GENERAL INDEX. 



HEART, ANATOMY OF THE continued. 

 left ventricle, ii. 582. 



external surface, ii. 582. 

 internal surface, ii. f>82. 



bicuspid or mitral valve, 11. 583. 

 semilunar valves, ii. 584. 

 sinuses of Valsalva, ii. 584. 

 circumference of the aortic and pulmonary orifices, n. 



587. 



measurements, ii. 587. .. 



relative capacities of the several cavities, 11. oso. 



measurements, ii. 586. 

 relative dimensions of the auriculo-ventricular orifices, 



ii. 587. 



septum of the ventricles, ii. 584. 

 bize and weight of the heart, ii. 587. 683, note. 

 thickness of walls of cavities of, 11. 5S5. 



measurements, ii. 585. 

 si i uclurc (if the heart, ii. 587. 



blind-vessels of the heart, 11. 596; iv. 14 

 great coronary vein, ii. 596. 



sinus of the coronary vein, n. 687. 

 smaller anterior coronary vein, 11. 597. 

 smaller posterior coronary vein, 11. 597. 

 venae minima?, or veins of Thebesius, 11. 597. 

 inner membrane of the heart n. 594 

 lymphatics of the heart, n. 597 ; in. 229, 230. 

 muscular tissue, ii. 590. 

 of auricles, ii. 593. 

 of ventricles, ii. 590. 

 nerves of the heart, ii. 505. 



cardiac, inferior, left, and middle, 11. 595. 



cardiac plexus, ii. 595. 



motor influence of the sympathetic m reference 



to the heart, s. 460. 

 pericardium, ii. 597. 

 uses, ii. 598. 



vessels within the pericardium, relative posi- 

 tion of the, ii. 598. 



tendinous texture of the heart, 11. 587. 

 arterial tendinous rings, ii. 587. 

 attachment of the middle coat of the arteries 



to the arterial tendinous rings, n. 589. 

 auriculo-ventricular tendinous rings, n. 587. 

 tendinous structure in the arterial valves, ii.5S9. 

 tendinous structure in the auriculo-ventricular 



valves, ii. 539. 



peculiarities <tf the foetal heart, 11. 599. 

 Kustachian valve, ii. 599. 

 valve of the foramen ovale, ii, 599. 

 the heart in infancy, i. 65. 

 a-symmetry of the heart, iv. 846. 

 HEART, PHYSIOLOGY OF THE, ii. 600. 



action of the valves, mode of, n. 600. 



cause of motion of the heart, ii. 610. 



constancy of the action of the heart, n. 61d. 



duration of contractility after death, n. b08. See also 



CIRCULATION. 



frequency of the heart's action, n. 609. ,,-,.,.,. 



number of pulsations in a minute in different 



animals, ii. 6i>9. 



See also ASPHYXIA. 



impulse of the heart, ii. 604. 



hypotheses of the manner in which the apex of the 

 heart is made to impinge against the parietes of 



actioVoFthe heart in relation to the force of im- 

 pulsion and direction which it communicates to 

 the blood, i. 655. 



irritability of the heart, n. 612 ; in. 29. 

 upon what does it depend ? n. 612. 

 most irritable parts of the heart, n. 607. 

 See also CONTRACTILITY ; IRRITABILITY. 

 movements of the heart, ii. 602. 



systole and diastole of the auricles, n. 002. 

 systole and diastole of the ventricles, 11. 603. 

 regularity of the heart's movements u. 613. 

 sounds of the heart rhythm of the heart, n. 614. 

 first sound, ii. 616. 



second sound, ii 617. . , 



influence of the spinal cord upon the functions of the 



heart, iii 721 S. 



effects of narcotics on the, in. 30. 

 action of certain external agents on the vital power ot 



the, i. 723. 



HEART, ARRANGEMENT OF THE FIBRES OF THE, n. bia. 

 the fasciculi, ii. 621. 

 the bands, ii. 621. 

 the layers, ii. 621. 

 the rope, ii. 621. 

 demonstration, ii. 621. 

 dissection, ii. 622. 



first, second, and third stage, 11. 622, 62J. 

 second method of, ii. 623. 



first, second, and third stage, 11. 623625. 

 recapitulation, ii. 626. 



the septum veutriculorum, 11. 027. 

 the right ventricle, ii.627. 



boundary of the, ii. 628. 

 conical form of the heart, ii. 628. 

 construction of the auricles, ii. 628. 

 septum auriculorum, ii. 629. 



