GENERAL INDEX. 



889 



ll'a/cr in tlio composition of the blood, i. .110. 



removed from living bodies by the skin, iv. 456. 

 pressure of water on fishes at various depths, iii. 



413. 

 resistance of water to animal progression, iii. 413. 



431. 

 importance of water as an alimentary constituent, s. 



3S7. 

 mode of aqueous notion on the various organs, s. 



387. 

 quantii y of water contained in the various kinds of 



food ordiuarilv made use of, s. 383. 

 sound transmitted by, ii. 566. 

 Water-beetles, ii. 800. 



characters of, ii. 800. 



Water-brash, or pyrosis, causes of, iii. 700, 

 Water-cells of the camel's stomach, s. 507. 53G. 

 ll'ater-rat (Arvicola amphihius), iv. 3-<!t. 



hibernation of the, ii. 7(14. See HIBKKNATION. 

 Wnter-scorpion (Nepa cinprea), ii. Si's. 

 Water-snakes (Hydrophyli), mode of progression of the, 



iii. 434. 

 W<tter-spiiler, instinct guiding the formation ofher singular 



habitation, iii. 9. 



Watery vapour exhaled from the lungs, ii 14fl. 

 Wax of the ear. See CERUMEN; HEARING, ORGAN OF. 

 It'eitsel tribe (Mustclida; ), dentition of the, iv. '.113. 

 Weevil, its ravages in granaries, ii. 802. 

 Jl'fig/it oftlie human body at different ages, i. 74. 

 W/iu/cs, i. 562, et seq. 



spouting apparatus, i. 580. 

 brain of, iii. 696. 



absolute weight of the brain of the, iii. 661. 

 chemical characters of whale oil, ii. 233. 

 vocal organs and voice of whales, iv. 1-104, 1495. 

 See CETACEA. 

 Wliiirtan's duct, iv 424. 



meat, cause of the ear-cockle or purples in, ii. 1 13. 

 Wheel animalcules, generative organs of, ii. 410. 



dormant vitality of, iii. 157. 

 Wliirlwigs, societies of, iii. Hi. 

 Whistle-bone, or huckle-bone. See Coccyx. 

 White of the eye (tunica aHmginea), ii. 174. 

 White matter of the nerves, iii. 086. 040. 654. See NER- 

 VOUS CENTRES. 



Wliite spots on the heart, ii. 644. 

 in the coats of arteries, iv. 87. 

 substance of nerves of Schwann, iii. 592 ; iv. 1140. 

 swelling of the elbow-joint, ii. 7*. 



or chronic strumous arthritis ofthe knee, iii. HO. 

 anatomical characters ofthe disease, iii. 62. 

 first stage, iii. (JO. 62. 

 second stage, iii. 61, 62. 

 prognosis, iii. 61. 

 symptoms, iii. 00, 61. 

 of the wrist, iv. 1524. 

 Whitlow, false, ii. 528. 

 Ji'/ii/tl'x views of the physiology ofthe nervous system, iii. 



721 B. 

 Wi//>s, circle of, iii. 673. 705. 



lateral, or posterior communicating, branch of internal 



carotid artery of Willis, i. 492. 

 Jl'i/son's muscles, iii. 932. 

 Wings ol insects, ii. 419. 539. 921. 



articulations ofthe wings, ii. 926. 



file of the wings, ii. 92S. 



neuration, or distribution of the tracheae in the 



wings, ii. 926. 



origin and development of the wings, ii. 925. 

 table showing the areae of the wings and the 

 weight of the body in various species of insects, 

 iii. 424. 



of birds, iii. 424. 



Winking, action of the eyelids in, iii. 79. 

 If'/nslou', foramen of, i. 502. 

 Winier egg, or hibernating ovum, s. [117]. [119]. [127], 



[12*]. See OVUM. 

 Wire-inarm, ii. 861. 



ravages of, in meadows and corn-fields, ii. 801. 

 Wolf-fish, dental apparatus of the, iii. 978. 

 Wolfitin bodies, iv. 982 ; s. 594. 

 Wtunh. See UTERUS. 



Wanibat, characters ofthe, iii. 267, et seq. 

 Wombat, digestive organs of the, s. 3(14. 



pelvis of the, s. 100. 



Women, depravity of, among the ancients, ii. 680. 

 Wooi-mousc, hibernation of the, ii. 704. See HIBERNA- 

 TION. 



Woodpeckers, mode of climbing and apparatus for prehen- 

 sion, iii. 451. 



Wurmiana oss.a. See CRANIUM. 

