1035 



Bile, curve of secretion of, 816 

 effect of occluding bile-ducts, 817 

 ejection of, into duodenum, 816 

 functions of, summary, 818 

 quantity of, 809 

 secretion of, 814 

 Bile-acids, composition of, 811 

 Bile-duct, sphincter of, 817 

 Bile-pigments, 435, 810 

 Bile-salts, importance of, in fat diges- 

 tion, 800, 818 

 Bilirubin, 810 

 BUiverdin, 810 



Binocular perspective, 375, 377 

 vision, 365 



horopter in, 372 

 struggle of visual fields in, 372 

 value of, in judgments of distance, 

 378 

 of size, 378 

 Biologic value of protein, 894 

 Biological reaction, 423 

 Births, ratio of male and female, 1007 

 Biuret reaction for proteins, 1022 

 Black Hole of Calcutta, 661 

 Bladder, gall-, movements of, 816 

 urinary, movements of, 854 

 sphincter of, 854 

 Blind spot in eye, 333 

 Blood, blood-plates of, physiology of, 

 442 

 circulation of. See Circulation. 

 coagulation of, 449 

 condition of carbon dioxid in, 675 



of nitrogen in, 672 

 curve of dissociation of oxyhemo- 

 globin, 674 

 defibrinated, 414 

 gases of, 664 



general properties of, 413 

 hemoglobin of, 418 

 amount, 425 

 nature, 425 

 hemolysis of red corpuscles, 420 

 histological structure of, 413 

 leukocytes of, 439 

 meionectic, 675 

 mesectic, 675 

 nucleoprotein in, 449 

 osmotic pressure of, 420 

 oxygen-pressure of, 681 

 pleonectic, 675 

 proteins of, 444, 446 

 reaction of, 414 

 red corpuscles of, 418 

 fate of, 435 

 origin of, 435 

 regeneration of, after hemorrhage, 



466 

 specific gravity of, 417 

 total quantity of, 465 

 transfusion of, 468 



Blood-plasma, composition of, 444 

 Blood-plates, properties of, 442 

 Blood-pressure, 486 



diastohc, 490 



effect of menstruation upon, 980 



in brain, 623, 624 



in capillaries, 496 



in man, 497, 503 



mean, 490 



relation of, to heart-rate, 588 



respiratory waves of, 656 



systolic, 490 



Traube-Hering waves of, 607 



venous and capillary, 504 

 Blood-serum, 414, 445 

 Body equilibrium in nutrition, 891 



sense area, 202 



temperature in man, 950 

 Bowman's theory of urinary secretion, 



831 

 Brachium conjunctivum, 231 



pontis, 234 

 Brain, association areas of, 220 



auditory center in, 210 



center for olfaction, 213 

 for taste, 216 



centers affected in aphasia, 216, 220 



development of cortical areas, 223 



effect of variations in arterial pres- 

 sure upon, 622 



histological differentiation of cor- 

 tex of, 224 



intracranial pressure in, 620 



localization of function in, 191 



motor areas of, 194 



regulation of circulation in, 616 



sensory areas of, 201 



vascular supply of, 616 

 Brightness in visual sensations, 344 

 Bronchi, capacity of, 647 



constrictor and dilator fibers of, 699 

 Bulbar autonomic, 728 

 Bulbospiral fibers of heart, 532 



Caffein, 928 



Caisson disease, 704 



Calcarine fissure, relation of, to vision, 



209 

 Calcium, amount of, in cataract, 926 

 in clotting of blood, 456, 457 

 salts, effect of, in curdling of milk, 

 778 

 on heart, 564 

 nutritive value of, 924 

 secretion of, in milk, 473 

 Calorie, definition of, 953 

 Calorimeters, varieties of, 954 

 Calorimetric equivalent, 954 



measurements, 957 

 Calorimetry, indirect, 956 

 principles of, 953 



