INDEX. 



1587 



Bemak, ganglion of, in heart of frog, 



278 



Rennet, curdling action of on milk, 374 

 Benuin, its direct action on casein, 375 

 ,, its formation in gastric cells, 419 

 Beproduction, tissues and mechanisms 



of, 1487 



general features of, 1487 



,, female organs of, 1489 



,, male organs of, 1502 



Bespiration, 526-631 



,, pulmonary, circulation aided 



by, 219 

 ,, its mechanism, 526, 535- 



549 

 ,, ,, work of the muscles of the 



ribs in, 545 



,, ,, laboured, muscles of, 546 



,, ,, expiration, the expiratory 



muscles, 547 

 ,, ,, change of temperature of 



air in, 550 

 ,, change of aqueous vapour 



in, 550 

 ,, ,, changes in blood caused 



by, 553 



,, ,, chemical aspects of, 582 



,, ,, an involuntary act, 584 



,, ,, sequence of muscular con- 



tractions in, 584 



,, ,, centre for, medullary, 585 



,, ,, automatic action of, 



586 



,, influenced by affer- 



ent impulses, 588 



,, ,, ,, duplex! ty of its ac- 



tion, 591 



,, ,, ,, effects of inflation 



and suction, 592 



,, ,, ,, double action of 



vagus on, 595 

 ,, ,, nature of action, 



596 

 ,, ,, ,, two lateral halves 



of, 598 



,, ,, ,, influenced by cha- 



racterofblood 

 supply, 598 

 by heat, 599 

 ,, ,, ,, by deficiency of 



oxygen, 600, 

 1531 



,, ,, ,, ,, by excess of 



carbonic acid, 

 600 



,, ,, ,, ,, by other changes 



in the blood, 

 602 



,, ,, ,, ,, apncea, pheno- 



mena of, 603 



,, ,, Cheyne-Stckes, 605 



,, ,, affected by changes in 



atmospheric pressure, 

 601, 611 



F. 



Bespiration, pulmonary, its effect on ar- 

 terial pressure, 613 

 ,, artificial, its effect on the 



circulation, 619 



,, ,, impeded, its effect on 



heart-beat, 621 



,, ,, ,, ,, on vaso-motor sys- 



tem, 622 

 ,, phenomena of asphyxia, 



624 

 ,, ,, as affected by muscular 



work, 628 

 ,, regulation of temperature 



by, 811 



,, ,, slowing of during hiber- 



nation, 820 



,, as affected by sleep, 1552 

 facial and laryngeal, 548 

 cutaneous, 696 

 of muscle, 578 

 of other tissues, 580 

 of the embryo, 1520 

 placental compared with bran- 

 chial, 1522, 1523 

 Bespiratory quotient in herbivora and 



carnivora compared, 798 

 Bestiform body, its connection with the 



cord, 950 

 Bete testis, 1503 



,, vasculosum of testis, 1503 

 Beticular tissue of intestine, 444 

 Reticulurn, splenic, structure of, 736 

 Betina, see Eye, retina 

 Bheometer of Ludwig, 220 

 Bheoscopic frog, 111 



,, current of action shewn 



in, 124 



Bhythm, secondary respiratory, 605 

 Bhythmic changes of calibre in artery, 



307 

 ,, beat of heart, spontaneous 



nature of, 280 

 contractions of uterus during 



pregnancy, 1533 

 Bibs, movements of, in respiration, 544, 



545 



Bigor mortis, its cause, 40 

 ,, ,, characters of, 95 

 ,, ,, development of carbonic acid 



in, 100 



,, ,, conversion of myosinogen in- 

 to myosin during, 104 

 ,, ,, progressive order of, 147 

 ,, ,, as compared with contraction, 



153, 154 

 ,, ,, accession of heat at onset of, 



810 



Bima glottidis, the, 1448 

 Bings, cartilaginous, of trachea, 531 

 Bitter Valli law, 144 

 Bod cells of olfactory mucous membrane, 



1385 



,, of taste-buds, 1394 

 Bods, of retina, 1197, 1254, 1257 



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