INDEX 



ABDOMINAL respiration, 1165 



effect on blood pressure, 1056 

 Abrin, 1153 



Absinthe, action of, 498 

 Absorption in large intestine, 813 



of amino-acids, 840-845 



of carbohydrates, 838 



of fats, 832 



of food-stuffs, 826-850 



of proteins, 839 



of water and salts, 826 



significance of lipoids in, 829 

 Absorption-coefficient of gases, 1179 

 Acapnia, 1228 



Accelerator nerves of heart, 1094 

 Accessory olive, 415, 431 

 Accommodation, 594, 599 



changes in, 607, 613 



comparative physiology of, 609-612 



mechanism of, 606 



range of, 608 

 Acetamide, 53 

 Acetic acid, 53, 59 

 Acetins, 58 



Aceto-acetic acid, detection of, 1256 

 Acetone, 53 



bodies in urine, 1255 



in diabetes, 896 

 Achromatic spindle, 1348 

 Achroodextrin, 75, 741 

 Acid albumin, 109 



amides, 53 



hydrolysis of proteins, 83, 84 



number of fats, 61 

 Acidosis, 865 



in diabetes, 896 

 Acids, organic, 52 

 Acromegaly, 1331 

 Acrose, 67 



synthesis of, 170 

 Acrylic series, 60 

 Action-current, E.M.F. of, 262 

 Activity, optical, 56 

 Adaptation, 5 



muscular, 197 



sensory, 538 



visual, 639 



Addison's disease, 1322 

 Adenine, 114, 878 

 Adipose tissue, 58 



action of gastric juice on, 771 



of pancreatic juice, 793 

 Adrenalin, 55, 1322 



action on blood pressure, 1323 



Adrenalin, action on nerve terminations, 

 314 



and sympathetic system, 1323 



instability of, 1324 



isomers, action of, 1323 

 Adsorption, by colloids, 157 



by globulin, 165 



in ferment action, 187 



law of, 164 



of toxins, 1156 

 Adventitia of artery, 981 

 Aerotonometers, 1180, 1192 



specific surface of, 1193 

 Afferent autonomic fibres, 531 



impulses from muscles, 389 



nerves, 285 



path, 370 



tracts, cerebellum, 453 



cerebrum, 477 

 After-images, 637 



coloured, 643, 649 

 After-load, 227 

 Air, composition of, 1173 



expired, 1173 

 Alanine, 53, 86, 90 



deamination of, 171 

 Albuminates, 109 

 Albuminoids, 118 

 Albumins, characters, 108 

 Albuminuria, 1253 

 Albumoses, 111, 770 

 Alcaptonuria, 870, 1256 

 Alco-gels, 155 

 Alcohol, food-value of, 724 

 Alcohols, 50 



polyatomic, 51 

 Aldehyde, 51 



reactions of, 51, 52 



resin, 52 



Aldehydes, polymerisation of, 52 

 Aldol, 133, 889 



condensation, 133 

 Aldoses, 65 

 Alexia, 514 

 Alkali albumin, 109 

 Alkaline haematin, 937 

 Allantoin, 879 

 Allied reflexes, 385 

 ' All or none ' phenomenon, 230 

 Alloxan, 879 

 Altitude, effect of, on red corpuscles, 1229 



on respiration, 1207 

 Altmann's granules, 18 

 Aluminium, 48 

 1395 



