INDEX 



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Bowel, great, functions of, 214. 

 movements of, 207. 

 retrograde nature of, 216. 

 ■ transport system of, 202, 212, 218. 

 of motor cycle, 196. 

 small, 194. 



area of absorbing surface, 208. 

 as shoddy mill, 198. 

 influenced by nerve system, 204. 

 microscopic structure of, 205. 

 mucous membrane of, 199. 

 muscle coats of, 172. 

 obstruction of, 203. 

 Boyle, Hon. Robert, 147. 

 Brachial muscles, 41. 

 Brachialis amicus, 64. 

 Brain as a machine, 232. 



as General Headquarters, 221. 

 as telephone system, 244. 

 blood supply of, 117, 241. 

 connections with spinal cord, 259. 

 discovery of functions, 243. 

 discovery of structure, 244. 

 effects of heat on, 157. 

 . its higher manifestations, 235. 

 mechanism of, 262. 

 of battleship, 252. 

 organisation of, 264. 

 size of, 235. 

 Brain-stem, 52, 237. 

 Brake-action of muscles, 18. 

 Breast-bone, 125. 

 Breathing (see Respiration). 

 Breathlessness, 271. 

 Bronchi, 136. 



Bronchial, musculature, 137. 

 Bronchioles, 137. 

 Buffer-properties of foot, 63. 

 Buffers formed by cartilage, 84. 



of spine, 22. 

 Bulloch, Prof. W., 230. 

 Buttock, muscles of, 17. 



Cfecum, 195, 209. 



as a dump-head, 206. 



structure of, 212. 

 Calf of leg, 62. 

 "Call of nature," 218. 

 Cancer, nature of, 275. 

 Candle experiments, 148. 

 Cannon, Prof. W. B., 117, 162, 184, 225. 

 Capillaries, discovery of, 105. 



of lungs, 142. 



of muscles, 36. 

 Capillary fields, 106, 108, 156. 

 Carbohydrate foods, 188. 

 Carbon dioxide, 123, 142. 

 as hormone, 143, 223. 

 discovery of, 148. 

 Carburettor, 11. 



as absorbing system, 160. 

 Caries of teeth, 167. 

 Cartilage at ends of bones, 72. 



builders, life-history of, 72, 85. 



nourishment of, 84. 



Cartilage of joints, 82. 



of ribs, 125. 

 Castration, effects of, 229. 

 Caval veins, 91. 

 Cavendish, Hon. Henry, 149. 

 Cell doctrine, 231, 249, 274. 

 Cells (see also Corpuscles). 

 Cellulose, digestion of, 210, 217. 

 Centres of ossification, 72. 

 Cerebellum, 193, 237, 263. 

 Cerebral hemispheres, 237. 

 Cerebro-spinal fluid, 235. 

 Charge stroke, 12. 

 Chest (see Thorax). 

 Chinaman, heel of, 59. 

 Christmas dinner, digestion of, 184. 



lectures, preparation for, 4. 

 Chyme, 194, 197. 



rate of passage of, 196. 

 Ciliary action in trachea, 138. 

 Ciliated epithelium, 138. 

 Circulation, discovery of, 89. 



in muscles, 31, 36. 



maintenance of, 108. 



of motor cycle, 118. 



of muscle and engine compared, 30. 

 Clerk, Dr Dugald, 30. 

 Climbing, use of arm in, 67. 

 Clothes, need for, 155. 



use of, 158. 

 Clutches of muscular engines, 44. 

 Coal-gas poisoning, 121. 

 Cold, effect of, 155. 



winds, effect of. 157. 

 Colds and catarrhs, 139, 158. 

 Colic pains, 216. 

 Colon, 195. 



digestive changes in, 210. 

 Columbus's discovery, 106. 

 Combustion and life, 148. 



and respiration, 151. 



chamber, 11. 



chambers of body, 150. 

 of muscles, 35. 



in lungs, 141. 



material, circulation of, 32, 119. 



nature of, 31, 148. 



relation to work, 113. 

 Communication, systems of, 221. 

 Compensating mechanism, 60, 271. 

 Complex muscle, 50. 

 Compression stroke, 12. 

 Connecting-rod, 9. 

 Consciousness, 238. 

 Constipation, 218. 

 Contraction of striated muscle, 36. 



wave in oesophagus, 177. 



waves, regulation rate of, 192. 

 Convolutions of brain, 238. 

 Cooking, effects of, on body, 217. 

 Cooling of engine, 33. 



systems, 33. 

 Co-ordinating machinery, 220. 

 Coracoid process, 28. 

 Corpus callosum, 237. 



