INDEX. 



743 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



G. 



GALL, Dr., his statements respecting the Cere- 

 bellum, 468 



Gall-bladder, 825 e,f 



Ganglia, structure of, 252, 245 247 



of Special sense in Vertebrata, 422 



425 



of Sympathetic, 314, 342 



Gangrene, 804 



Gases, contained in blood, 770; absorption of, 

 by lungs, 775 777 



Gasteropoda, Nervous System of, 319 321 



Gastric fluid, composition and properties of, 

 664; action of, 665; secretion of, propor- 

 tional to wants of the system, 657 ; not de- 

 pendent on nervous influence, 414, 415 ; but 

 affected by it, 626, 637 



Gelatine, composition of, 141 



, of cartilage, 187 a; of bone, 196 



Gelatinous principles of food, 640; application 

 of, in the animal body, 642 



Gerber, Prof., referred to, 693 a 



Germinal mass, 935 



membrane, 935; serous layer, 936; 



mucous and vascular layers, 936 



spot, 905, 915 



vesicle, 905, 906, 915917 



Gestation, signs of, 926; ordinary duration of, 

 928 930 ; protracted, 931 ; shortest period 

 of, 932 



Gills, respiration by, 755 



Glands, general structure of, 821 823 



, lymphatic, 682 



, vascular, 683 690 



Globules, see Corpuscles 



Globuline, composition of, 147 



Glosso-pharyngeal nerve, functions of, 384, 

 407 ; development of, 420, 421 



Glycerine, composition and properties of, 185 a 



Glycicoll, 141 c 



Goodsir, Mr., his observations on primary 

 membrane, 135; on the Teeth, 217; on 

 Bone, 194; on ulceration of Cartilage, 191 ; 

 on Absorption, 181, 672; on Vascular 

 Glands, 6S3; on Secretion, 822, 823; on 

 Milk-cells, 853 b; on formation of Decidua, 

 919; on structure of Placenta, 921 923 



Gouty diathesis, 878, 884 



Graafian follicle, 905, 912914 



Grainger, Mr., referred to, 345, 367 



Granulation, process of, 799 801 



Gravity, influence of on Circulation, 745 



Greenhow, Dr., his plan of treating burns, 

 798 



Grey matter of Nervous system, 245, 246; of 

 Brain, 472 



Gryllotalpa, nervous system of, 332 



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

 puscles referred to, 146, 149, 151, 156, 158; 

 on reparation of bone, 206 ; on chyle, 692 



Guy, Dr., his researches on the Pulse, 727 



H. 



HABITUAL movements, 438 



Hzmatine, 147 



Hsmatococcus, 125 



Hair, characters of, in different human races, 



82; structure, growth, and composition of, 

 166168 



Hales, Dr., his experiments on the circulation, 

 726 



Hall, Dr. M., his discoveries on the Nervous 

 system, 307, 345, 363, 365, 374, 375, 383, 

 386, 392, 394, 398, 400, 505 ; his views on 

 muscular irritability, 585, 589 6 



Haller, his doctrine of muscular irritability, 

 591 



Hastings, Dr., his experiments on capillary 

 circulation, 717 a; on animal heat, 890 



Haversian canals, 193; formation of, 197, 199, 

 201 



Hearing, sense of, 556 572 ; physical condi- 

 tions of, 557, 560 562; use of tympanum, 

 563 ; tympanic cavity and Eustachian tube, 

 564; chain of bones, 565; labyrinth, 566; 

 external ear, 567 ; auditory nerve, 559 ; 

 tones produced by succession of sounds, 

 569 ; estimate of degree, direction, and dis- 

 tance of sounds, 570; rapidity of perception 

 by, compared with sight, 571 ; uses of, in 

 regulating voice, 572, 611 



Heart, 717; muscular fibre of, 234; inherent 

 contractility of, 717; rhythmical movements 

 of, 717 719; influence of nerves on, 416, 

 576,717 a-c; sounds of, 720, 721; course 

 of blood through, 722; differences of struc- 

 ture in two sides of, 723 ; difference of 

 valves, 723 c ; quantity of blood propelled 

 by, 724, 725 ; force of contraction of, 726 ; 

 number of contractions of, 727 ; various 

 causes influencing, 727 a-e ; origin of, 940 ; 

 subsequent development of, 943 



Heat, Animal, amount of, developed by Man, 

 885, 886; in disease, 886; dependence of 

 on formation of carbonic acid, 889 892 ; 

 development of, in Plants, 889 a, b; in 

 lower animals, 889, c; effect of exercise on, 

 890 ; partly maintained by artificial respira- 

 tion, 896; dependent in part on cutaneous 

 respiration, 891 ; chemical theory of, 892; 

 heat of young animals, 893 ; variations in 

 power of generating, at different seasons, 

 894; loss of, during inanition, 895, 896 ; pro- 

 visions against excess, 897 



Heat, external, influence of, on incubation of 

 Birds, 41 ; influence of, on vital actions in 

 general, 885; extremes of, endurable by 

 Man, 887, 888; power of resisting, 887, 

 888, 897 



Heat, sexual, 909 



Helmholtz, his observations on composition of 

 muscle, 238 b, 586 



Hemiopia, 545 note 



Hepatic artery, 826 d 



cells, 183, S26/ 



duct, 826 c 



vein, 826 a, e 



Herbivorous animals, nutrition of, 645 



Hering, experiments of, on circulation, 724 



Heterologous growths, 809, 881 



Hiccup, act of, 380. 



Hippuric acid, 845 a 



Holland, Dr., referred to, 521 



Horny matter, composition of, 162 



Horses, cerebella of, 468. 



Hottentots, 100 



Houston, Dr., on acardiac fffitus, 736 



