278 THE ENGINES OF THE HUMAN BODY 



Corpuscles of bone (see Bone-builders). 



Cortex of brain, 238. 



Costal cartilages, 125. 



Coughing, 139. 



Cramp of writers, 68. 



Cranial capacity, 235. 



chamber of battleship, 252. 



nerves, 241. 

 Crank-pin, 9. 



heel as, 61. 

 Crile, Prof. George, 226. 

 Culmann, Prof., 76. 

 Cure, the conditions of, 268. 

 Cutis or true skin, 155. 



Dead-centre, problems of, 61. 

 Degeneration of great bowel, 216. 



of jaws, 167. 

 Dendrites, 250. 

 Dephlogisticated air, 149. 

 Design in bone structure, 79. 

 Detectives, medical men as, 106. 



methods in anatomy, 247. 

 Dewar, Sir James, 5. 

 Diaphragm, T29, 131. 

 Diastole of arteries, 94. 

 Diet (see also Food). 



of ancient man, 216. 

 Digestion affected by mental states, 184. 



as source of heat, 154. 



blood supply during, 116. 



in great bowel, 210. 



in stomach, 188. 



intestinal, 197. 



movements of, 183. 



powers of, 184. 

 Digestive system (see Alimentary). 

 Discovery, Harvey's guide to, 99. 



methods of, 107, 245. 

 Drip-feed system, 81. 

 "Driver" cells, 257, 262. 

 Drowning, recovery from, 242. 

 Drug-taking, 218. 

 Duodenum, 183, 195. 

 Dwarfs, 74. 



Ear, functions of, 234. 



Ebb and flow a law of Nature, 95. 



Economy in design, 79. 



Edkins, Prof., 188. 



Education of muscles, 39, 40. 



Efferent nerves, 246. 



Efficiency, standard of, 48. 



Effort, effects on body of, 118. 



Elastic coat of arteries, 112. 



Elasticity lost by age, 112. 



Emotional centres, 240. 



End plates of nerve fibres, 37. 



Energy ration, 160. 



Engine, dead-centre explained, 61. 



" Engine-eaters," 34. 



Engineer as anatomist, 56. 



Engineering difficulties in bone-building, 



70. 

 Engineers, bone corpuscles as, 75. 



Engines, peculiarity of living type, 60. 



reciprocal, 41. 

 Enzymes, 197. 

 Epidermis, 155. 

 Epiphyseal lines, 73. 

 Epiphyses of bone, 72. 

 Epithelium of bowel, 205. 

 Erect posture, blood supply in, 117. 



maintenance of spine, 24. 

 Eunuchs, 229. 



Evaporation as means of cooling, 156. 

 Exchange centres (see also under Reflex 

 and Nerve Centres), 254. 

 terminals, 255. 

 Exercise, effect of, 64, 145. 

 on bowel, 204. 

 on breathing, 121, 153. 

 on combustion, 143, 152. 

 influence on circulation, 114. 

 is necessary for muscles, 38, 46. 

 Exercises for stiff joints, 88. 

 Exhaust pipe, 11. 



compared to vein, 29. 

 of human body, 122. 

 stroke, 13. 

 valve, 11. 

 Explosion chamber, 11. 



stroke, 12. 

 Explosive mixture (see also under Com- 

 bustion), n. 

 Eye, reflexes of, 254. 

 represented by camera, 232. 



Fabricius, teaching of, 91. 

 Face, alterations in, 167. 

 Face at end of skull lever, 50. 

 Factor of safety law, 79, 144. 

 Fainting, 117. 

 Fairbairn crane, 76. 

 Fan-like expansion of lungs, 144. 

 Faraday, 11. 



on combustion, 31, 

 Faraday's Christmas lectures, 2. 

 Fat as non-conductor of heat, 157. 

 Fatigue of muscles, 25. 

 Fats, action of bile on, 202. 



as sources of heat, 154. 



digestion of, 188, 198. 

 Fauces, pillars of, 164. 

 Fear, effects of, 18, 225. 

 Feed-pipe, 11, 171. 



as alimentary system, 160. 

 Femur (see Thigh Bone). 

 Fermentation in bowel, 216. 

 Filtering of air breathed, 138. 

 Fingers, sheaths of, 87. 

 Fire, effects of invention, 217. 

 Fixed air, 123. 

 Flack, Dr Martin, 153. 

 Flat-foot, 63. 

 Fletcher, Sir W. , 32, 

 Float-chamber, 160. 

 Fly-wheel, use of, 13. 

 Food, amount required, 160. 



as fuel, 159. 



