SUBJECT INDEX 



{References to Part II. are in italics.) 



Aberration, chromatic, 274, 282 



spherical, 275, 282 

 Absorption coefficient of gases in liquids, 

 :}2.S, 347 

 from alimentary canal, 418, 419 

 of heat, 439, 445 

 of light, 15, 18, 78 

 of solutes by renal tubules, 185 

 spectrum of chlorophyll, 20 

 ergosterol, 165 

 green leaf, 15 

 Acceleration, catalytic, 117 

 Accessory factors of diet, 475 

 Acclimatisation, 353 

 Accommodation in eye, 280, 293 

 Acid, action of, on emulsions, 106, 481, 

 487, 493 

 on fats, 480, 493 

 on soaps, 108 



on surface tension, 187, 524 

 on tissues, 481, 493 

 definition of, 66 



effect of, on dissociation curve of 

 oxyhsemoglobin, 328 

 on imbibition of water by colloids, 486, 



493, 538 

 on surface tension, 524 

 on viscosity of colloids, 531 

 lactic, in muscle, 172 

 Acidity, numerical expression of, 63, 64, 

 563 

 of gastric juice, 420 

 of retina, 289 

 Acidosis, 432 

 Acoustics, 412 

 Acquired characteristics, transmission of, 



464 

 Adaptation to environment, 462 

 of bone, 214, 217 

 of receptors, 234, 242, 289 

 of sensory nerves, 234, 289 

 Adipose tissue, 211, 441, 448 

 Adsorbed material, state of, 72, 187 

 Adsorption, 53—55, 96, 122, 139, 487 

 and osmosis, 187 

 by enzymes, 119, 122 

 cause of, 52 



demonstrations of, 518, 530 

 intensity of, 117 



of carbon-dioxide by haemoglobin, 332 

 of enzymes, 541 

 of gases by colloids, 325, 430 

 of oxygen by haemoglobin, 326 

 pseudo-, 135 



Adsorption, specific surface for, 72, 119 



temperature coefficient of, 119, 135 

 Adsorptive stratification (Liesegang phe- 

 nomenon), 86, 87, 529 

 Agar-agar, 86, 100 

 Ageing of surfaces, 46 

 Agglutination, 191 

 Alignment chart, 340 

 Alimentary canal, general plan of, 413 



mechanics of development, 490 

 Alkali, definition of, 66 



reserve, 311, 432, 551 



secretion of, 421 

 " All or nothing " in muscle fibril, 175 



in nerve, 224 

 Alveolar CO, tension, 421 

 Alveoli, 346 " 



area of, 346 

 Amicron, 81 

 Amoeba, 147, 545 



camphor-benzene, 150, 516 



mei'cury, 516 

 Amphioxus, 299 

 Amphoteric colloids, 96, 138, 430 



electrolytes, 66 

 Ampulla, 269 

 Anabolism, 2, 477 



Ansesthetics, action on emulsions, 10(), 109 

 on enzymes, 120 

 on membranes, 135 

 Analyser, 126, 128 

 Angle of origin of blood-vessels, 380 

 Angstrom units, 14, 165, 567 

 Anion and cation, 56, 59 

 Anode, 56 

 Anti-enzyme, 122 

 Anti-pro-thrombin, 305, 306 

 Antrum pylori, 417 

 Aortic valves, 377 

 Apnoea, 416 



deglutition, 416 

 Arrheuius' theory, 42 

 Arterial walls, 375, 379 

 Arteries, pressure in, 367 

 Arterioles, pressure in, 367 

 Artificial amoeba, 150, 516 



cell, 153 



laccase, 118 



membranes, 40, 134, 544, 557 



parthenogenesis, 487 

 a rays, 158 

 Astigmatism, 283 

 Astral lays, 482 

 Asymmetric carbon atom, 130, 131 



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