INDEX 



1415 



Prosthetic group, 112 

 Protamines, 102, 107, 112 

 Protective colloids, 166 

 Protein, absorption of, 839 



art ion of nitrous acid on, 98 



adsorption by, 79, 81 



alkaloidal reactions, 105 



amide nitrogen in, 101 



ammonia nitrogen in, 101 



amount of nitrogen in, 688 



biuret reaction, 102 



distribution of nitrogen in molecule, 

 101 



effect of, on metabolism, 706, 731 



effects of variation in diet, 708 



fractional salting, 107 



hydrolysis by enzymes, 84 



minimum requirement, 732 



osmotic pressure of, 83 



oxidation of, 863 



salting out, 106 



copper compounds, 82 



hydrolysis, 83, 109 



metabolism, 854-873 

 endogenous, 866 

 in starvation, 704, 708 

 Folin's theory, 721 

 Pfluger's theory, 719-720 

 Voifs theory, 718 



molecule, obscure constituents of, 



96 



structure of, 83, 97 

 synthesis of, 97 



precipitation by metallic salts, 105 

 Proteins, 49, 78 



carbohydrate radicle in, 104 



classification of, 107-110 



colour reactions of, 102 



composition of, 78, 100 



conjugated, 112 



constitution of , 100 



crystallisation of, 79 



derivatives of, 109 



diamino -nitrogen in, 101 



disintegration products of, 89 



halogen derivatives, 109 



heat coagulation of, 79, 105 



hydrated, 109 



molecular weight of, 81 



monoamino-nitrogen, 101 



physical characters, 79 



putrefaction of, 84 



salts of, 79 



separation of, 105 



specific dynamic effect of, 711 



sulphur in, 81 



synthesis of in body, 126-132 



tests for, 102 



as colloids, 79, 105 



in urine, 1253 



Proteose, food value of, 722 

 Proteoses, 111 



fractionation of, 769 



hydrolytic products, 769 

 Prothrombin, 952 

 Protocerebrum, 331 

 Protopathic sensibility, 552 



. Protoplasm, 15, 16, 18 



Altnunin'x theory, 18 



alveolar theory, 19 



constituents of, :!'. 



fibrillar theory, 1 S 



granular theory, 18 



hyaline. 18 



physical condition < f, 21 



salts of, 47 



surface tension in, 22, 26 



theories of structure, 18 



varieties of, 16, 18, 39 



ultra- microscopic structure, 20 

 Proximate constituents of the body, 49 

 Psalterium, 482 

 Pseudo-globulin, 977 

 Pseudo-ions, 165-166 

 . Pseudo-miclein, 111, 772 

 Pseudo-reflexes, 529 

 Pseudo-solution, 154 

 Pseudomucin, 117 

 Pseudopodia, 14 

 Psychical secretion of gastric juice, 



775 



Ptyalin, 741 



Puberty, changes at, 1361 

 Pulmonary circulation, 1053-1056 



ventilation, 1170 

 Pulse, 1034-1046 



aiiacrotic wave, 1042 



eatacrotic, 1042 



clinical features of, 1046 



dicrotic wave, 1037, 1040, 1041 



Frank's work on, 1043 



in veins, 1051 



percussion wave, 1040 



peripheral, 1045 



pre-dicrotic wave, 1040 



primary wave, 1040 



qualities of, 1046 



tidal wave, 1040 

 Pulse-pressure, 987 

 Pulse-rate, in man, 1098 



effect of oxygen on, 1228 

 Pulse- wave, velocity of, 1039 



nature of, 1034 

 Pulvinar, 424 

 Pupil, 604 



contraction of, 612 



dilatation of, 614 

 Purine bases, 113 



in fajces, 852 

 in urine, 880 



metabolism, 874-883 



ring, 114, 875 

 Purkinje cells of cerebellum, 451 



fibres of heart, 1072 



figures, 627 



Purposive reactions, 389, 444 

 Putrefactive amines, 173 



bacteria, 173 

 Putrescine, 173 

 Pyloric canal, 783 



sphincter, 785 



vestibule, 783 



Pylorus, nervous mechanism for opening, 

 785 



