INDEX 



A. 



Abderhalden's feeding experiments, 545 

 Abdominal muscles, action in respiration, 357 

 Abdominal reflex, 711 

 Abducens nerve, 663, 674 



centre, 674 

 Aberration, 



chromatic, 830 



spherical, ib. 

 Abiuretic products, 519 

 Abrin, 475 

 Absorption 



of carbohydrates, 544 

 fats, 546, 547 

 food, 543 et seq. 

 proteins, 544 



by the skin, 608 

 Acapnia, 402 

 Accelerator nerves, 144 



uriuae, 580 



Accessoiy auditory nucleus, 676 

 Accommodation of eye, 820, 824 et scq. 



defects of, 828, 831 



mechanism of, 825 

 Acetonaemia, 542 

 Acetyl, 416 



Achromatic spindle, 16, 876 

 Achromatin, 10 

 Achromatopsia, 848 

 Achroo-dextrin, 412, 505 

 Acida'inia, 542, 619 

 Acids in gastric juice, 511 

 Acid-albumin, 433 

 Acidosis, 542, 619 

 Acini of secreting glands, 496, 498 

 Acoustic tubercle, 676 

 Acrolein, 415 

 Acromegaly, 343 

 Acrylic series, 414 

 Adamantoblasts, 58, 59 

 Adamkiewicz reaction, 425, 429 

 Adam's apple, 800 

 Adaptation in sensations, 774 

 Addison's disease, 341, 342 

 Adenase, 594 

 Adenine, 432, 593 

 Adenoid or lymphoid tissue, 35 

 Adipose tissue, 28, 33-35. See Fat, 



cells, 34, 35 



development, 33 



situations of, ib. 



structure, ib. 



uses, 84 



vessels and nerves, 34, 35 

 Adrenaline, 342 



administration of, 541 



effect of, on salivary gland, 503 



ALIMENTARY CANAL. 



Adsorption, 328 n. 



Aerobic, 438 



Aerotonometer, 363 



/Esthesiometers, 772 



Affective mode in consciousness, 758 



tone, 763 

 Afienspalte, 736 



Afferent fibres when entering the spinal cord, 703 

 Afferent nerves, 73, 144 et seq. 



projection system, 700 



root-cells, 194 

 After-birth, 894 

 After-images, 844 

 After-sensations, 764 

 Agglutinin, 470 

 Agraphia, 809 

 Air, 



atmospheric, composition of, 392 



breathing, 358 



changes by breathing, 392 



complemental, 359 



quantity breathed, ib. 



reserve, ib. 



residual, ib. 



tidal, ib. 



transmission of sonorous vibrations through. 

 794 



undulations of, conducted by external ear, 795 

 Air-calorimeters, 631, 633 

 Air-sacs, 351, 352 

 Air -tubes. See Bronchi. 

 Airy's discovery of astigmatism, 829 

 Alanine, 417, 422 

 Albumin, 424, 427, 483, 601 



absence of glycine from. 422 



acid, 433 



alkali, 433 



character of, 515 



egg, 433 



of blood, 454 

 Albuminates, 433 

 Albuminoids, 428, 429 

 Albuminometer, Esbach's, 601 

 Albuminous alveoli, 499 

 Albuminous substances. See Proteins. 



action of gastric fluid on, 519 

 Albumins, 424, 427 

 Alcapton, 602 

 Alcaptonuria, 602 



Alcohol as an accessory to food, 490 

 Alcohols, monatomic, 408 

 Aldehyde, 407 

 Aldoses, 407 

 Alimentary canal, 492 ct scq. 



glycosuria, 538 



nerves of, 568 



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