INDEX. 



Abderhalden test, 743 

 Abdominal respiration, 639 



tyi3e of respiration, 643 

 Absolute power of muscle, 39 

 Absorption coefficient, 669 



in large intestine, 802 



in small intestine, 796 



in stomach, 780 



of carbohydrates, 798 



of fats, 799 



or proteins, 801 



spectra of hemoglobin, 429 

 Acapnia, 698, 705 

 Accelerator center for heart, 586 



nerves, effect of, on heart-rate, 58S 

 of heart, 582 

 reflex stimulation of, 584 

 Accessory food factors, 902 



thyroids, 864 

 Accommodation in eye, limits of, 311 

 mechanism of, 309 



reflex, 322 

 Acetone bodies, 917 

 Achromatic series of visual sensations, 

 346 



vision, 354 

 Achroodextrin, 761 

 Acid, aceto-acetic, 917 



albumin in gastric digestion, 776 



amino-acetic, 789, 1019 



aminocaproic, 790, 1019 



aminoglutaric, 1019 



aminopropionic, 789, 1019 



aminosuccinic, 790, 1019 



aminothiopropionic, 1019 



aminovalerianic, 790, 1019 



aspartic, 790, 1019 



choHc, 812 



conjugated sulphuric, 804, 852 



diaminocaproic, 790, 1019 



glutaminic, 790, 1019 



glycochoHc, 812 



glycuronic, 909 



guanidinaminovalerianic, 1019 



hippuric, 851 



imidazolpropionic, 791, 1019 



indolpropionic, 791, 1019 



isobutylpropionic, 790 



lactic, 63 



oxyaminopropionic, 1019 



oxybutyric, 917 



Acid, oxyphenylaminopropionic, 1019 

 oxypropionic, 789 

 oxyproteic, 843 



oxypyroUidin-carboxylic, 789, 1019 

 phenylaminopropionic, 790, 1019 

 pyrrohdin-carboxylic, 791, 1019 

 taurocholic, 811 

 thiopropionic, 789 

 Acidosis, 417, 913 

 Acromegaly, 881 

 Action current, diphasic, 105 

 in heart, 539 

 in muscle, 104 

 in nerve, 104 

 in retina, 333 

 monophasic, 105 



relation to contraction wave, 107 

 to nerve impulse, 107 

 Activation of lipase, 794 



of trypsin, 787 

 Activators, 744 

 Adamkiewicz's reaction for proteins,. 



1023 

 Addison's disease, 870 

 Adenase, 745, 848 

 Adenin, 64, 847 

 Adenosin, 848 

 Adrenal bodies, functions of, 875 



secretory nerves of, 875 

 Adrenalin, 872 

 Adrenin, 872 

 Aerial perspective, 373 

 Aerotonometer, 671 

 Afferent fibers in cranial nerves, 85 

 position of, in posterior roots, 84 

 vasodilatation due to, 610 

 nerve-fibers, 81 

 After-images in eye, 349 

 Agnosia, 204, 220 

 Agraphia, 218 



Air, effect of variations in, on respira- 

 tions, 701 

 Alanin, 789, 902, 1019 

 Albumin, properties of, 1023. See also 



Protein. 

 Albuminoids, nutritive value of, 899 

 .Albumon, 449 

 Alcohol as food, 928 



effect of, on gastric absorption, 781 



on respiratory quotient, 706 

 physiological action of, 937 

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