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INDEX. 



Air, expired, changes of, 550, 552 

 Albumin, acid- and alkali-, 19, 97 

 Albumose, clotting prevented by, 29 



,, distinguished from peptone, 



369 

 Alcohol, changes in proteids produced by, 



24 



,, physiological action, 348 

 ,, use in diet, 837 

 Alimentary canal, vaso- constrictor nerves 



of, 322, 438 

 ,, structure, 377 

 ,, mucous membrane of, 378 

 ,, glands of, 379 

 ,, circular and longitudinal 



coats of, 456, 464 

 ,, spontaneous movements of, 



464, 465, 468 

 ,, nerve supply to coats, 466, 



467 

 ,, peristaltic action, 464 



mutually destructive juices 



of, 476 



,, absorption from, 481, 511 

 Alkaloids, vegetable, their kinship to 



urea, 828 

 Allantoin, 1528 

 Allantois, growth of the, 1514 

 Altitudes, high, diminished oxygen pres- 

 sure in, 575 



Alveolus of lung tissue, 527, 529, 532 

 of gland, 380, 386 



lymphatic, 492 



,, mammary, 777 



,, of pancreas, 391 

 Alvergniat's gas-pump, 555 

 Amblyopia, 1078 

 Ammonia, mode of conversion into urea, 



756, 757 



Amnion, true and false, 1514, 1523 

 Amniotic fluid, 1523 



,, ,, function, 1524 



,, ,, composition, 1528 



Amoebae, 3 7 

 Amoeboidmovements of white corpuscles, 



38, 42, 166, 337, 490 

 Amphibia, ending of nerve fibres in 



muscles of, 120 

 urinary tubule in, 643 

 ,, double vascular supply to 



kidney, 666 

 Ampullae of the semicircular canals, 



1009 



Amylolytic action of saliva, 361 

 Anabolic changes of living substance, 42 

 Anacrotic pulse, usually pathological, 



265, 271 



Anaemia, lessened number of red cor- 

 puscles in, 34 



,, respiration impeded by, 629 

 Anelectrotonus, 129 



,, relation to irritability, 



133 

 "Animal starch," 730 



Animals, cold-blooded, temperature of, 



809 

 ,, warm-blooded, ,, ,, 



810 



Annulus of Vieussens, 299 

 Anode, 60 

 Aorta, proportion of sectional area of 



capillaries to the, 199 

 ,, comparative blood-pressure in, 



239 



,, closure of valves of, 246 

 ,, absence of nerves from, 272 

 Aphasia, connection of with cortical 



lesion, 1053, 1056 

 ,, phenomena of, 1057 

 Apncea, how produced, 603, 604 

 Aqueduct of Sylvius, 930 

 Aqueous humour, 1306 

 Arachnoid membrane, 1125 

 Arantii, corpus, 197 

 Area, cortical motor, in dog, 1035 

 ,, in monkey, 1038 



,, ,, in anthropoid ape, 



1043 

 ,, ,, in man, 1052 



,, ,, mode of action of, 



1056 

 ,, ,, ,, for movements of 



the eyes, 1079 

 ,, for speech, 1053, 



1464 

 ,, ,, ,, for movements of 



larynx, 1463 

 for respiratory 



movements, 1464 

 ,, ,, for vision, 1081 



,, ,, for smell, 1087 



,, for cutaneous sensations, 



1091 



,, diabetic, 730 

 visual, 1219 

 ,, tactile, 1415 

 Areolar tissue, 188 

 Aristotle, experiment of, 1443 

 Arterial pressure, 203, see also Blood, 



pressure of. 



,, ,, tracings of, 206 



heart-beat in inverse 



ratio to, 305 

 ,, as affected by tonic con- 



,, traction, 307 

 ,, by quantity of 



blood, 341 

 by exercise, 350 

 , ,, vaso-motor action on, 



319, 327 



,, scheme, model of, 215 

 tone, 308 



,, ,, intrinsic nature of, 329 

 Arterialization, effect of deficient, 622 

 Arteries, effect of ligature on, 28, 202 



structure of, 193, 194 

 ,, elasticity and contractility of, 

 198, 214, 306 



