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INDEX OP SUBJECTS. 



Rhinencephalon, development of, 960 

 Rhythmical movements of heart, 298; (see 



Heart); of vessels, 328, 329; of diaphragm, 



376 ; of unstriped muscles, 821 

 Rigor Mortis, 827 

 Rotifera, asplanchnic character of males of, 33 



note 

 Rudi mental parts, uses of, 281 



Sabfldillin, action of, on heart, 317 note, 



Saccharine constituents of food, 94; digestion 

 of, 170 



Saccharine mutter in blood, 254, 483 



Sacculi of Colon, use of, 141 



St. Kilda, mortality at. 412 



St. Martin, case of, 156, 158, 159-162 



Sf/ivft. composition of, 145, 147 ; different 

 kinds of. 145-148; uses of, 147; influence of 

 nervous system on, 148-151 ; quantity of, se- 

 creted daily, 147; influence of kind of food 

 upon quantity of, 147 



Salivary Glands, 143 



Salts, common, advantage of. in food, 98 ; Neu- 

 tral, influence of, on change of color of 

 blood, 262; in retarding coagulation of blood, 

 273 



Salts of Blood, normal proportion of, 264 ; va- 

 riations of, in disease, 2<H) ; uses of, 434 



Salts of Urir.e, 500, 504; of Saliva, 145, 147 



S inguifiratian. process of, 205. 230 ; share of 

 Liver in. 205 ; of Absorbent System, 206- 

 218; of Ductless Glands, 218-220 



Sanguinarin, action of. on heart, 317 note 



Sanskritic languages, 1002 



Sarcode, 57 



Sarkin. 92 



Satiety, sense of, 111 



Scnb, formation of, 450 ; artificial, 452 



Scurvy, causes of, 109 note ; state of blood in, 

 2li7 - ; at Millbank, 125 



Secondarily-Automatic actions, 645-648, 665, 

 672 



SE< KKTION. its relation to Excretion, 465, 466 ; 

 vicarious relation between that of skin and 

 kidneys, 467 ; influence of nervous system 

 on, 873; continuance of. after death, 912; 

 metastasis of, 46"; see Bile. Gastric Juice. 

 Mi/k. Pancreatic Fluid, Saliva, Urine., etc. 



Segmentation of vitellus, 



Self control, see Volition 



Semicircular Canals, functions of, 790-794; 

 effects of section of, 658 



Seminal fluid, characters of, 884 



Semitic Race, 1003 



N ux'itiiiii. its seat in the Sensorium, 566,649, 

 fii',1; general. 651, 721; special, 0;M, 721 : 

 dependence of, on capillary circulation. 722 ; 

 various kinds of, 723 ; excitement of, by 

 electricity, 724; by mechanical impressions, 

 724 



!^f, /.-;, //'ii/i.i, their seat in Sensory Ganglia, 656 



Sensiliility. muscular, 732 



Sensibility, tactile, relative, of different parts 

 or skin,' 727, 728 



,S ii*tni motor Actions, their correspondence 

 with the instinctive of lower animals, 561- 

 563; th'.'ir independence of the Cerebrum, 

 050 ; their establishment by habit, 665, 763 



Sensorium. it< special seat in the Sensory 

 Ganglia. 656 



Sensory (rau-jlin, general structure and rela- 

 tions of, 566, 649 j their nerves, 651-655; 



their relative predominance in lower animals, 

 563, 566, 567, 655 ; functions of, 656 ; the 

 probable seat of Sensation for external im- 

 pre=sions, 656 (see Sensation); also for Cere- 

 bral changes, 707; reflex functions of, 663 

 (see Sritsori motor Actions); their participa- 

 tion in voluntary actions, 646 



Sensory Nerves, laws of transmission through, 

 572 ; see Afferent Nerve-fibres 



Sensory Tract of Medulla Oblongata, 614 



Serifor'm Race, 1005 



Serous layer of Germinal membrane, 814 



Serous effusions of Inflammation, 457 



Serum. 234, 271 ; proportion of to crassamen- 

 tuin, 276 ; transudalion of. 457 



Setter and Pointer, peculiar breeding of, 917 



Seventh Pair of Nerves, 619 ; deep origin of, 

 610 



Sex of Foetus, causes of, 965 



Sexes, proportional number of, V)65 ; differences 

 in general development of, 966 ; in viability, 

 967 ; in composition of blood, 255 ; in pulse, 

 319 ; in respiration, 389 ; in psychical char- 

 acter, 969 



Sexual sensation, probable seat of, 685 



Sheep, new breeds of, 996 note 



Shock, effect of on heart, 314; on capillary 

 circulation, 353 



Sighing, act of, 381 



Single Vision, conditions of, 762, 837 



Sinus rhomboidalis, 960 



Six-fingered families, 996 



Sixth Pair of Nerves, 617 ; deep origin of, 612 



Size, visual appreciation of, 768 



Skeleton, development of, 952 



Skin, structure of, 520 ; color of, its variation 

 in Man, 988 ; absorption by,- 203 ; respira- 

 tion by, 395 ; transpiration from, 525 



Skull, forms of, in different races, 990 ; prog- 

 nathous. 991 ; pyramidal. 992; oval. 993 



Wn-p, definition of, 708; theory of cause of, 

 708; circulation in the brain during, 708; 

 dreaming during, 709 ; necessity for. 709 ; 

 periodicity of, 709 ; predisposing influences 

 to, 710 ; means of inducing, 711 ; access of, 

 711 ; intermediate states between sleeping 

 and waking, 7 1 1 ; influence of expectation 

 and habit in inducing, 712 ; influence of im- 

 pressions on the mind of the sleeper, 713; 

 amount of, required by Man. 714; oases of 

 absence and deficiency of, 715; undue pro- 

 traction of, 7 16 



Sn/f'1, sense of. 6-15, 648, 651, 652 ; nerves of, 

 740; their distribution, 740-742; conditions 

 of, 741 ; uses of, 742 ; improvement of, 743 ; 

 modification of, by habit, 743 ; duration of 

 impressions on, 744 ; its participation in 

 Taste, 744 ; exaltation of, in Somnambulism, 

 719 



Snake, temperature of, during incubation, 35 

 note 



Sneezing, act of, 382 



Sobbing, act of. 382 



Solar plexus of Sympathetic, 863 



Solidity, perception of, 764 



Somatic Death. 1033 



Somatopleure, 928 



Somnambulism, relations of, to sleep and reve- 

 rie, 718 ; suspension of volitional control in, 

 718; phenomena of, 719; mesmeric, 719 



Sound accompanying muscular contraction. 

 812 



Sounds, propagation of, 780 ; means of deter- 



