INDEX 



769 



desensitization and, 157 

 during sustained depolarization, 158 

 receptor development of, 1 27 

 Geniculate body 

 lateral 



vision and, 717 

 medial 



auditory cortex and, 598 

 auditory pathway and, 590 

 recruitment in, 311 

 Geniculate response 



to optic nerve stimulation, 724 

 Grand mal epilepsy: see Epilepsy, grand 



mal 

 Gravity receptors 

 in otoliths, 557 

 Gravity stimuli: see Equilibrium 

 Gustatory fibers ; see Taste 



Habituation 



inhibitory efferent pathways and, 757 

 Hair cells : see Olfactory receptors 

 Hearing: see Audition; Cochlea 

 Heat 



double pain and, 474 

 eflfect on endolymph, 556 

 Heat conduction 



skin and, 437 

 Histamine 



as pain excitant, 478 

 Historical development, 1-58 

 concepts 



accommodation, 648 



acetylcholine, 215 



adrenergic transmission, 221, 225 



all-or-nothing law, 23, 24 



auditory cortex, 600 



auditory projection to cortex, 591 



central auditory mechanisms, 585 



cerebral localization, 46 



cerebrospinal fluid, 30 



chemical transmission, 24, 215 



conditioned reflexes, 53, 55 



correlation of sound stimuli and 

 auditory mechanism, 586 



curare, 199 



development scientific method, 1-4, 9 



electrical transmission, 14, 20, 22, 23 



electroencephalography, 49, 51, 284 



epilepsy, 51, 333 



epinephrine, 215 



evoked potentials, 49 



ganglia, 33 



image formation in eye, 648 



inhibition, 36 



irritability, !2 



medulla oblongata, 34 



membrane theory, 1 1 7 



motor cortex, 47 



motor function, 27, 28, 48 



muscle electrophysiology, 19 



neuromuscular junction, 24 



neuron theory, 59, 149 

 nicotine, 199 

 norepinephrine, 217 

 pain, 459, 460 

 pain fibers, 480 



Pfl tiger's law of contraction, 1 13 

 pupillary reflex, 42 

 reciprocal innervation, 7 

 reflex activity, 25, 30, 32, 34, 36 

 reflex arc, 35, 40, 42 

 reflex excitation, 40 

 reflex inhibition, 37, 40 

 refractory period, 39 

 respiratory center, 34 

 reticular formation, 42 1 

 science of optics, 6 1 6 

 seat of the soul, 2, 4, 8, 28 

 semicircular canals, 553 

 sensory function, 27, 28, 48 

 spinal cord, 25 

 spinal shock, 33 

 stepping reflex, 35 

 sympathetic trunk, 42 

 sympathins, 219 

 synapse, 38 

 contributors 



Accademia del Cimento, 5 



Adrian, 24, 255 



Altenburg, 52 



Aristotle, i 



Auburtin, 46 



Bacon, 3 



Baglivi, 9 



Ball, 616 



Bartholow, 48 



Hartley, 255 



Beck, 50, 255 



Beevor, 48 



Bell, 28, 36, 42 



Berger, 51, 255, 279, 284 



Bernard, 21, 199 



Bernstein, 23, 148 



Bichat, 28 



Bishop, 255 



Borelli, 5 



Bouillaud, 45 



Bowditch, 23, 76 



Boyle, 7 



Bemer, 255 



Breruer, 37 



Broca, 46 



Cabanis, 47 



Caldani, 47 



Cannon, 219, 225 



Caton, 49, 225 



Croone, 7 



Gushing, 49 



Cybulski, 255 



Dale, 215, 230 



Danilewsky, 52, 255 



Davis, 52 



Descartes, 5, 31 



Dieter, 26 

 Dixon, 230 



du Bois-Reymond, 22, 148 

 EUiott, 24, 215 

 Erianger, 24 

 Ewins, 230 

 Fernel, 2, 31 

 Ferrier, 48 

 Fischer, 52, 255 

 Fleischl von Marxow, 255 

 Flourens, 44 

 Foerster, 49, 52 

 Fontana, 23, 47 

 Forbes, 39 

 Fritsch, 47 

 Galen, i 

 Gall, 43 

 Galvani, 17 

 Gaskell, 38 

 Gasser, 24 

 Gerard, 255 

 Gerlach, 38 

 Gibbs, 52 

 Gilberd, 3 

 Gilbert: see Gilberd 

 Glisson, !2, 32 

 Goltz, 46 

 Gotch, 24 

 Gozzano, 255 

 Hales, 32 

 Hall, 34 

 Haller, 1 1, 47 

 Hamill, 230 

 Harvey, 4 

 Hecht, 616 



Helmholtz, 23, 26, 75, 616 

 Hering, 37, 39 

 Herringham, 30 

 Hitzig, 47 

 Horsley, 48 

 Humboldt, 18 

 Hunt, 230 

 Jackson, 48, 54 

 Jasper, 255 

 Keen, 48 

 KoUiker, 27 

 Kornmiiller, 255 

 Krause, 148 

 Kronecker, 37 

 Kiihne, 24, 148, 201, 616 

 Laycock, 54 

 Legallois, 34 

 Lennox, 52 

 Lewes, 55 

 Loewi, 25, 215 

 Lower, 7 

 Lucas, 24 

 Luciani, 45 



Magendie, 29, 42, 44, 45, 47 

 Matteucci, 19 

 Matthews, 255 

 Mayo, 42 



