INDEX 



899 



AVOGADRO'S LAW. 



Avpgadro's law, 320, 392 

 Axipetal conduction, law of, 191 

 Axis-cylinder of nerve-fibre, 74, 185 

 Axons. See Nerves. 



B. 



Babinski's sign, 714 



Bacilli, types of, 438 



Bacterial action in intestinal digestion, 525 



Bacterio-lysin, 473, 475 



Bacterium lactis, 414 



Barcroft's tonometer, 366 



Barnard's cardiometer, 248 



Basal ganglia, 687, 726 



Basilar membrane of ear, 792, 793 



Basophile cells, 457 



Batteries and keys, 87 et seq. 



Daniell cell, 87, 88 

 Bausteine, 545, 627 

 Bayliss, mammalian heart, 245 



observations on vaso-dilator nerves of dogs, 

 303 



on adsorption, 328 n. 



on pancreatic secretion, 520 

 Bechterew, nucleus of, 677 

 Beckmann's differential thermometer, 326 

 Beef- tea, the making of, 489 

 Beer's experiments on accommodation of the 



eye, 827 



Bellini's ducts, 567, 568 

 Bell's experiments on spinal nerve roots, 156 

 Bence-Jones' protein, 601 

 Beri-beri,491 

 Bernard's discovery in the liver, 331, 536-539 



experiment on independent muscular irrita- 

 bility, 83 



on pancreatic secretion, 523 

 Bert's experiments on crossing of nerves, 161 

 Bethe's autogenetic theory, 150 

 Betz cells, 697 

 Bezold's ganglion, 255 

 Bicuspid valve, 213 

 Bidder's ganglion, 255 

 Biedermann's fluid, 83 n. 

 Bllaminar blastoderm, 883 

 Bile, 525, 527, 631 et seq., 602 



absorption by lymph, 536 



analyses of human, 532 



canaliculi, 530 



capillaries, ib. 



characters of, 531 



constituents of, 532 



digestive properties, 525 



doubtful antiseptic power, 533 



expelling mechanism, 535 



human, analyses of, 532 



influence of, on fat absorption, 548 



mixture with chyme, 534 



mucin, 532 



pigments, 533 



process of secretion, 531 



quantity secreted, ib. 



salts, 532 



secretion and flow, 531 , 532 



specific gravity, 532 



uses, 533- 



Bilirubin, 465, 533 

 Biliverdin, 533 

 Bimolecular reactions, 329 

 Binocular colour-mixture, 846 

 Binocular vision, 856, 857 

 Biot's respiration, 405 

 Bipolar nerve-cells, 155, 182 et seq., 786 



BLOOD-CORPUSCLES, RED. 



Birth, changes after, 894 



Biuret reaction, 425 



"Black- water fever," 603 



Bladder, epithelium of, 22 



Bladder, urinary. See Urinary bladder. 



Blastocyst, blastoderm, blastula, bilaminar, 883 



et seq. 



Blastosphere, 881 

 " Blaze current," 849 

 Blind spot, 834, 849 

 Blocking, 257 

 Blood, 28, 29, 60, 61, 444 et seq. 



agglutinating action of, 476 



amino-acids in, 545 



arterial and venous, difference between, 215, 

 371 



bactericidal power of, 473 



buffy coat, 447 



carbonic acid in, 371, 375 



circulation of, 227 et seq. 

 in the foetus, 891 

 local peculiarities, 312 

 schema of, 229 



coagulation, 61 , 137, 446 et seq. 



colour, 61, 444 



colouring matter, 444 

 relation to that of bile, 465 



corpuscles or cells of, 6, 7, 60, 444. See Blood- 



corpuscles, 

 red, 454 

 white or colourless, 456 



crystals, 462 et seq. 



extractive matters, 454 



fatty matters, 454 



fibrin, 61, 137, 447 

 separation of, 448 



flow, velocity of, 281 



gases of, 361 et seq., 396 et seq. 



globulicidal power of, 473 



haemoglobin. See Haemoglobin. 



lymph, relation to, 821 



nitrogen in, 362, 363, 371 



odour or halitus of, 444 



oxalated, 450 



oxygen in, 362, 365, 372 



oxy haemoglobin. See Oxyhajmoglobin. 

 photographic spectrum of, 462, 463 



plasma, 371, 444, 452 



proteins of, 452 



quantity, 444 



Haldane's and Lorraln Smith's experiments, 

 445 



reaction, 444, 455 



salts, 454 



serum of, 446, 452 



specific gravity, 444 



splenic, 334, 835 



structural composition, 454 



taste, 444 



temperature, ib. 



tests for, 472 



transfusion of, 319 



in the urine, 603 



venous, 61 

 Blood-corpuscles, red, 61, 297, 454 



action of reagents on, 455 et seq 



chemistry of, 461 



composition of, 461 



development of, 459 et srq. 



disintegration and removal, 334 



emigration of, 298 



formation in the spleen, 460 



methods of counting, 458 



origin of, 459 



rouleaux, 454 



specific gravity, 457 



