, Iii. 249. 



of thymus gland, iv. 1094. 

 Absorbent system of birds, i. 327. See AVES. 



ab-ence of, in the Conchiferous Mollusca, i. C97. 

 ABSOHPTION, i. 20. 



cutaneous atisorption, i. 31. 



description of the absorbent system, i. 21. 



mode in which the absorbents act, i. "8. 



specific uses of the different parts of th*e absorbent 

 system, and the relation which that system bears to 

 the other vital functions, i. 32 



venous absorption considered, i. 24 ; iv. 1390. 

 Absorption, in animals generally, i. 142. 



of the earthy particles of bones, i. 444. See also 

 BONE. 



without the secretion of purulent matter (dry caries), 

 i. 444. 



with secretion of purulent matter, i. 444. 

 ACAI.EPH.I: (class of Invertebrate Animals), i. 35. IDS. 



circulation, i. 43. 654. 



digestion, i. 41. s. 297. 



division of the class, i. 3G, 37. 



generation, i. 45 ; ii. 409 ; s. 20. 21. [129.] 



geographical distribution, i. 46. 



locomotion, i. 37. 



names and characters, i. 36. 



motility and sensation, i. 40. 



remedies for the sting of Acalcphas, i. 45, note a, 



respiration, i. 44. 



secretion, i. 45. 175. 



list of Acalephae possessing the property of luminous- 

 ness, iii. 198. 



supposed seat of the sting'ng quality possessed by many 

 of the Acalephae, iii. 201. 



absence of nervous and muscular fibre in, iii. 533. G02. 



spermatozoa in Acalt-pha;, iv. 499. 



See also ANIMAL KINGDOM 

 Acaiithias niger, skeleton of the, iii. %3. 

 Acanthocephala, an order of Entozoa of Rud<>lphi, ii. 110. 



127. 133. See E.NToZOA ; Stere/ininl/iii. 

 Acanlhopterygii, an order of Fi.-hes, iii. 956. 

 Acanthotheca, a family of Entozoa, ii. 116. See ENTOZOA. 

 slcaiitliozoa. spermatozoa in, iv. 499. 

 Acardia, or absence of the heart, ii, 630. 

 Acari, or mites, skin of the abdomen of, i. 201. 



digestive system, i. 2(12. 203 ; s. 299. 



respiratory system, i. 204, 205. 

 AcarintE, spermatozoa in. iv. 492. 

 Acartts folliculorum, iii. 730. 

 Acceleratores urinse muscles, iii. 91"'. 929 ; iv. 125. 



action of, iv. 1'J55. 

 Accessory glands of Gasteropoda, ii. 3S8. See GASTERO- 



POOA. 



Accessory ligaments, i. 251. 

 nei ve, i. 731. 



