INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



1081 



mining direction of, 790. 795 ; distance of, 

 795 ; pitch of, 791 ; nature of musical, 781 



Sounds of Heart. 304 



Sound Colors, 781 



Spartein, action of, on heart, 317 note 



Specific identity or diversity of Human Races, 

 question of, 987, 1000 



Speech, participation of central organs in, 000 



Spectrum Analysis of the Blood, 248 



Spectrum of Bile, 478, 479 



Spermatozoa, nature and evolution of, 885 ; 

 essential importance of, in fecundation. 887 



Spheno-palatine ganglion, 865 



Spheno-palatine ganglion of Sympathetic, 863 



Spherical Aberration, 745 



Sphincters, action of, 141, 643 



Sphygmographs, construction of various, 330, 

 331 



Sphygmographic tracing of the cardiac move- 

 ments, 301 ; of arterial pulse. 331 



Spinal Accessory Nerve, deep origin of, 609 ; 

 distribution and functions of, 623 



Spinal Curd, structure of, 597 : external con- 

 formation of, 598 ; vesicular substance of, 

 599 ; fibrous strands of, 602 ; connection 

 of, with nerve roots, 601 

 Functions of. 626 ; as a conductor of sensory 

 impressions and of motor impulses, 627 ; 

 as an independent centre, 633 ; its proper 

 reflex actions, 634; their relation to the 

 Organic functions, 642 ; their protective 

 character, 644 ; their subservience to loco- 

 motion. 644 ; its influence on Muscular 

 tension, 648; development of. 840 



Spinal Nerves, 615; double function of their 

 roots, 571 ; their connection with the Spinal 

 Cord, 571 



Splanchnic nerves, 328 



Splanchnopleure, 928 



Spleen, structure of, 218-221; chemical com- 

 position of, 221 ; lymphatics of, 221 ; nerves 

 of, 221; chemical composition of, 226; de- 

 velopment of, 221 ; functions of, 222, 226 ; 

 blood of, 263 



Splenic Blood, 263 



Stammering, nature of, 861 ; treatment of, 861 



Stapedius, functions of, 788 



Starch, a constituent of food, 94, 100; its 

 transformation by saliva, 148 ; by pancreatic 

 fluid, 170; by intestinal fluid, 179; impor- 

 tance of, in protecting other tissues from the 

 action of oxygen, 428, 434; production of 

 fat from. 432 



Starvation, effects of, 124-127 ; death by, 124; 

 Chossat's experiments on, 124, 540; acute, 

 124 ; slow, 125 



Stercorin, 97 



Stereoscope, 765 



Stethometer, Sanderson's recording, 371 



Stimuli, action of various, on nervous system, 

 518 



Stomach, movements of, 132-136; action of, 

 in vomiting, 135 ; influence of pneumogas- 

 tric on, 134, 162 ; influence excited by sym- 

 pathetic upon, 163; lymphatics of, 154; se- 

 creting follicles of, 151-155; nerves of, 155; 

 villi of, 154; secretion of gastric juice by, 

 155-158 ; digestion in, 156-166 ; temperature 

 of, during digestion, 162 



Strabismus, pathology of, 838 



Strength, feats of, 839 



Strings, vibrating, laws of, 849 

 Strorna of blood-corpuscles, 236 



Strychnia, action of, on henrt, 316 note, 317 : 

 action on blood-pressure after section of 

 spinal cord, 327 



Sublingual Gland, 146, 148; secretion of, 146 



Subtnaxillary Ganglion of Sympathetic, 856 



Submaxillary Gland, 146; secretion of, 148 



Succinic Acid, 96 



Succus Entericus, 177; its use in digestion, 

 178 



Sucking, act of, 578 



Sudoriparous Excretion, composition of, 520 ; 

 quantity of, 522 ; vicarious with urinary, 

 498, 525 ; consequences of suppression of, 

 526 ; frigorifying effect of, 524 



Sudoriparous Glandulas, 520 



Sugar, a constituent of the body, 94 ; formation 

 of, in liver, 483 ; passage of, into urine, after 

 lesions of nervous system, 487 



Sugar, Grape, 94 



Sugar, Milk, 95 



Sugar, Muscle, 95 



Sulphates, Alkaline, in urine, 500, 573 



Sulphocyanide of Potassium, in the Saliva, 146 



Sulphuretted Hydrogen Gas, action of on 

 Heart, 316 note 



Superfcetation, 916 



Supernumerary Parts, 442-448 



Suppuration of wounds, 453 



Suprarenal bodies, structure of, 222 ; develop- 

 ment of, 223; function of, 228; effects of 

 ablation of, 223 ; effects of disease of, 223 



Surgical Fever, predisposing causes of, 287 



Swallowing, act of, 129 



Symmetrical diseases, 280 



Symi/at/tftfr System, ganglia of, 863: struc- 

 ture of rami communicantes, 864 ; myenteric 

 ganglia of, 137 



Syncope, death by, 1033 



Syntonin, 83, 157 



Syro- Arabian Race, 1003 



Tactile corpuscles, 725 



Tamulian Language, 1005, 1014 



Tanghinia venenifera, action of poison of, on 



Heart, 316 



Tannic acid, action of solutions of, on blood- 

 corpuscles, 236 



Taste, ganglion of, 610, 612; nerves of, 617, 

 621; Sense of, 733; special conditions of, 

 734 ; seat of, 735, 736 ; papillae of, 736 ,- 

 varying acuteness of, 738 ; rapidity of, 738 ; 

 participation of smell in, 739 ; objects and 

 uses of, 739 ; improvement of, by habit, 74(1 ; 

 cases of loss of, 739 nnte 

 Taurin. 480 



Taurocholic acid, 93. 418 

 Tea, composition of, 120; influence of, on 



urine, 518 



Teeth, structure of, 75 ; deciduous exuviation 

 of, 418; development of, 1021 ; development 

 of permanent. 1024 

 Temperature, normal, of man, 529 

 Temperature, normal, of infants, 530 

 Temperature, normal, of aged persons. f>"u 

 Temperature, diurnal variation of, 530 

 Temperature, effects of exercise on, 531 

 Temperature, effects of ingestion of food on, 



532 



Temperature, effects of external cold on, 533 

 Temperature, effects of disease upon. 534 

 Temperature, effects of moisture in air on, 530 

 Temperature, rise of, after death, 535 



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