344 INDEX. 



pound of proteine, and cannot form blood, 127 e/ seq. May- 

 serve as food for the gelatinous tissues, and thus spare the 

 stomach of convalescents, 98, 1 30. In starvation the gelati- 

 nous tissues remain intact, 97. Its relation to proteine, 126. 

 Its formula, 142. Its analysis, 311, 322. 



GoEBEL. His analysis of gum, 298. 



Globules of the blood are the carriers of oxygen to all parts of 

 the body, 171 — 175. They contain iron, 265 et seq. 



Gluten. Contains vegetable fibrine, 46. Analysis of it, 295. 



Gmelin. On the sugar of bile, 147. 



Goose. How fattened to the utmost, 94. 



Graminivora. See Herbivora. 



Grape-sugar. An element of respiration, 9Q. Is identical with 

 starch sugar and diabetic sugar, 72. Its composition, 73. Its 

 analysis, 297. 



Grow^th, or increase of mass, greater in graminivora than in 

 carnivora, 80. Depends on the blood, 40 ; and on compounds 

 of proteine, 106. See Nutrition. 



Gum. An element of respiration, d6. Its composition, 73. Is 

 related to sugar of milk, ib. Its analysis, 298. 



Gundlach. His researches on the formation of wax from honey 

 by the bee, 301. 



H. 



Hair. Analysis of, 312. Its relation to proteine, 126. Ana- 

 lysis of proteine from hair, 308. 



Hay. Analysis of, 299. 



Hepatic Diseases. Cause of, 23. 



Herbivora. Their blood derived from compounds of proteine 

 in their food, 48. But they require also for their support 

 non-azotised substances, 70. These last assist in the forma- 

 tion of their bile, 147 et seq. They retain the phosphoric 

 acid of their food to form bone and nervous matter, 80. 

 Their urine contains very little phosphoric acid, 79. The 

 energy of vegetative life in them is very great, 81. They be- 

 come fat when staU-fed, 82. 



Hess. His analysis of w^ax, 307. 



Hybernating Animals. Their fat disappears during the win- 

 ter sleep, 25. They secrete bile and urine during the same 

 period, 61, 



