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INDEX 



Bacillus megaterium, 133, 134 

 Bacilhis stcarothermophilus, 63 

 Bacillus subtilis, 63, 65 

 Bacillus terminalis, 63 

 Bacterial luminescence (see Lumines- 

 cence, bacterial) 

 Baeria chrysostoma, 170 

 Benzoylcholine, 51 

 Bioluminescence (see also Luminescence) 



effect of pressure on, 71, 72, 77 

 Bujo marinus, 202 

 Bunning cycle, 170 

 Butane, 17 

 Butyl alcohol, 19 

 Butyl bromide, 18 



Calcium, action in muscle, 104 

 Calcium, effect on 



ATP-ase, 75, 79 



muscle tension, 101 



pressure effect, 94, 95 

 CaUinectes sapidus, 95 

 Camphor, 17 

 Carbamates, effects on 



cleavage of eggs, 137-143 



mitosis in eggs, 138 

 Carbamates, substituted, 138, 139 

 Carcinoma, cryotherapy of, 232 

 Cardiac output, during cooling. 262 

 Carnosine phosphate, 87 

 Catalase 



bacterial, 38, 40 



beef liver, 29, 34, 38. 40 



horse erythrocyte, 40 



reaction cross section, 34 



reaction kinetics, 25-35, 37-44 

 C^^ (activated state, in muscle), 84, 85, 



93, 101-104, 106 

 Cell division 



critical blocking pressure, 114. 116, 117 



furrowing process in, 113-118 



pressure dependence of, 113-125 



pressure-temperature dependence of, 

 111-125 



temperature dependence of, 114-117, 

 119, 120-124, 127-135, 137-143 

 Cell division cycle, 128 

 Cell theory of liquids, 26 

 Cerebral palsy, 229 

 Chaetopterus, 119, 123 



Chaetopterus pergamentaceus, 116, 120, 



122 

 Chara joetida, 167 

 Chemical evolution, 3 

 Chemical valve effect, 2 

 Chill-coma temperature, 148 

 Chloride, efYect on, 



muscle tension, 101 



pressure effect, 94, 95 

 Choline, 189, 193, 195, 198, 205 

 Choline chloride, 177, 193, 194 

 Cholinesterase 



competitive inhibition of, 52 



from various sources, 45, 47, 48 



heat denaturation of, 49, 50 



inhibitors of, 52-56 

 Chroniobacter violaceum, 65 

 Chrysemys picta, 96 

 Chymotrypsin, 21 

 Chymotrypsinogen, 20-21 

 Cleavage of eggs 



pressure dependence of, 113-125 



pressure-temperature dependence of, 

 111-125 



retardation by carbamates, 137-143 



species differences in carbamate effects 

 on, 141, 142 



spurious division in, 137-138 



temperature dependence of, 114-117, 

 119-124, 137-143 

 CoA, 68 

 Cobalt, 68 

 Comjietitive inhibition of cholinesterase, 



52, 54 

 Conduction delay in nerve, 194, 195 

 Conformation changes, 18 

 Conformational isomers, 16, 17, 23 

 Constellation (conformation), 18 

 Cooling of body, methods of, 259 

 CP (creatine phosphate), 87-92 

 Critical complex, 1, 4-7 

 Crymotherapy, 231, 232 

 Cystine, 21 

 Cytochrome -As , reaction with oxj'gen, 40- 



44 

 Cytochrome c, 14, 157 

 Cytokinesis, 111 



furrowing process in, 116-118 



gel contraction theory of, 113 



