INDEX. 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



ABERRATION, spherical, 535; chromatic, 535 



Abnormal forms of nutritive process, 802 S09 



Abortion, 929 



Abscess, 804 



Absorbent cells, 181, 182 



vessels, see Lacteals, and Lympha- 

 tics 



ABSORPTION 



Nutritive, general account of, 107, 271 ; by 

 intestinal surface, 672 675; by lacteals, 

 672,674; by blood-vessels, 673, 675; by 

 general surface, 676 681 ; by skin, 676 

 679 ; by lungs, 678, 775, 776 

 Interstitial, by lymphatics, 680, 681 ; by veins, 



681 b 

 Of gases and vapours by lungs, 775, 776 



Abstinence, cases of, 653 



Actinia, nervous system of, 312, 313 



Activity, varying, of nutritive processes, 786 

 791 



Adapt! veness of movements, no proof of sensa- 

 tion, 306 



Addison, Mr., his observations on blood-cor- 

 puscles referred to, 151, 158, 159; on fibril- 

 lation of liquor sanguinis, 136 ; on blood-ves- 

 sels of lungs, 758 ; on pus, 806 



Adhesion, 793, 794 



Adipose tissue, see Fat-cells 



Aeration, 107 ; see Respiration 



Afferent nerves, 289, 344 



Age, influence of, on pulse, 727 a ; on excretion 

 of carbonic acid, 767 b ; on excretion of urea, 

 844; on activity of nutritive processes, 786, 

 812; on power of calorification, 893 



Air, influence of respiration on, 765 768 



Air-cells of lungs, 757, 758 



Albinoism. 80 



Albumen, 112; composition of, 114; properties 

 of, 113 115 ; conversion of into fibrine, 1 14, 

 117, 153 158; proportion of in blood, 697, 

 706; purposes of, 698; diminution of in blood, 

 707 d; predominance of in tubercular depo- 

 sits, 878 



Albuminous principles of food, 640, 857 ; ap- 

 plication of in the animal body, 642 



Albuminuria, 707 d 



Alcock, Dr., his experiments on nerves of taste, 

 407 



Alcohol, use of in supporting heat, 896 note 



AJfourous, 105 



Aliment, causes of demand for, 629 635; see 

 Food 



Alimentary materials, 640 ; see Food 



Allantoin, 845 c 



Allantois, origin and uses of, 839 c 



Allen and Pepys, their researches on respira- 

 tion, 765 



American nations, 101 



Amphibia, 31 



Amphioxus, 110, 180; nervous centres of, 425 



Anosmia, 707 c 



Andral, M., on amount of carbonic acid excret- 

 ed, 767; on pathological changes in blood, 

 706, 707 



Animal Heat, see Heat 



Animal kingdom, primary subdivisions of, 5 



Animal magnetism, Appendix II. 



Animals, distinguished from Plants, 1 4 

 early development of, 3 



Anselmino, on solid matters of cutaneous ex- 

 halation, 869 



Aplastic deposits, 804, 807 



Aplysia, 12, 15 ; nervous system of, 321 



Apoplexy, decrease of fibrine in, 707 c ; death 

 by, 814 



Arabian nations, 94 



Arciform fibres of medulla oblongata, 353 



Area pellucida, 936 



Areolar tissue, 138, 139 



Areas, comparative, of arteries, 710 



Arnott, Dr., on stammering, 619; on the ven- 

 ous circulation, 7446 



Arteries, distribution of, 710; area of, 710; 

 structure and properties of, 728 732 ; elas- 

 ticity of, 729 ; their contractility, proofs of, 

 730 ; its influence in regulating the circula- 

 tion, 732; their tonicity, 731; influence of 

 nerves upon, 623, 732 



Articulata, 5, 16 19; segmental division of, 

 16 ; animal powers of, 17 ; nutrition of, 18 ; 

 bi-lateral sympathy of, 16 ; respiration and 

 heat of, 18 ; nervous system of, 324 334 



Articulate sounds, 612 619; vowels, 613 

 615; consonants, 616, 617 



Articulation, movements of, guided by sensa- 

 tion, 611, 617 



Asphyxia, nature of, 778; phenomena of, 779; 

 780 ; referred to, 738, 740, 814, 820 



Assimilation in Plants, 107; in Animals, 271, 

 781 



Asthma, spasmodic, 504, 759 



Atrophy, 789791 



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