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Cumulative Subject Index 



Polysaccharides, in elastin, 1, 104, 107 

 Pompano, lifespan of, 5, 220 

 Population, cross-sectional surveys, 3, 

 158-159, 171-172, 173-174, 179, 186 

 horizontal surveys, 3, 94-95 

 longitudinal surveys, 3, 95, 158, 163- 



164, 172-173, 174, 187 

 sampling, 3, 73-79, 81, 94-96, 156-159, 

 171-172, 174, 183-184 

 Porcupine fish, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Porgy, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Postmaturity, placenta in, 2, 1 12-113 

 Potassium, accumulation of in cell, 4, 32- 

 33 

 activity of, in pregnant rat and goat, 2, 



148-154, 159 

 deficiency of, effects due to, 4, 140 

 effects on kidney, 4, 262-263 

 in congestive heart failure, 4, 289- 

 292, 299-300 

 deprivation of, causing cellular oedema, 



4,32 

 effect ofprotein intake, 4, 121, 126, 129, 



133 

 effect on heart, 4, 95-96 

 excess of, effects due to, 4, 140, 141, 

 144-146, 152 

 in adrenal hyperplasia, 4, 80, 95 

 exchangeable amounts in body, 4, 108, 



109, 111, 114 

 exchange of in cell, 4, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 



24, 30, 34 

 excretion of, after water loading, 4, 

 167-169 

 effect of ACTH and cortisone, 4, 



176, 177, 178 

 effect of aldosterone, 4, 183-184, 186, 



192-194, 196-197 

 effect of cortexone, 4, 174, 175 

 effect of Cortisol, 4, 188, 189, 192-194, 



196 

 effect of cortisone, 4, 171, 172, 176, 



178 

 effect of vasopressin, 4, 170 

 in elderly and schizophrenics, 1, 221- 



222, 223-236 

 in parotid saliva, 4, 63, 64, 65, 74, 75 

 in respiratory acidosis, 4, 266 

 in sweat, 4, 63, 64, 65, 74, 76, 77 

 in body of rat, 4, 120, 121, 126, 129, 133 

 in erythrocytes, 4, 200-202, 204, 206, 



207, 208 

 in foetal urine, 4, 218 

 in muscle, 4, 224-225, 289-292 

 in plasma, 4, 65 

 in saliva, during menstrual cycle, 4, 



83-88 

 loss of, 4, 226 



during labour, 4, 90 

 ranges of intake, 4, 142 

 Potassium chloride, effect on hyponatrae- 



mia, 4, 53 

 Potassium pump, 4, 204 

 Poultry, arteriosclerosis in, 5, 110, 113 



Pregnancy, aldosterone excretion in, 4, 

 89-90 



duration of and placenta, 2, 110, 111 



effect of corpus luteum on, 2, 78, 79, 84 



effect of cortisone on foetus, 2, 167-175 



effect of growth hormone on foetus, 2, 

 161-167, 171, 173-175 



effect of progesterone, 2, 126, 127 



effect on apocrine sweat glands, 2, 197- 

 198, 199-200 



endometrial changes in, 2, 115 



placental changes in, 2, 110^-111, 115 



placental uptake of radio-potassium 

 during, 2, 148-160 



prolongation of, 2, 163 



sodium retention during, 4, 88-89 



toxaemias of, 2, 1 1 1-1 12, 142, 144 



uterine uptake of radio-potassium in, 

 2, 148-160 



water and electrolyte changes in, 4, 88- 

 90 



water retention during, 4, 88-89 

 Premenstrual oedema, 4, 81-83 

 Preservation of tissue, 1, 162-172 

 Procellariiformes, mortality rate of, 5, 101 

 Progesterone, 1, 127, 128 



effect on placental glycogen, 2, 123, 126 



effect on pregnancy, 2, 126, 127 

 Proline, in elastin, 1, 91, 94, 95, 96 

 Prostate gland, cancer of in old people, 1, 

 21 



in female animals, 2, 14, 15, 16 



normal development of, 2, 5-6, 9, 10, 

 11, 14,20 

 Proteins, age changes in, 3, 66 



breakdown of, causing osmotic diuresis, 

 4,41 



catabolism in senescent leaves, 2, 202- 

 205,206,207-208,212,214 



effect of age on, 1, 103 



effect on bees, 5, 254 



effect on Drosophila, 5, 266-267 



in barley leaves, 2, 203-205 



in bees, 5, 234 



in cells, 3, 48, 49 



in children's diets, 1, 198 



in diet, 5, 252, 253, 254 



in elastin, 1, 94-96 



in pollen, 5, 237, 238 



in renal disease, 4, 260-262 



intake of, effect on body composition, 

 4, 116-138 



storage in bees, 5, 237, 238, 239 



utilization of in growth offish, 5, 182- 

 186,210 

 Protein metabolism, relationship with cell 



respiration, 2, 207-208 

 Protoplasm, 1, 244 



Protozoa, nutrition and growth, 1, 186-187 

 Pseudopregnancy, 3, 117, 126, 129-130 

 Psittaci, arteriosclerosis in, 5, 108-109, 



110 

 Psychological aspects of ageing, 1, 209-218 

 Pudding wife, lifespan of, 5, 221 