 Worms (Annelida), digestive organs ofthe, s. 297. 



earth-worms, organs and mcdu of progression of the, 



ii!. 441. 



ova of, s. [117]. 



luminousness ofthe earth-worm, iii. 198. 

 parasitic. See ENTOZOA. 



found in the liver, iii. 196. See LIVER Kntnzoa. 

 Wounds of arteries, cannon-shot and gun-shot, i. 2'^7. 

 ofthe cornea, ii. 177. 

 ofthe diaphragm, ii. 6. 

 Jt'rfsse, teeth ofthe, iii. 978. 



Supp, 



Wrisbcrg, nerves of, i. 3GO. 



cutaneous nerve of, iv. 750. 

 WRIST-JOINT, iv. 1505. 



normal anatomy, iv. 1505. 



bones which constitute the wrist-joint, iv. 1505. 

 radius, iv. 15().i. 

 scaphoid, semilunar, and cuneiform bones of 



the carpus, iv. IMIti. 



H'rist-jn'mt, triangular c.irtilage of, i. 219. 

 mobility ofthe, i. 250. 

 ligaments, iv. 1506. 



anterior radio-carpal, iv. 1506. 



posterior radio-carpal, iv. 1506. 



external lateral ligament ofthe wrist-joint, iv. 



1507. 



internal lateral ligament, iv. 1507. 

 synovial membrane, iv. 1507. 



mechanical functions ofthe wrist-joint, iv. 1507. 

 abnormal anatomy, iv. 1 51)8. 



congenital dislocations, iv. 1508. 



cases, iv. 150S, 1509. 

 accident, iv. 1513. 



dislocations of the wrist, and nriglibouiing 



radio-ulnar articulations, iv. 1513. 

 ofthe bones ofthe foreaun backwards, 

 with displacement forwards of thecarpus, 

 iv. 1514. 

 luxations of the lower extremity of the ulna, 



iv. 1514. 

 of the lower extremity of the ulna at the 



wrist-joint, backwards, iv. 1515. 

 forwards, iv. 1515. 

 ofthe bones ofthe carpus, iv. 1516. 

 fractures of ihe lower extremity of the radius, 

 in the immediate vicinity of the wrist- 

 joint, iv. 1516. 

 symptoms, iv. 1517, 

 diagnosis, iv. 1518. 

 anatomical character of the fracture, iv. 



1520. 

 of the lower extremity of the ulna, iv. 



1521. 

 disjunction of the lower epiphysis of the radius, 



iv. 1521. 

 cases, iv. 1521. 

 disease, iv. 1523. 



acute arthritis of the radio-carpal and of the 



inter-carpal articulations, iv. 1523. 

 chronic strumous arthritis of the wrist, or 



white swelling, iv. 1524. 

 anatomical characters of the disease, iv. 



1525. 

 chronic rheumatic arthritis of the wrist, iv. 



1526. 



anatomical characters, iv. 1527. 

 synovial tumours of the region of the wrist, 



iv. 1528. 

 morbid condition of the synovial bursoe of tin; 



flexor tendons, iv. 152H. 

 painful crepitation of tendons around the 



wrist, iv. 1529. 



surgical anatomy ofthe wrist. See HAND. 

 wrist-joint contrasted with ankle-joint, i. 154. 



X. 



Xanthic oxide (xanthin) calculus, iv. 80. 

 Xnnthuproteic acid, iv. 164. 



Xanthous races of man. See VARIETIES or MANKIND. 

 Xi/i/tfa.x gladius,i. 115. 



Xffi/iofrl appendix, or ensifonn cartilage, iv. 1023. 

 ossification ofthe, iv. 1021. 



Y. 



Y-shaped cartilage of pelvis, s. 117. I'-O. 

 }'ii/inc/i., or fresh-water opossum, iii. -01. 

 Yaii'iiiiiff, probabh; causes of, iii. 722 K. 



sympathy in, iv. 852. 



influence of on paralytic limbs, iii. 40. 

 Vivisf-plant, mode of reproduction ofthe, s. 224. 

 Yetk. yolk, or vitellus of egg, s. 3. 68. See O\ CM. 



yolk-mass, s. [%]. 



Yuirt/t, periods n>, at which the animal he.it dill'i r.s fi i in 

 that of the adult age, ii. 663. 



Zealaniiers, New, physical characters ofthe, iv. 1362. 

 portrait of a New Zealander, iv. 1362. 

 causes of the tendency to extinction in the aborigines 



of, iv 1311. 



Zebra, the (Equus zebra), iv. 711. 

 Ki'fifirimia, a genus of Myriapoda, iii. 516, et serf. 

 /,iji/ir'iiii</ic, a family of Myriapoda, iii. 516, ct ,MV/. 

 characters of the family, iii. 540. 

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