GENERAL INDEX. 



Abdomen of the fowl, its anatomy, 195. 

 Acetabula of the uterus, 566. 

 Air-cells of birds described, 174. 

 Air-cavity of the egg, 214. 

 Albumen ovi, 211 ; two albumens, 212. 

 is tbe fluid first consumed, 393. 

 and vitellus, both serve for the 

 nourishment of the embryo, 393. 

 uses of the, 444. 



ALDROVANDUS, on the chick, 227. 

 Allantois, of the, 551. 

 Amnion, of the, 551. 



of the fluid of tbe, 555. 

 Anastomosis, 102, 103. 



HARVEY has not succeeded in trac- 

 ing any between vessels of dif- 

 ferent orders, except in the cho- 

 roid plexus, tbe vasa praeparantia, 

 and the umbilical chord, 103. 

 HARVEY gives his views of the 



way in which it is effected, 599. 

 ANAXAGORAS, his doctrine of Homceo- 



merism, 409. 



Aneurism, observations on an axillary, as 

 illustrating the pulsations of the 

 arteries, 25. 

 ARGENT, Dr., dedication of work on 



heart and blood to, 5. 

 ARISTOTLE, his ideas of the manner 

 and order of acquiring knowledge, 

 158. 

 writes on the formation of the chick, 



226. 

 on the production of a fruitful 



egg, 287. 



confuted by HARVEY, 293. 

 on the manner in which the efficient 

 cause of the generation of the 

 chick acts, 344. 



on the order of the parts in gene- 

 ration, 407. 

 his distinction of parts into geni- 



talia and instrumenta, 410. 

 Arteries, contain blood only, 11. 



contain the same blood as the veins, 



11. 

 dilate,because filled as bladders, they 



do not expand like bellows, 12. 

 motions and pulses of the, 24. 



Arteries, (continued.') 



their pulses due to the blood thrown 



into them by the left ventricle, 25. 



their coats have no inherent power 



of pulsation, 111. 

 cause of their emptiness, 115. 

 and veins, all have their origin in 



the heart, 392. 



Artery and accompanying vein, division 

 of, to prove the course of the 

 current in each vessel, 120. 

 Asthma, use of dry cupping and cold af- 

 fusion in, 119. 



Auricles of the heart, observations on, 

 26 et seq. 



Bass Island, notice of, 208. 



BAUHIN, C., quoted on the motions of 



the heart, 26. 

 Birds, their patience and perseverance in 



incubation, 220. 

 Blood, its course from the veins into the 



arteries, 35. 



in the lower animals, 35. 

 in the foetus, 36. 



in the adult it permeates the sub- 

 stance of the lungs from the right 

 to the left ventricle, 40. 

 quantity of, that passes from the 

 veins to the arteries through the 

 heart, 45, 48, 49, 52. 

 circular motion of the, 46, 52 ; de- 

 monstrated from the impossibility 

 of the whole current being sup- 

 plied by the ingesta, 48. 

 why so much found in the veins, so 



little in the arteries, 51. 

 enters a limb by the arteries, and 

 returns from it by the veins, 54. 

 its circular and ceaseless motion 

 through the heart demonstrated 

 from the effects of ligatures on 

 the veins, 60. 



its circular and ceaseless motion 

 proved by the structure of the 

 valves in the veins, 62. 

 of the arteries and veins of the same 



nature or kind, 113. 

 bright colour of the arterial blood 



