INDEX 



Abdominal viscera, movements of, 131. 

 Absorption, 189. 



from great bowel, 215. 



from small bowel, 204, 205. 

 Achilles, tendon of, 15, 61. 

 Achondroplasia, 74. 

 Acromegaly, 227. 

 Adhesions, formation of, 88. 

 Adrenal glands, 118, 224, 229. 

 Afferent nerves, 246. 

 Air, composition of, 123. 

 Air-content of lungs, 140. 

 Air-hunger, 162. ' 

 Air sacs of lungs, 120, 139. 

 Alcohol, absorption of, 189. 

 Alimentary canal, length of, 164. 

 musculature of, 172. 

 obstruction of, 179. 



system, 159. 



system of motor cycle and human body 

 compared, 161. 



transport mechanism, 164, 171, 178. 



workshops, 164. 

 Alveoli of lungs, 140. 

 Amylopsin, 197. 

 Anger and other passions, 118. 

 Animal spirits, 243. 

 Ankle-joint, 83, 87. 

 Anthropoid apes, 239. 

 Anthropoids, forearm of, 66. 

 Aorta, 93, 112. 

 Appendicitis, 213. 



Appendix vermiformis, 191, 195, 213. 

 Appetite, 163. 

 Arch of foot, 16. 

 Architecture of bone, 7^. 

 Arteries of muscles, as inlet pipes, 29. 



pressure in, 108, 112. 



stopcock mechanism of, 115. 



use of, 93. 

 Articular surfaces, 82. 

 Asphyxia (see Suffocation). 

 Assimilation (see Absorption). 

 Association areas, 239, 

 Astragalus or ankle-bone, 82. 

 Athletes as "engine-drivers," 40. 



overheated muscles in, 34. 

 Atlas vertebra, 25, 50. 

 Auricles of heart, 100, 109. 

 Automatic telephone exchanges, 255. 



Automaton driver, 232. 

 Axis, use of, 55. 

 Axis-cylinder, 249. 



Backbone as fulcrum of ribs, 127, 



mechanism of, 21. 

 Bacterial digestion, 210. 

 Balance of muscles, 128. 

 Balancing, 232. 



of backbone, 23. 



of body in walking, 19. 

 Ball and socket joint, 52. 

 Ball-bearings, lubricant as, 80. 



repair of, 270. 

 Barclay, Dr A. E. , 209. 

 Battery, compared to nerve cell, 256. 

 Bayliss and Starling, 178, 199. 

 Bell, Sir Charles, 245, 

 Bellows of human niachine, 132. 

 Biceps of blacksmith, 227. 



structure of, 28. 

 Bile duct, 201. 



formation of, 201. 

 Bismuth test-meal, 170, 195, 207. 

 Black, Dr Joseph, discoveries by, 123, 



148. 

 Blood, amount pumped by heart, 105. 



change of colour in, 148. 



combustion mixture in, 29. 



concoction of, 91. 



corpuscles, white, 230. 



effect of heating. 156. 



pressure, maintenance of, 109, 113. 



reaction of, 143. 



total amount in body, 1 14. 

 Bomb-dropping, effect of, 118. 

 Bone, architecture of, 77. 

 Bone-builders, 69, 167, 273. 

 Bone corpuscles as architects, 75. 

 as undertakers, 79. 



death of, 79. 



growth of, 72. 



nature of, 47. 



remodelling of, 70, 77. 



repair of fracture, 73, 272. 



structure of, 69. 

 Bones as levers, 47. 

 Bowel, great, area of, 213. 

 construction of, 211. 

 excretion from, 215. 



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