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Cumulative Subject Index 



Organ culture studies of foetal reproduc- 

 tive tract, 2, 3-17 

 Osier's disease, 1, 85, 105 

 Osmotic diuresis, 4, 40 

 Osteoporosis, calcium metabolism in, 1, 

 109, 110, 116-118, 121, 122, 123, 125 

 senile, incidence of, 1, 125 

 Ova, age changes in, 3, 126-127, 149-150 

 age of, 1, 172 



age of at time of ovulation, 1, 147-149 

 ageing of, transplantation techniques in 



study of, 1, 150-159 

 lifespan of, 1, 148, 149 

 transfer of, 1, 150 

 Ovaries, age changes in, 3, 1 19, 126 



transplantation techniques in study 

 of, 1, 150-159 

 amyloidosis of, 3, 125 

 androgen production in, 2, 15-16 

 changes in, 1, 148 

 changes in at end of reproductive life, 



1, 144-146 

 changes in at puberty, 1, 143-144 

 changes in before puberty, 1, 142-143 

 effect of age on in fish, 5, 201 

 effect of gonadotrophin on, 1, 150, 151, 



153;2, 31,35, 55 

 effect of hypophysectomy on, 2, 60 

 effect of irradiation on, 2, 34, 49-51; 



3,127 

 effect of oestrogen on, 2, 60-65 

 formation of oocytes in, 2, 32-48 

 grafting of, 1, 150-152, 154-157 



oocyte survival in, 2, 33 

 growth of in herring, 5, 195 

 hormonal secretions of, 2, 48-52 

 hypertrophy of, effect on oocytes, 2, 



34-35 

 in bees, 5, 233, 235, 237, 238, 239, 243 

 in Drosophila, 5, 275-277, 285 

 in fish, 5, 193 



changes due to age, 5, 182 

 life of, 1, 142-147 

 lifespan of cells of, 1, 142 

 low-temperature storage of, 1, 165 

 regenerative capacity of, 2, 31-58 

 sensitivity of to hormonal environment, 



1, 142-146 

 sensitivity to hormones, age changes, 1, 



142 

 transplantation of, 1, 165-166; 3, 116, 



122-123, 126 

 tumours of, development, 1, 153-154 

 Overwintering, 5, 232-234, 240 

 Ovis dalli, lifespan of, 5, 92-94 

 Ovis musimon, lifespan of, 3, 13, 14 

 Ovogenesis, 1, 172 



Ovulation, age of ova at time of, 1, 147-149 

 in guinea pigs, 2, 71, 72, 75, 83, 84 

 induced by gonadotrophin, 2, 75, 79, 82 

 Owls, lifespan of, 5, 99 

 Oxygen, diffusion of through aortic 

 tissue, 1, 72-74, 77 

 in cell metabolism, 2, 243 



Oxygen consumption, in placenta, 2, 131- 



132 

 Oxygen pressure, adaptation to changes, 



3,64 

 Oxygen requirements of tissue, 1, 76, 77 



Palmar erythema, 1, 82 

 Palometa, lifespan of, 5, 220 

 Pancreas, elastase in, 1, 98, 99, 100; 3, 

 101-102 

 mitochondria in, 2, 101 

 Pancreatic juice, bicarbonate in, 4, 64 

 sodium excretion in, 4, 63, 65, 71 

 urea in, 4, 68-69 

 Parabiosis, 1, 30, 170; 3, 116, 124, 127-128 

 Paramecium, lifespan of, 3, 16 

 Parasites, in fish, 5, 213-216, 228 

 Parental age, effect on fertility of offspring, 

 5,56 

 effect on lifespan, 5, 21-34, 43-47, 53, 

 259-262 

 "Parental death", in fish, 5, 189 

 Parenteral fluid therapy, 4, 144, 146-148, 



151 

 Parotid saliva, bicarbonate in, 4, 64 

 potassium excretion in, 4, 63, 64, 65, 74, 



75 

 sodium excretion from, 4, 62-63, 65, 66, 



69,71 

 urea in, 4, 67-69, 75 

 Parrots, arteriosclerosis in, 5, 109, 110 

 Parturition, effect of corpus luteum on, 2, 



79,85 

 Par us major, lifespan of, 5, 100 

 Passer domesticus, lifespan of, 5, 99 

 Passeres, arteriosclerosis in, 5, 109 

 Passerines, lifespan of, 5, 99-100 

 Pelecaniformes, mortality rate of, 5, 101 

 Pelicans, arteriosclerosis in, 5, 109 

 Penguin, mortality rate of, 5, 100 

 Peptic ulcers, incidence of in old people, 



1,19 

 Perca fluviatilis, survival curves of, 5, 143, 



144 

 Perch, effect of diet, 5, 178 

 lifespan of, 5, 220, 223 

 lifespan and size of, 5, 154 

 survival curves of, 5, 143, 144, 145 

 Perciformes, lifespan of, 5, 220, 223, 224 

 Percoidei, lifespan and size of, 5, 1 54 

 Performance, changes in with age, 3, 149- 

 169 

 experiments in study of, 3, 150-152 

 in old people, 1, 42 

 peak of, 1,50-51 



problems of study of, 3, 152-153, 156- 

 159 

 Perognathus, lifespan of, 3, 9, 10 

 Peromyscus, lifespan of, 3, 9, 10 

 Peromyscus leucopus, lifespan of, 5, 95-96 

 Personality changes, in old age, 1, 42-44 

 Pharyngeal glands, in bees, 5, 233, 235, 



237, 238, 239, 244 

 Pharynx, cancer of in old people, 1, 21 



