INDEX. 



1567 



Cortex, see Brain, Cortex 

 Corti, organ of, 1343, 1351, 1352, 1372 

 ,, ,, features of, 1359 



,, rods of, 1352 

 ,, ,, inner and outer, 1354 



cells of, 1356 

 Coughing, 631 

 Cowper, glands of, 1508 

 Cramp, abolished by anelectrotonus, 133 

 Crassamentum, or clot, 15 

 Cream, 782 

 Cretinism, 764 

 Crico-arytenoid muscle, the posterior, 



1458 



Crico-thyroid muscle, 1459 

 Cricoid cartilage, 1446 

 Criste acusticse, 1340 



,, ,, structure, 1344 



Croaking of frog, connection of, with 



corpora quadrigemina, 1113 

 Crura cerebri, see Brain 

 Crying, 631 



Crypts or glands of Lieberkiihn, 448 

 Curd, 375 



Curdling of milk, phenomena of, 374, 781 

 Currents of action, in a muscle, 111 

 ,, ,, in a nerve, 124 



,, as started by excita- 



tion of cortex, 1044 

 ,, of rest in a muscle, 107 

 ,, ,, ,, in a nerve, 123 

 ,, ,, ,, in electrotonus, 131 

 ,, electrical, constant and induced, 



59, 60 

 ,, interrupted or fara- 



daic, 65 



,, electrotonic, 130 

 Curves, mode of measuring, 233, note 

 Cutaneous sensations, see Sensations, 



cutaneous 

 Cutis vera, 686 

 Cyanogen compounds, their relation to 



urea, 649, 759 



Cycle, cardiac, described, 229, 246 

 ,, duration of phases, 249, 



250 



Death, a gradual process, 1 



,, slow clotting of blood after, 27 

 ,, of blood corpuscles, 38, 46 

 ,, from failure of heart's action, 346 

 ,, from high temperature, pheno- 

 mena of, 818 

 ,, phenomena of, 1555 

 Decidua, formation of, 1513 

 reflexa, 1513 



,, absorption of, 1518 

 vera, 1513 



,, absorption of, 1518 

 serotina, 1513 



, , its transformation into 



the placenta, 1514 

 expulsion of after parturition, 

 1536 



Decussation of the pyramids, 889, 939- 



942, 1046 



,, ,, superior or sensory, 943 



,, of optic fibres 1073 



,, ,, in relation to movements 



of pupil, 1177 



Deftecation, how effected, 463 

 Degeneration of severed nerve, 144 



,, of muscle after severance 



of nerve, 145 



,, of constrictor prior to 



dilator fibres in severed 

 nerve, 315 

 ,, of nerve fibres in mixed 



nerve, 853 



,, ascending and descending 



tracts in spinal cord, 

 870-875 



,, calcareous and fatty, 1548 



Deglutition, how effected, 452 



,, different stages of, 454 



,, a reflex act, 455 



,, movements of oesophagus 



in, 457 



Deiters cell, 860, 1356 

 Dentition, temporary, 1546 

 ,, permanent, 1546 

 Depressor nerve, 323, 351 

 Dermis, structure of, 686 

 Descemet or Desmours, membrane of, 



1164 



Despretz signal, 73, 74 

 Dextrius, characters of, 359 

 Dextrose, reactions of, 359 



,, appearance of, in liver after 



death, 716 



,, as food of muscle, 824 

 Diabetes, natural and artificial, 730 

 Diapedesis of red corpuscles, 338 

 Diaphragm, lymph stomata on tendon of, 



488 



, , method of recording move- 



ments of, 541 



,, its movements during re- 



spiration, 543 



, , tetanus of, produced by stim- 



ulation of vagus, 590 

 Diastole of heart's action, 229, 232 

 Dicrotism in pulse tracings, 264 

 ,, causes of, 267 

 ,, less marked in rigid arteries, 



269 



,, natural, 733 

 Diet, average, 802 

 ,, normal, composition of, 833 

 ,, need of the three classes of food 



stuffs in, 835 



,, value of alcohol in, 837 

 ,, vegetable, physiological value of, 



839, 841 



,, modifications of, with regard to 



size of body, 

 842 

 ,, ,, ,, to climate, 843 



