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INDEX. 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



embryo, 358, 359, 361 ; supply of blood to, 

 476, 477 



Epidermic tissues, 160 174; epidermis, 161, 

 162 ; hair, 166168 ; nails, 162, 165 ; epithe- 

 lium, 169174; nutrition of, 135, 161, 174; 

 functions of, 162, 174 



Epilepsy, 503 



Epithelium, 169 174; the real secreting struc- 

 ture, 174; cylindrical, 170; tesselated, 170; 

 ciliated, 171173 



Erect vision, 543 



Erectile tissue, 748 



Ethiopian nations, 97 99 



Eustachian tube, uses of, 564 



Eustachian valve, uses of, 944 



Evans, Dr. Julian on the structure of the Spleen, 

 6S3, 684 



EXCRETION, 

 Objects of, 275; of carbon, 275, 833 ; of ni- 

 trogen, 276, 842; result of decomposition, 

 275, 819; elements of, previously in blood, 

 820, 832, 842 



Excretions, outlets of, guarded by spinal cord, 

 391 



Exhalation, in Plants, 107 ; by lungs, 773, 774 ; 

 influenced by mental state, 774 ; from skin, 

 870, 871 



Experiments on nerves, fallacies of, 302 306 



Expiration, act of, 761 



External Ear, uses of, 567 



Exudation corpuscles, 800, 805 



Eye, general action of, 536 ; an optical instru- 

 ment, 536; adaptation of, to distance, 536, 

 537 ; defects of, 538 ; optical powers of, 540; 

 consensual movements of, 450 456 



F. 



FACIAL nerve, 406 



Fasces, composition of, 662 



Fallopian tubes, passage of Spermatozoa 

 through, 911; passage of ova along, 911, 

 918; contractions of, produced by nervous 

 agency, 393 



Falsetto notes, how produced, 609 



Faraday, Mr., optical illusion discovered by, 

 551 



Farre, Dr. A., discovery of Spermatozoa in 

 Ovum, 900 



Fat-cells, 184; contents of, 185; uses of, 186; 

 formation of, 186 



Fatty livers, 829 



Feathers, 166 



Fecundation in Plants, 899; in Animals, 900 



Fever, state of blood in, 707 b 



Fenestra ovalis, 557, 558 



rotunda, 558 



Fenwick, Mr., his experiments on absorption, 

 673 



Ferments, action of, in digestion, 669; in 

 blood, 70S, 877 



Ferneley, Mr., on areas of arteries, 710 a 



Fibres, origin of, 118, 119, 136; white, 138, 

 140; yellow, 138, 142; mixture of in areolar 

 tissue, 138; in serous and synovial mem- 

 branes, 175; in mucous membrane and skin, 

 176, 177 



of Muscle and Nerve, see Muscular 



Fibre, and Nervous tissue 



Fibrillae, ultimate of Muscle, cellular nature 

 of, 230 



Fibrine, composition of, 114; properties of, 

 114, 115; coagulation of, 117119; elabo- 

 ration of, 117, 158, 159; in chyle, 693; in 

 blood, 696 705; increase of, in inflamma- 

 tion, 158, 707 a, 802; diminution of, in fever 

 and hemorrhagic diseases, 707 b ; imperfect 

 elaboration of, in strumous diathesis, 807, 

 878; formed at expense of albumen, 114 

 117; effusion of, 803 ; organization of, 119, 

 700, 795, 796 



Fibro-cartilage, 187 



Fibrous tissues, simple, 138 142; origin of, 

 118, 119, 136 



Fifth Pair of nerves, 403, 404 ; lingual branch 

 of, 404, 407; development of, 421; influ- 

 ence of, on organic processes, 625 



Fishes, 26, 27; skeleton of, 26 ; respiration of, 

 27, 755; air-bladder of, 27, 755; kidneys 

 of, 838, 839 c; encephalon of, 357, 358; 

 circulation in, 27, 716; blood-corpuscles of, 

 146, d 



Flourens, M., his experiments on the nervous 

 system, 432, 435, 436, 459 



Fluids, absorption of, by intestinal surface, 

 674, 675 ; by general surface, 676, 677 ; by 

 veins, 675, 676; by lacteals, 674,675; by 

 lymphatics, 679 



Fly-catcher, incubation of, 41 



Foetus, table of development of, 947; circula- 

 tion in, 940, 943, 944; brain of, compared 

 with that of lower animals, 358, 359, 361 ; 

 see Embryo 



Follicles of Lieberkuhn, 874 



Food, causes of demand for, 629 635 ; differ- 

 ent kinds of, 640, 648 ; relative amount of 

 azote in each, 647; destination of, 641 

 646; desire for, 636 639; relative digesti- 

 bility of different kinds of, 666; mechanical 

 reduction of, 656 ; action of stomach upon, 

 657 659 ; passage of, into intestine, 660 ; 

 passage of, through intestinal canal, 661 ; 

 ejection of insoluble portion of, 662; mode 

 of solution of, 663 671 ; smallest quantity 

 of, on which life can be supported, 653; 

 greatest quantity that can be devoured, 654; 

 supply of, required by Man, 650, 651 ; suf- 

 ficiency of, indicated by satiety, 649 ; allow- 

 ance of, in Navy, 650; in Milbank Peniten- 

 tiary, 651 ; in Edinburgh House of Refuge, 

 651 ; in Convict-ship, 651 ; effects of insuf- 

 ficient supply of, 651, 652 



Form, mode of acquiring knowledge of, by 

 touch, 523 ; by sight, 541, 542, 546, 547 



Fourth pair of nerves, 405 



Fourth ventricle, 346, 355 



Foville, Dr., his observations on brain, 486 



Freckles, 164 



Fremy, M., his analysis of Nervous matter, 

 249 



Frog, metamorphoses of, 31; excitable state 

 of spinal cord in, 401 a 



Functions, 260 ; division of, into organic and 

 animal, 261, 262; connection of, 263 267; 

 of Animal life, 283288 ; of Organic life, 

 268282 



Fungous growths, 809 



