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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Animal Heat, 528, see Heat, Animal 



Antero-lateral columns of spinal cord, fi28 



Antiaris Toxicaria, action of, on Heart, 316 



Antiperistaltic action, nature of, 133 



Aorta, development of, 933-936 



Apes, differences between man and, 39 



Aphasia, 706 



Aphides, multiplication of, 29 



Apnoea. 375 



Apoplexy, predisposition to, 266 



Apparatus, Pettenkofer's respiration, 414 



Apparent Death. 1035 



Apyrenffituata, 237 



Arab Race, 1004 



Arciform fibres of Medulla Oblongata, 608 



Archencephala, 40 



Area Germinativa, 931 



Area Pellucida, 932 



Area Vascular, 933 



Areolar tissue, 63 



Arian Race, 1002 



Arrest of Development, 417; of circulating 

 apparatus, 938 ; of sexual organs, 950 ; of 

 the sternum, 953 ; of visceral arches of face, 

 958 



Arrow Poison of Borneo, action of, on heart, 

 316 twtf. 



Arsenic, action of, on heart, 316 note ; elimi- 

 nation of, from body, 283 



Arseniuretted Hydrogen, action of, on Blood, 

 402 



Arterial Blood, differential characters of, 257- 

 261; cause of color of, 261 ; absence of, a 

 cause of muscular contraction, 296, 825 



Arterial System, first development of, 933 ; sub- 

 sequent changes in, 938 



Arteries, movement of Blood in, 323 ; properties 

 of coats of, 323; irritability of, 324; con- 

 tractility, 324; influence of chemical and 

 other stimuli upon, 325; influence of nerves 

 upon, 326 ; elasticity of, 324 ; pulsation of, 

 326, 329; influence of nervous system on, 

 326 ; lateral pressure of blood in, 336 ; rate 

 of movement of blood in, 340 



Arthritic diathesis, 110 



Articulate Sounds, production of. 856, 862; 

 vowels. 856, 857 ; consonants, 859 



Artificial glottis. 852 



Arytennid Cartilages, 845 ; movements of, 845 



Asphyxia, nature of, 375; pathology of, 404; 

 in relation to capillary circulation, 350 ; 

 death by. 404 ; phenomena of, 406 ; gases 

 contained in the blood in, 407 note 



Asphyxia, Cutaneous, 526, 541, 542 



A .<> -inii/ li/ni. IH7; performed by Liver, 476 ; 

 by Absorbent system, 209 ; by Vascular 

 glands, 218 



Associated movements, 830-838 



Asthenia, death by, 1034 



Asthma, spasmodic contraction of bronchial 

 tubes in, 366 



Astigmatism, 753 



Atavism, 918 



Atlantidau, 1003 



Atrophy, 445 



Atropin, action of, on heart, 316 note. 



Attention, effect of, on acuteness of Touch, 

 732 ; on Taste, 740 ; on Smell, 742 ; on Vis- 

 ion, 779 ; on Hearing, 795 



Attention, Expectant, production of Move- 

 ments by. 878 ; influence of, on Organic func- 

 tions, 870 



Auditory Ganglia, 611, 649 



Auditory Nerves, 654 ; ultimate distribution 

 of. 782 ; effects of section of. 658 



Automatic activity of Spinal Cord, 633-049 ; 

 of Sensory Ganglia, 649-673 



Axile Bodies, of tactile papillae, 725 



Axis, Spinal, 597 



Azygos Veins, 940 



Balance of vital economy, 421-440; see Vital 



Economy 



Barium, action of salts of, on heart, 316 note 

 Basque Race, 1002 

 Beer, as a beverage, 117 

 Berber Race, 1004 



Bile, secretion of, by hepatic cells, 469, 476 ; 

 excrementitious character of. 481 ; essentially 

 formed from products of disintegration, and 

 in and by the liver iteelf, 480 ; but partly 

 from newly absorbed materials, 481 ; its re- 

 lation to fatty and albuminous compounds, 

 481 ; action of calomel on, 482 ; influence of 

 nervous system on, 482 ; vicarious secretion 

 of, 469; composition of, 476; quantity of, 

 175 ; its uses in digestion, 174; aids the ab- 

 sorption of fat, 174; antiseptic properties of, 

 174; its reabsorption from intestine, 182, 

 482; spectrum of, 478, 479; origin of chief 

 constituents of, 481; its presence in ffcces, 

 183, 481 not*' 



Bile-pigment, 477; its passage into urine, 478 

 Biliary cells 470, 473 

 Bilifulvin, 477 

 Bilifuscin, 477 

 Bilihumin, 477 

 Biliprascin, 477 

 Bilirubin, 477 

 Biliverdin, 477 

 Blastoderm, 925, 931 



Blind persons, acuteness of touch in, 732; im- 

 provement of hearing in, 795 

 BLOOD, general character and purposes of. 230 ; 

 quantity of, 231 ; urea in, 231, 233 ; tem- 

 perature of. in various parts, 233 ; color 

 of, 233 ; specific heat of, 234 ; microscopical 

 characters of, 234 ; crystals of, 244 ; spec- 

 trum analysis of, 248 ; pneumatology of, 

 257 



Composition of, in Health, 252 ; modification 

 o/, by age, 255 ; by sex, 255 ; by food and 

 drink, 256 ; by loss of blood, 257 ; differ- 

 ences of Arterial and Venous, 257 ; pe- 

 culiarities of portal blood, 25S. 261, 263 ; 

 of mesenteric blood, 263 ; of splenic blood, 

 257, 263; of hepatic vein, 264; of renal 

 vein. 'Jii I 



Composition "f, in Dixi-cutr, 264, 270 ; increase 

 of fibrin, 265 ; diminution of fibrin, 265 ; 

 increase of red corpuscles, 266 ; diminution 

 of red corpuscles, 267 ; increase of colorless 

 corpuscles, 267 ; diminution of albumen, 

 267 ; increase of fatty matter, 268 ; altered 

 proportion of salts, 269 ; of water, 269 ; 

 presence of poisons in, 283 

 Corpitsrli'-s of, Ri'd ; form, size, and aspect 

 of, 235 ; composition of, 235 ; influence of 

 reagents on, 235, 236 ; tendency to aggre- 

 gation of, 240 ; production and disintegra- 

 tion of. 250 ; embryonic development of, 

 251, 936; subsequent development of, 

 from lymph-corpuscles, 252 ; change of 

 color in, by respiration, 262 ; their uses, 

 279 ; variations in amount of, in disease, 



