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INDEX. 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



727; variations of, under different circum- 

 stances, 727 a-e ; proportion of to respira- 

 tory movements, 762 

 Pulse, respiratory, 744 b 



venous, 723 c 



Pupil, action of, 395 

 Purkinje, optical experiment of, 555 

 Pus, production of of, 779, 800, 805, 806 

 Pyramids, anterior and posterior, 350 354 



Q. 



QUADRUMANA, 50 



Quekett, Mr. J.,, his observations on bone re- 

 ferred to, 194 a 



Quetelet, M., his researches on relative mor- 

 tality at different seasons, 699 c ; on length 

 and weight of infants at birth, 948 ; on rela- 

 tive viability of males and females, 950 ; on 

 comparative heights of males and females, 

 951 



Quickening, 927 



R. 



RACIBORSKI, his researches on Conception, 909 

 Radiata, 5 10; general structure of, 5; affi- 

 nity with vegetables, 6, 7 ; symmetry in, S ; 

 reproduction of parts in, 9; nutritive organs 

 in, 10; nervous system in, 311 314 

 Rainey, Mr., his researches on structure of 



lungs, 757 



Recti muscles of orbit, 450 

 Red Corpuscles of Blood, see Corpuscles, Red 

 Reeds, vibrating, laws of, 606 c 

 Rees, Dr. G. O., his observations on blood-cor- 

 puscles referred to, 143, 144, 148; on com- 

 position of Chyle and Lymph, 691 ; on Saline 

 matter of Blood, 697 d 

 Reflex action, 313, 363 ; in Mollusca, 316, 317, 

 322; in Articulata, 327329,335; in Ver- 

 tebrata, 337, 364373 

 , cases of in Man, without sensa- 

 tion, 365370 



Regeneration of parts, in lower Animals, 9 

 792; of bone, 204207, 792; of nervous 

 substance, 253 

 Reid, Dr. J., his researches on respiratory 

 movements, 374, 375 ; on movements o 

 deglutition, 384 386; on movements of sto- 

 mach, 3!S7 ; on glosso-pharyngeal nerve, 407 

 on pneurnogastric, 408 416 ; on laryngea 

 nerves, 378, 379 ; on spinal accessory, 417 

 on muscular contractility, 589; on irritabi 

 lity of heart, 717; on Asphyxia, 723 c 

 780 ; on capillary circulation, 740 ; on mu 

 cous membrane of uterus, 919 ; on structure 

 of placenta, 922 

 Reid, Dr. D. B., his researches on respiration 



765 



Reinforcement, fibres of, 326 

 Reparativc processes, 792 801 ; Dr. Macart 

 ney's views of, 793 SOI ; union by first in 

 tention, 794; process of organization o 

 liijuor sanguinis, 119, 795; organization o 

 blood, 700, 796; modelling process, 797 



causes favourable to, 798 ; granulation, 799 

 801 



lepetition of parts in Radiata, 6 9 ; in Ar- 

 ticulata, 324, 330 

 IEPRODUCTION, 

 General account of, 281, 282,898; in Plants, 



109, 898, 899 ; in Animals, 900 

 History of, in Male, 901 904; spermatic 

 fluid, 867, 901 ; evolution of spermatozoa, 

 902 ; power of, 903 ; coitus, 904 

 History of, in Female, 905933; general 

 account of ovum, 905; first development 

 of, 906, 907; menstruation, 908, 909; 

 aptitude for conception, 909, 910 ; coitus, 

 911 ; escape of ovum, 912 ; corpus luteum, 

 913, 914; first changes in ovum, 915 

 917; addition of chorion, 918 ; formation 

 of decidua, 919 ; formation and structure 

 of placenta, 920 924; sound of, 925 ; in- 

 crease of tissue of uterus, 926; quicken- 

 ing, 927 ; parturition, 928, 929; ordinary 

 duration of gestation, 930; protracted ges- 

 tation, 931 ; shortest term of gestation, 

 932 ; superfffitation, 933 

 Development of embryo, see Embryo 

 Reproduction of lost parts, 9, 792 

 Reptiles, 28 32; respiration and circulation 

 in, 28, 756; different orders of, 29, 30; 

 connected with Fishes by Batrachia, 31, 

 32; brain of, 360; blood-corpuscles of, 

 145, 146 c ; lungs of, 756 

 Resistance, sense of, 514 

 RESPIRATION, 



General purposes of, 749754; necessity 

 for, 749 ; in Plants, 750 ; in Animals, 

 generally, 751 ; in warm-blooded Verte- 

 brata, 752 ; variation in degree of, 753, 

 754 



Structure and action of Respiratory organs, 

 in Invertebrata, 755 ; in lower Vertebrata, 

 756 ; structure and development of lungs 

 in Man, 757 ; arrangement of their blood- 

 vessels, 758 ; contractility of bronchial 

 tubes, 758 ; movements concerned in ex- 

 change of air, 760, 761 ; number and ex- 

 tent of, 762, 763 ; capacity of lungs, 764 

 Chemical phenomena, 765 768; carbonic 

 acid exhaled, 765; proportional amount 

 of oxygen absorbed, 766; absolute quan- 

 tity of carbon set free, 767 ; variations in, 

 767 a-i ; azote absorbed and exhaled, 

 766; cutaneous respiration, 768 

 Effects on the blood, 769 772; carbonic 

 acid in venous blood, 769, 770; exhala- 

 tion of, in hydrogen and azote, 769 ; com- 

 parative analysis of free gases in arterial 

 and venous blood, 770; causes of change 

 of colour, 771,772 



To be regarded as an Excretion, 275, 749 ; 

 consequences of retention of carbonic 

 acid, 778 780 ; phenomena of Asphyxia, 

 779 ; its immediate causes, 780 

 Movements of, 760 763 ; dependent on 

 Nervous agency, 374, 375 ; centre of, in 

 Medulla oblongata, 376 ; nerves concerned 

 in, 374 376 ; independent of will and of 

 consciousness, 377 ; guard to entrances of 

 lungs, 378, 379; modifications of, 379 

 381 ; influence of pain on, 431, 763 ; num- 



