INDEX 



For author index, consult the preceding section on Bibliography. 



Abdomen, 93, 108, 122 



distension of, 305, 322 



weakness of walls, 314 

 Accessory factors (see Vitamins) 

 A crony eta, 33, 62 

 Actinospkaerium, 18 

 Adder (Zamenis), 198, 351 

 Adipose tissue (see also Fat content), 89, 

 117, 122-126 



abdominal, 229, 400 



atrophy, 103, 117, 123, 124, 126, 127 

 varieties of, 117, 124, 125, 126 



blood capillaries of, 235 



in bone marrow, 124, 125, 126, 136, 150 



orbital, 210, 211, 213 



pericardial, 124, 222, 228, 229, 232 



relative resistance, 458 



in renal capsule, 376 

 hilus, 124 



in sciatic nerve trunk, 209 



in thymus, 286, 291, 294 

 Age differences, invertebrate, 38 



in plants, 5 



vertebrate, 70, 74, 75, 77, 89, 96, 119, 



135, 154, 3 2 4, 339, 345, 37o, 403, 

 428 

 Agrion, 60 

 Alcoholism, 404 

 Algae, 3, 5, 6, 11 



commensal, 40 

 Alimentary canal (see also various segments), 

 300-323 

 gastrointestinal secretions, 305, 311 

 atrophy or degeneration, 311, 314 

 contents, 307 



disorders in underfed horses, 308 

 in fasting salmon, 310 

 weight changes, 307 

 invertebrate, 42, 57 

 primary atrophy of mucosa, 304, 305, 



3i4, 315, 3i6 

 regeneration of, 300 

 summary of effects on, 300 

 "vicious circle" in atrophy of, 300, 301 

 Alligator, 302, 311 

 Allobophora, 116 

 Alopecia, 130, 131 



Altmann's granules ("bioblasts"), 125, 136, 



337, 338 

 Alytes, 77, 393* 



Amblystoma (Ambystoma), 77, 116 

 Ameboid activity, 54, 60 

 Amia, 169, 250, 452 

 Amino-acids (cystin, lysin, tryptophan, 



tyrosin), 101, 129, 130, 254, 431, 442 

 Ammonia, 5, 19 

 Amphibia (see also Rana, Bufo, Salamandra, 



etc.), 69, 76, 88, 92, 135, 168, 198, 



203, 249, 321, 336, 393, 403, 407 

 Amphiblastula, ^^ 

 Amsterdam school-children, 84 

 Anemia (see under Blood) 

 Anhydremia (see under Blood) 

 Annulata, 47 

 Anolis, 116 

 Ant, 65 

 Antilope, 69 



Aphids (plant-lice), 29, 31, 57, 61 

 Apis (bee), 65 

 Aqueous inanition, water deficiency, thirst 



(see also under various organs), 



human, 79, 114-116 

 in various organs, 132, 154, 189, 190, 192, 



202, 239, 259, 260 

 in vertebrates, 99, 100, 114-116, 118 

 Aquila, 69 

 Arachnida, 59 

 Arbacia, 52 

 Arctomys, 454 

 Argemone, 3 

 Arsenic, 10 



Arthropoda, 26, 27, 58-65 

 Ascandra, 34 



Ascaris (roundworm), 26, 46, 47 

 Ascidians, 66 

 Ascites, 102 

 Aspergillus, 4, 5, 9 

 Asphyxia, 99 

 Astacus (see Crayfish) 

 Aster ias (starfish), 53 

 Athrepsia (infantile atrophy, marasmus) (see 



also under various organs), 81, 82, 



88, 90, 91, 92, 97, 105, 212 

 Atresia of duodenum and esophagus, 69 



587 



