INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



1079 



Polynesian Races, 1012 



Pons Varolii, structure of, 613 ; effects of sec- 

 tion of, 661 



Portnl Vein, blood of, 263 ; comparison of, 

 with blood of hepatic vein, 263 ; its distribu- 

 tion in Liver. 471 



Portio dura, origin of, 611, 612; functions of. 

 619, 620 



Positive accommodation of the eye. 749 



Posterior columns of spinal cord, 627 



Potash, effect of, on urine, 519 



Potassium-bromide, action on heart, 316 note, 



Pregnancy, signs of, 908, 909 (see G*st<iti,o) 



Prehension of food, movements of, 127 



Presbyopia. 753 



Pressure of Blood in arteries, 336 ; in veins, 

 354 ; increased during inspiration, 340 ; in- 

 fluence of, on secretion of urine, 498 



Primitive streak and groove, 927 



Prisons, diet-scnle of. 112 (see Gaols) 



Prognathous Skull, 991 



Projection of objects, visual appreciation of, 

 7(54 



Proportion of several constituents of body to 

 each other, 421 



Prosencephalon, development of, 960, 961 



Prostate Gland, function of, 850 



Protason. 87 



Proteids, 81 



Protected Gestation, 915 



Pseudoscope, 770 



Psycho-physical law, Fechner's, 797-799 



Ptyalin. 84, 146 



Puberty, the characteristic of Youth, 1026; in 

 female, 892; in male, 892 ; disenses of, 1026 



Puerperal Fever, predisposing causes of, 286 



Pulse, Arterial, 329; vnrieties of, 332; mode 

 of propngation -of, 332; rapidity of propa- 

 gation of. 334; rate of, under different con- 

 ditions, 319 ; proportion of, to respiratory 

 movements, 374 ; dicrotous, 331 



Pulse, Respiratory, 340 



Pulse, Venous, 354, 355 



Pupil, action of, 759; relation of, to Third 

 Pair, 748; to Sympathetic. 865 



Purpura. stnte of blood in, 266 



Pus, formation and characters of, 450. 457, 

 459-462 ; influence of, on congulation of 

 blood, 275 



Putrescent Food, injurious consequences of, 

 115; Water, injurious effects of, contami- 

 nated, 116 



Pyin. 85 



Pyramidal Skull, 992 



Pyramids of Medulla Oblongata anterior, 606 ; 

 posterior, 608 



Pyrencemata, 237 



Python, temperature of, during incubation, 

 35 note 



Quadrii.mina, comparison of. with Mnn, 39-57 

 Qu;igga. transmission of marks of, 920 

 Quickening, act of, 909 

 Quinine, action of, on heart, 316 note 

 Quinoidine, animal, 93 



Races, origination of new, 996 



Rares of Mankind^ American, 1010; Aryan or 

 Indo European. 1002 ; Berber, 1004; Bush- 

 man, 1009; Caucasian, 1001; Celtic, lOiii'; 

 Hindostanic, 1006 ; Hottentot, 1009 ; Kaffre, 



1008; Mongolian, 1004; Malayo-Polynesian, 

 1012; Negro. 1006; Oceanic, KMl; Pela- 

 gian-Negro, 1013; Seriform, 1005; Syro- 

 Arabinn, 1003. 



Range of vision, extent of, 750, 779 

 Rnpidity of transmission of impulses through 

 motor nerves, 581 ; through sensory, 582, 

 797; of Muscular movements. 815 

 Rattlesnake, poison of, secretion after death, 



1033 not*. 

 Reciprocation of sonorous vibrations, 785 ; by 



membrana tympani, 787 

 Red Corpuscles, 235 (see Blond) 

 Reeds, vibrating, laws of, 851 

 Reflex Actions, general nature of, 633 ; laws of, 

 635; circumstances augmenting activity of, 

 635; of Spinnl Cord, 633-641 (see E.rnto- 

 motor Actions) ; of Sensory Ganglia, 656 (see 

 Smsort -motor Actions). 

 Refrnction, laws of, 744 

 Regimen (see Diet, Food) 

 Relations, nenr. tendency of their marriage to 



produce imperfect progeny, 918, 919 

 Relief of surfaces, visual appreciation of. 764- 



767 ; conversion of, 770 



Reparation of injuries, 447; completeness of, 

 in lower animals, 447 ; limitations of. in 

 higher, 447 ; most energetic and complete in 

 earliest periods of life. 448 ; not dependent 

 on inflammation, 448 ; by immediate union, 

 449; by adhesion, 449; by modelling pro- 

 cess, 452; by suppurative granulation, 453; 

 by secondary adhesion, 453 

 Reproduction of limbs in foetus, 448; of lower 



jaw, 448; of epithelium, 449 

 Resonance of sounds, 785 



RESPIRATION, general nature of the function, 

 360; sources of demand for, 363; appara- 

 tus of, 363 (see Lungs) ; mechanism of 

 nets of. 368 



Movements of 309 ; rate and extent of, 371 ; 

 force exerted in, 372 ; maintenance of, by 

 nervous system, 374 ; excitor nerves of, 

 374 ; motor nerves of, 379 ; modifications 

 of, 381 ; effects of compression and rarefac- 

 tion of air on, 394. 395 



Effects of, on Air, 384; amount of air con- 

 sumed, 385; changes in its proportions of 

 oxygen and carbonic iicid, 387: <|u:mtity 

 of carbonic acid imparted to, 388392 ; 

 changes in proportion of nitrogen, 399 ; 

 watery vapor imparted to, 400 ; absorp- 

 tion from, 401 



Effects of, on Blood, 257-262 

 Consequences of Siifjii'ii.-inti nf, 404 

 Effects of D'fifienoy of, shown in predispo- 

 sition to zymotic disease, 40H : predispo- 

 sition to spasmodic diseases, 411 ; excess of 

 mortality attributable to, 412 ; apparatus 

 of Pettenkofer for experiments mi. 414 

 Respiration of hydrogen, 403 ; of nitrogen, 403 ; 



of oxygen, 403 

 Rfspir.-itory Pulse, 354 

 Restifoim bodies. 606 

 Rete amplura and rete angustum of intestinal 



lymphatics, 187. 188 

 Retia mirabilia of lymphatics, 206 

 li,iiii(i. structure of, 753-757; most sensitive 

 point of, 756, 776 ; least sensitive point of, 

 756, 776; persistence of impressions on. 771 : 

 irradiation of impressions on. 775 : spectra 

 produced by pressure on, 777; circulation iu, 

 rendered visible, 778 ; development of, 



