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SUBJECT INDEX 



Autocatalysis and growth, 468 

 Autolysis, 493 

 Available energy, 8 



of cell, 33, 35 

 Avogadro's hypothesis, 40 

 Axial repulsions, law of, 479 

 Axis, visual, 283, 290, 292, 293 



Balanced chemical reactions, 124 

 Barger's method for determination of 



osmotic pressure, 514 

 Barometric pressure and alveolar tension, 

 352 

 and height, 351 



and number of erythrocytes, 352 

 Barotaxis, 151 

 Basilar membrane, 259 

 Bending, 205, 427 

 Bicarbonate system, 311. 432, 551 

 Bile, function of, 419 

 Binaural hearing, 266 

 Binocular vision, 292 

 Bio-electric phenomena, 152, 179, 225, 287, 



382, 54S 

 Bjerknes phenomenon, 482 

 Bone, 212 



adaptation of, 214, 217 



conduction of sound by, 266 



development of, 212 



internal structure of, 214 



strength of, 213 



stress lines in, 214 



trabecular structure of, 217 

 Bowman's capsule, 193 

 Boyle's law, 37 

 ,rf rays, !»6, 158 

 Brownian movement, 79 — 81, 52S 



in neurone, 222 

 Buffers, 433. 524 

 Bunsen-Roscoe law, 455, 457 



Caisson disease, 361 

 Calorie, definition of, 22 



value from oxygen usage, 30, 198 

 of proximate principles of food, 26 

 Calorimeter, bomb, 24, 500 



( 'raw ford's, 27 

 Calorimetry, direct, 27 



indirect, 28 

 Cambrian period, sea- water in, 311 

 Capillary active substances, 51, 519 



analyses, 536 



circulation, 194, 361, 362 



electrometer, 50, 153, 180, 382, 520 



method for estimating surface tension, 

 46, 518 



pressure, 194, 366 

 Carbohydrates, formation of, 16 



oxidation of, 30 

 Carnot's principle, 31, 496 

 Cartilage, 212 

 Catalase, 120 

 Catalysis, 117. 



auto-, 468 



Catalyst, 116 



ionic, 117 

 Cataphoresis, 90, 534 

 Cathode, 56 



rays, 157 

 Cell, as an energy transformer, 33, 167 



chemical and physical characteristics of, 

 148 et seq. 



division, cause of, 478 



polyphasic nature of, 147, 150, 429 

 Cellular dynamics, 203, 478 

 Centimetre index, 470 

 Centre of gravity of body, 426 

 Charles' law, 37 

 Chemical energy, receptors for, 242 



'■ gardens," 544 

 Chemiotaxis (chemotropism), 151, 192, 459 

 Chladni's plates, 217, 263 

 Chlorophyll, absorption spectrum of, 20 



catalytic action of, 21 



chemical natui'e of, 21 



efficiency of, 21 



function of, 21 

 Cholesterol, 135, 191, 192 

 Chorioid coat, 276 

 Chromatic aberration, 274, 282 

 Cilia, 189, 299 

 Ciliary processes, 276 



body, 276 

 Ciliated epithelium, 189 

 Circulation of blood, development of, 299 



general plan of, 361, 566 

 Clotting, 303 et seq. 

 Coagulation of colloids, 92, 302, 535 

 Cochlea, 256 



Coefficient of variability, 472 

 Ccelomic system, 299, 300 

 Co-enzymes, 122 

 Cold, reaction to, 135, 226, 304, 449 



spots, 241 

 Collagen, 210 

 Colligative properties of plasma, 301 



of solutions, 41 

 Collodions, 557 



membranes, 557 

 Colloidal aggregates, dimensions of, 71, SO 



gold, 74, 77, 80, 94, 536. 560 



solutions, 72 et seq. 

 coagulation of, 92 

 colour of, 76 



osmotic pressure of, 43, 84 

 precipitation of, 93, 95 

 preparation of, 560 et seq. 

 properties of, 76 et seq. 

 viscosity of, 88 

 Colloids, diffusion of, 85 



hydrophilic, 75, 93, 211 



hydrophobic, 75, 93 



physiological, 75 

 Colour of colloidal solutions, 76 



of iris, 77 



of skv, 76 

 Comma", 275, 283 

 Compensation, law of, 479 

 Complemental air, 345 

 Compound interest law, 468, 471 



