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INDEX, 



Blood, quantity and distribution, 52 

 ,, in a part, mode of mea- 



suring, 314 

 ,, ,, results of changes in, 



341 



,, rate of flow in vessels, 220 

 ,, ,, its dependence on vaso- 



motor action, 319 

 ,, amount driven by each heart-beat, 



201, 253 

 time occupied by one circulation, 



254 

 ,, quality of, its effect on heart-beat, 



303 



,, ,, on peripheral re- 



sistance, 340 

 ,, ,, as affected by exercise, 



349 

 ,, ,, by deficient aeration, 



600 



,, ,, in infant, 1544 



,, oedema due to changes in, 509 

 respiratory changes in, 553-571 

 ,, gases of, 557 

 ,, how measured, 555 



,, entrance of oxygen into by dif- 

 fusion, 526 



,, exit of carbonic acid from, 575 

 ,, relations of oxygen in, 557 

 ,, ,, of carbonic acid in, 



570 



,, ,, of nitrogen in, 571 



,, venous, its influence on muscular 



irritability, 148 

 ,, ,, colour of, 565 



,, ,, spectrum of, 565 



,, an excitant of respiratory 



centre, 598 



,, its slowing effect on heart- 



beat, 621 

 ,, ,, arterial in colour during 



hibernation, 820 



,, ,, in umbilical arteries, 1522 



,, arterial, colour of, 565 

 ,, constancy of percentage of sugar 



in, 727 



,, proteids of the, 823 

 ,, course of, in foetus, 1528 

 circulation of, see Circulation. 

 ,, platelets, 47 



,, ,, in relation to inflam- 



mation, 337 



,, pressure, arterial and venous com- 

 pared, 202, 209, 215 

 ,, , how measured, 202, 207 

 ,, , mode of registering, 204 

 ,, , in arteries, 207 

 , in veins, 203, 207 

 ,, , in capillaries, 208 

 ,, , nature and causes of, 211 

 ,, , its relation to peripheral re- 

 sistance, 215 



,, ,, ,, ,, to heart-beat, 304, 

 351 



Blood pressure, as affected by cardiac 



inhibition, 296 



,, ,, ,, by stimulation of de- 

 pressor, 324 



,, ,, ,, by stimulation of sci- 

 atic, 325 



,, ,, by action of drugs, 340 

 ,, ,, ,, by changes in amount 



of blood, 342 



,, ,, by respiration, 614 

 ,, ,, in the kidneys, 657, 660, 



665 



,, ,, in the brain, 1134 

 ,, ,, in umbilical vein and artery, 



1521 



,, serum, constituents of, 19 

 ,, supply, its influence on muscular 



irritability, 146 

 ,, vessels, their influence on fluidity 



of blood, 28 



Blushing, its cause, 332, 347 

 Body, the, characteristics of in life and 



death, 1, 2 



,, average composition of, 788 

 ,, metabolic processes of, 703 

 ,, changes during starvation, 789 

 ,, potential and actual energy of, 



801 



,, expenditure of energy by, 803 

 ,, sense of position of, 1012 

 Bois-Eeymond, du, his 'key,' 61 



,, ,, ,, on muscle-currents, 



109, 110 



Bone, presence of lymph in, 486 

 Bowman, glands of, 1385 

 Brachial plexus, constrictor and dilator 



fibres in, 315 

 Brain, the, reaction of, 123, 1138 



its action on spinal reflexes, 916 



,, embryonic, 929 



,, primary vesicles of, 



929 

 ,, ,, transformations of, 



930 

 ,, ,, correspondence of with 



adult brain, 935 

 cerebral hemispheres, 930 

 ,, ,, ,, relation of to crossed 



side of body, 1093 

 ,, ,, ,, their action not 



identical, 1118 

 ,, ,, ,, results of removal of 



in frog, 999 

 ,, ,, results of removal of 



in birds, 1003 



,, ,, ,, results of removal 



of in mammals, 

 1005, 1008 

 ,, ,, ,, lateral ventricles, 



931 



,, corpus striatum, 932 



,, ,, ,, lenticularis, 



932 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, callosum,932 



