INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



1069 



266 : mutual attraction of, in coagulation, 

 24D. 270 ; adhesion of, to walls of vessels, 

 350 



Corpuscles of. Colorless ; form, size, and 

 a.-pei-t of, 241 ; peculiar movements of, in j 

 capillaries, 241 ; action of reagents of, 

 242 ; numerical proportion of, to red, 243 ; \ 

 development of, into red. 251 ; their uses, 

 279 ; their variations in number, 244 ; 

 multiplication of, in disease, 267 

 Pressure of. against arteries, 326, 338 

 Properties of, Pit i/siral, 233 

 Properties of, Vital. 270 ; coagulation of (see 

 Coagulation), 270 ; uses of fibrin of, 278; 

 uses of corpuscles of, 279 ; uses of fatty 

 constituents of, 67, 433; uses of inorganic 

 components of, 434 ; purification of, by 

 excretory processes. 466: composition of 

 determines modes of nutrition, 280 ; Life 

 of, 280 ; self-maintaining power of. 283 ; 

 elimination of poisons from. 283-285 ; con- 

 tamination of, by morbid poisons, 286- 

 292 



Rate of Propulsion of, by heart, 318; rate l 

 of movement of, through arteries, 340 ; 

 through capillaries, 346 ; through veins, 

 353 



Blood-relations, effects of marriage of, 919 

 Bloodvessels, Absorption by, from alimentary 

 canal, 192, 194; from body in general, 200 : 

 influence of state of, on coagulation of con- 

 tained blood, 274 ; see Arteries, Capillaries, 

 Veins 

 Bone, structure and growth of, 70-74; Bracby- 



cephali, 1001 note 



Borneo arrow poison, action on heart, 316 note 

 Brain, of Man, compared with that of Apes, 

 53 ; arrangement of convolutions of. 52-55, 

 686 ; development of. 960 ; see Cerebrum, 

 Ce- (-I ii II mil. and Sensory Ganglm 

 Branchial Arches, 936 



Bread, bad economy of exclusive diet of. 105 

 Breeds of Animals, origination of new, 996 

 Bright's disease of Kidney, 495 ; state of blood 



in, 268 

 Bromide of potassium, action of, on heart, 316 



note, 



Bronchial tubes, structure of, 363 ; contractil- 

 ity of, 366 ; vessels, 366 

 Bronzing of the skin, 223 

 Brunner's Glands, 177 

 Brunnonian movements, 57 

 Buffy coat of blood, 276 

 Bulbus arteriosus, 940 

 Bushmen, of Southern Africa, 1009 



Cadaveric rigidity, 827 



Caffein, action of, on heart. 316 note 



Calabar bean, action of, on heart, 316 note; 

 effect of solution of, on eye, 753 



Calcutta, black hole of, 407 



Calomel, action on liver, 482 



Calorifying Power, sources of, 541. 545; see 

 Heat 



Calory, definition of, 544 note, 



Camp Sumter, state of prisoners in, 125 



Cancerous growths, 464 



Capacity for progress, a characteristic of Man, 

 56 



Capillaries, structure of, 343, 344; dinmeter 

 of, 344 ; arrangement of, 346 ; rate of move- 

 ment of blood through, 346 ; its variations, 



347 ; its independence of heart's action. '.' is ; 

 its regulation by conditions operating in 

 capillaries themselves, .'! 1S-M52 ; influence of 

 nervous system on, 352 ; influence of shock 

 on, 353 

 Caput cornu of the gray substance of the spinal 



cord, structure of, 699 

 Carbonic Acid and oxide gases, action of, on 



heart, 316 note 



Carbonic Arid, in Blood, 258, 259; sources of 

 production of. in system, 311 , 313 ; action of, 

 on heart, 316 note; its exchange for oxygen 

 in respiration, 387; circumstances affecting 

 quantity generated. 388, 392 ; carbonic ox- 

 ide, action of, on heart, 316 note ; seat of 

 origin of, 397 ; extraction of, from skin. 395 ; 

 elimination of, in atmosphere of nitrogen or 

 hydrogen, 396 



Cardiac plexus of Sympathetic, 863 

 Cardiograph, 301. 302 

 Carnivorous animals, excretions of, 426 

 Carroval, action of poison of, on heart, 316 

 Cartilage, structure and growth of, 68 

 Casein of Milk, 83, 976 

 Castration, influence of, on growth of hair and 



horns, 282 



Catalepsy, cases of, 1036 

 Cathelectrotonus, 587; extrapolar centripetal, 



588; extrapolar centrifugal, 588 

 Caucasian Race, 988, 1001 ; variety of color in, 



989 



Cells, structure and mode of increase of, 58 

 Cells, pavement or tessellated, 60 

 Ceils, columnar or cylindrical, 61 

 Cells, spheroidal, 61 

 Cells, chalice, cup, or goblet, 62 

 Cells, pigment, 62 

 Cells, nerve, 553-557 

 Celtic Race, 1002 



Cephalic Ganglia of Invertebrata, 561 

 Cephalic Nerves, general character and rela- 

 tions of, 615 



Cerebellum, peculiar to Vertebrata, 673 ; struc- 

 ture and relations of, 673; relative develop- 

 ment of, in different animals, 674 : results of 

 experiments on, 675 ; pathological phenom- 

 ena of, 677 ; functions of, 679-685 

 Cerebrin, 86 

 Cerebro -spinal fluid, 694 



Ce>eJ>ro- Spinal System, see NERVOUS SYSTEM, 

 C'tebellinn, Cerebrum, MeilnJla Oblongata t 

 Sensory Ganglia, Spmnl Cord 

 Ceiebrnni, peculiar to Vertebrata, 563, 685; 

 arrangement of convolution? of, 52. 54, 

 686; structure of, 686; its inferio; ity in 

 lower Vertebrata, 696 ; its relative size in 

 different animals, tilt:-!; its vast predomin- 

 ance in Man, 693 ; its anatomical structure, 

 68<'>-r,<i2 : its weight, 693; its supply of 

 blood. 693; lymphatics of, 693 note; de- 

 velopment of, 96 1 



Functions of, 694 ; its relation to intelligence 

 as contrasted with Instinct, 695 ; electrical 

 excitability of hemispheres, 698 ; Hitzig's 

 experiments on, 698 ; Ferrier's experiments 

 on, ti'.t'.i . motor centres in, 699-701 ; effects 

 of its removal, 703; information deducible 

 from its pathology, 703 ; its functional con- 

 nection with Sensory Ganglia, 707 

 Cervix cornu of the gray substance of the spinal 



cord, 599, 600 

 Chalazse, 924 

 Chalice-cells of lungs, 363 



