740 



INDEX. 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



Motion of Blood in Veins, 743 745 ; struc- 

 ture and properties of veins, 743 ; causes 

 of flow of blood through, 744 ; influence 

 of gravity upon, 745 



Peculiarities of circulation, in lungs, 746 ; in 

 portal system, 6S5, 746 ; in cranium, 476, 

 747; in erectile tissue, 748; in foetus, 

 early state of, 938940 ; subsequent con- 

 dition of, 943944 

 Disorders of circulation, SSI 



Civilization, influence of, on development of 

 human body, 87 90 



Clot, of Blood, see Crassamentum 



, organization of, 118, 119, 700, 



796 



Coagulable lymph, see Liquor Sanguinis 



Coagulation, of blood, 699 705; due to fibrine 

 alone, 117, 118, 699; an act of vitality, 118, 

 700, 701 ; circumstances influencing, 701, 

 702 ; proportion of serum and clot, 703 ; of 

 chyle, 117, 693; of lymph, 694; of fibrine, 

 117119 



Coathupe, Mr., his experiments on respiration, 

 764; on products of combustion of charcoal, 

 776 note 



Coccochloris, 125 



Cochlea, 566 



Cockchafer, 19 



Ccecilia, 31 



Coition, act of, in Male, 904 ; in Female, 911 



Cold, degree of, endurable by Man, 987 ; death 

 by, 814, 895, 896 ; means of producing, in 

 the living body, 897; influence of, on young 

 animals, 893, 894 



Collard de Martigny, his experiments on re- 

 spiration, 769, 774 



Colostrum, 854 a, 856 



Colour of Skin, 79 81 (see Pigment-cells) 



Colourless corpuscles in blood, 151 158 



Colours, impressions made by, 552 ; comple- 

 mentary, 552; deficiency of power of distin- 

 guishing, 553 



Combe, Dr. A., quoted from, 658 a, 666, 671 



Commissures of Brain, 474 ; deficiency of, 

 474 a 



Complementary colours, 552 



Conception, aptitude for, 909; act of, 911, 

 927 



Conchifera, nervous system in, 317, 318 



Concussion of brain, effects of, 580, 625 



Consciousness, double, 500 



Consensual movements, 335; of Articulata, 

 336; ofVertebrata, 337, 430 436; of Eye- 

 balls, 450456 



Consonants, 616 



Contractility of Muscle, 573; two forms of, 

 574 ; of arteries, 730, 731 ; of Capillaries, 

 739 ; of bronchial tubes, 410, 759 (see Irri- 

 tability) 



Contraction of Muscle, mode of, 230, 575, 

 576 ; causes of, 575, 576 ; alternating with 

 relaxation, 575,577; after death, 578, 595 

 597 ; dependent on arterial blood, 583, 584 ; 

 power of, the same at different degrees of 

 extension, 592 ; energy of, in Man, 598 ; in 

 Insects, 599; rapidity of, 600 



Convolutions of Brain, 472 



Convulsive diseases, 502 504 



Cooling power of cutaneous exhalation, 897 



Cooper, Sir A., his experiments on circulation 



on 



ney, 



through cranium, 290 ; his researches 

 mammary gland and its secretion, 853 



Coral, 6 



Corallines, 4 



Cornaro, his diet, 653 



Cornea, structure and nutrition of, 189 



Corpora Albida, 914 



Cephaloidea, 914 



Lutea, 912-914 



Malpighiana, of Spleen, 683; of Kid- 



8396 



Olivaria, 352, 353 



Pyramidalia, 352, 353 



Quadrigemina, 422, 436 



Restiformia, 352, 353 



Rubra, 914 



Striata, 423, 424 



Wolffiana, 26, 839 c 



Corpus Callosum, 474 



Corpuscles, Red, of Blood, 143 150; struc- 

 ture of, 143, 144; form of, 145, 146; size of, 

 in Mammalia, 146a; in Birds, 1466; in Rep- 

 tiles, 146 c; in Fishes, 146 d; chemical con- 

 stitution of, 147; origin of, 148; production 

 of in embryo, 149; large in foetus, 149; uses 

 of, in animal economy, 150, 698; proportion 

 of in Blood, 697; increase of, in plethora, 

 707 c; diminution of, in chlorosis, 707 c 



Colourless, of Blood, 151159 ; 



characters of, 151; movement of, 152; uses 



of, 153 159 



of Chyle, 155 



of Lymph, 155 



of Spleen, 684 b 



of Supra-Renal Capsules, 686 



Cortical Substance, of Brain, 472 



, of Kidney, S39 a 



Convulsive diseases, 501 504 



Cotyledons of Ruminants, 921 



Coughing, act of, 381 



Cranium, circulation in, 476, 747; forms of in 

 different races of Men, 81 87 



Crassamentum of Blood, 696 



Crowing inspiration of infants, 504 



Crusta petrosa of teeth, 208, 211, 212, 216 



Cruveilhier, M., his observations on heart, 718 

 722; on purulent deposits, 837 a 



Crying, act of, 380 



Cryptogamia, reproduction in, 899 



Crystalline lens, 190 



Currie, Dr., case of dysphagia related by, 677 



Cutaneous follicles, perspiratory, 868 870; 

 sebaceous, 872 



Cuttle-fish, nerves of arms in, 322, 323; ejec- 

 tion of ink by, 438 



Cutis anserina, 234 



Cyclostome Fishes, 22 



Cylinder-epithelium, 170 



D. 



DAB.TOS, contractility of, 234 



Davy, Dr. J., his researches on animal heat, 

 886 



Death, somatic and molecular, 813 816,880; 

 death of individual cells, 811, 812 ; by as- 

 phyxia, 814; by cold, 814, 895; by syncope, 

 814; by necramia, 814; by retention of se- 

 cretions, 278, 832, 842 





