INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Aberration, chromatic and spherical, 745 



Abortion, 913 



Abscesses, formation of, 459-463 



Absolute amount of heat produced in the body, 

 435 



Absolute muscle force, 839 



Absorbent Cells, 191, 206 



Absorbent Glandulae, 207 



Absorbent Vessels, 186 



ABSORPTION, general nature of the function, 



18fi; organs effecting, 186, 192 

 From Alinirntnry Canal, by Bloodvessels, 

 192, 193 ; by Lacteals, 188 ; circum- 

 stances affecting rate of, 195 

 From Body in genernl. by Lymphatics, 

 200 ; by Skin, 201 ; by Sanguiferous sys- 

 tem, 193 ; by Lungs. 401 

 Of Albumen, 201; of Fats, 199; of Salts, 



1<>7; of Solid Bodies, 199 

 Of Vapors, 202 

 Of Effete Tissues, 345 



Abstinence from Food, duration of life under, 

 127 



Acardiac Fretus, movement of blood in, 349 



Accessory Nerve, origin of, fill, 622; func- 

 tions of, 623 



Accommodation of the Eye, phenomena ac- 

 companying, 746 ; action of ciliary muscle 

 in, 749 ; time required for, 750 



Acidity of Gastric Juice, cause of, 156 



Acidity of Urine, causes of, 516 



Ariils of Bile, 477 



Aconitina, action of, on heart, 316 note, 317 



Acoustics, theory of. 781 , 



Adaptation of the Eye to objects at different 

 distances, 746-750 



Adipose tissue, structure of, 66 ; uses of, 67 ; 

 development of, 67 



Adhesion, reparation of wounds by, 448 ; sec- 

 ondary, 449 



Adolescence, characteristics of, 1020, 1026 



JEsthesodia substance, 629 



Afferent nerve-fibres, 560 



African Races, 1006 



After sensations, 729, 744, 772 



Age, influence of, on composition of blood, 

 255 ; on rate of pulse, 319 ; on excretion of 

 carbonic acid, 389 ; on nutritive activity, 

 417 ; on excretion of urea, 502 ; on power 

 of calorification, 530 ; on rate of growth, 

 969 ; on rate of mortality, 1029 



Ages, different, characteristics of, 1015 ; -foetal 

 life, 1017; infancy, 1019; childhood, 1020; 

 youth, 1025; adolescence. 1026; maturity, 

 11128; decline, 1029; old age. 1030 



Air, composition of, 387 note ; total quantity 

 breathed, 387 ; effects of rarefaction of, on 



Man, 394 ; alterations in, by Respiration, 

 387 (see RESPIRATION); effects of insufficient 

 supply of, 404 ; amount required, 409 ; ven- 

 tilation of, 409; effects of breathing impure, 

 408-413 



Air-cells of the Lungs, 364 



Air-sacs of the Lungs, 364 



Alalia, 706 



Alhinoism, 988 



Albumen, compounds of, 81 ; importance of, 

 in diet, 104-110; digestion of. 163; feeble 

 dialyzing power of, 197 ; assimilation of. 8R ; 

 gastric digestion of, 157; pancreatic diges- 

 tion of, 173 ; normal proportion of, in Blood, 

 253 ; variations of, in disease, 249 ; uses of, 

 80, 431 ; transudation of, 457, 495 ; conver- 

 sion of, into fat, 433 



Albuminous constituents of food. 104; impor- 

 tance of admixture of, with oil and starch, 

 108; digestion of, 158, 166, 173, 181; influ- 

 ence of, on excretion of urea, 428, 505 ; 

 metamorphosis of, in the body, 435 



Albuminuria. 496 



Alcohol, quantity of, consumed in England, 

 116; injurious results of habitual use of, 

 118; rapid absorption of, through animal 

 membranes, 194 ; its tendency to produce 

 fatty degeneration, 439 ; on kidney, 508, 

 518 ; use of, in fever, 541 



Alfourou Race, 1013 



Aliment, 100. see F >od 



Alimentary Canal, development of, 933, 943 



Alkalies, effect of, on urine, 516 



Alkaline Phosphates in blood, 254; in urine, 514 



Alkaline Sulphates in urine, 513 



Alkalinity of Blood, iuiportance of, 378 



Alkalinity of Urine, causes of, 517 



Allantoin, 91 



Allantois, development and uses of, 937 



Alveolar passages of lungs, 364 



Alveoli of lungs, 364 



Amanita muscaria, action of, 284 



American Races, 1010 



Amnesia, 706 



Amnion, development of, 928 ; liquor of, 932, 

 938 



Amphioxus, nervous system of, 566 



Amylaceous substances, digestion of, 184, 171, 

 179 



Amyloid substance of the liver, 87, see Gly- 

 cogf/n/ 



Analgesia, 641 



Andaman Isles, Minoopie Race of, 1013 note 



Anaemia, state of blood in, 266 



Ancon breed of sheep, 996 note 



Anelectrotonus, 586 ; extrapolar centrifugal, 

 588 ; extrapolar centripetal, 588 