HP4RT ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF THE, ii. 630. 



I. Congenital abnormal conditions ii. 334. 630 , iv. 949. 

 aberrations of position ect"pia cordis, 11. 6oO. 

 absence of the pericardium, ii. 633. 

 anomalous connexions of the vessels, 11. 638. 

 defect of development, malformations by, n. fa3i. 

 displacement or ectqpia of the heart as a conse- 



quence of disease, ii. 635. 



excess of development, malformations by, u. 634. 

 valves, malformations of the, ii 633. 



II Morbid alterations in the muscular substance of the 



heart, ii. 636. 



aneurism of the heart, ii. 640. 

 atrophy of the heart, ii. 642. 



cartilaginous and osseous transformations, n.b37. 

 dilatation of the cavities of the heart, passive 



aneurism, ii. 640. 



dilatation of the orifices of the heart, n. 640. 

 fatty destruction of the heart's subs'.ance, iv. JO. 

 hypertrophy, ii. 638. 



simple, i. e. without change in the capacity o 



the cavities, ii. 638. 

 concentric, i. e. with diminution of capacity, n. 



638. 

 exceutric, i.e. with dilatation or increased 



capacity, active aneurism, ii. 639. 

 cor bovirium, ii. 639. 

 induration, ii. 637: iv 707. 

 inflammation carditis proper, n. bdb. 

 melanosis, ii. 638. 



medullary fungus, encephaloid tumours, u. 637. 

 morbid deposit of fat on the heart, tatty degenera- 



tion, ii. 642. 



rupture of the heart, n. fa43 

 scirrhus, ii. 637. 

 suppuration, ii. 636. 

 tubercles, ii. 637. 



III Morbid^tafeVof the membranes of the heart, ii. 643. 



chronic valvular diseases, ii. 640. 

 atrophy of the valves, ii. 647. 

 chronic endocarditis, ii. 646. 

 dilatation of the valves, ii. 647. 

 osseous deposits, ii. 647. 

 ossification, ii. 647. . 



thickening of the edges of the valves, n. 646. 



endocardia-morbid states of the endocardium, 



ii. 645. 



entozoa in the heart, n. 647. .. 



hvdrops pericardii or hydropencardium, u. 645. 

 pericarditis-morbid states of the pericardium, u. 



643. 



pneumopericardium, ii. 645 

 softening of the lining membrane, iv. 708. 

 tubercular formations, u. 045. 

 white spot on the heart, n. 644. 

 states of the blood in the heart alter death, n. 648. 

 Heartburn, causes of, iii. 759, 760. 

 Hearts, lymphatic, of reptiles, iv. 302. 



a T n Precondition for the performance of vita. 



actions, iii. 147. .. 



temperature of the human body n. 64J. 



of Mammalia, n. 649. 



of Birds, ii. 6-19. 



of Reptiles, ii. 649. 



of Fishes, ii. 649. 



of Insects, ii. 650. 



of Crustacea, ii. 650. 



of Mollusca, ii. 650. 



general conditions of organisation in relation with the 

 g production of a greater or less degree of hea , m. 6oO. 

 temperature of different parts of the body, u. 654 



relation between the temperature 01 internal parts, 



rela'tfons in point of temperature between external 

 difference' of temperature according to depth, ii. 



Influence of external temperature generally ii. 658. 

 variations inthe temperature of animal bodies in a 

 state of health independently of external tempera- 



influence' of the natural temperature of the air on that 

 influence'o^enip^rature on the vitality of cold- 



Sup i). 



the vitality of warm 

 blooded animals, and of man, m the states of 



r^aus^of modification in ex- 



adduction of animal heat, ii. 



680682. 



affusion of cold water, u. 681. 

 air natural temperature of, u. 680. 



in a stale of motion or at rest, n. 681. 



sudden transitions of, ii. (is I. 

 bloodletting, ii- 681. 

 diaphoretics and purgatives, u. 082 

 diet and regimen, ii. 682. 



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