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INDEX 



PIOTROWSKI'S REACTION. 



Piotrowski's reaction, 425 



Piper's experiments on muscle contraction, 106 



Pitch of voice, 794, 806, 807 



Pitot's tube, 286 



Pituitary body, 343 et seq. 



effects of removal, 345 

 Placenta, maternal, 889 



foetal, i&. 

 Plantar reflex, 711 

 Plasma cell, 29 

 Plasma of blood, 60, 444, 449, 452 et seq. 



gases of, 453 



Plasmatic membrane, 330 

 Plethysmograph, 308 



Schafer's, 260 

 Pleura, 209, 349 

 Plexus, terminal, 770 



of Auerbach, 79 



of Meissner, 493 

 Pneumogastric nerve, 249 et seq., 664, 678 



distribution of, 678 



functions, 664, 678 



influence on 

 deglutition, 553 

 gastric secretion, 512 

 heart, 249 



muscles of stomach, 556 

 pancreatic secretion, 520 

 vomiting, 556 



mixed function of, 678 



origin, ib. 



Poehl on testis, 878 

 Poggendorf's rheochord, 170 

 Pohl's commutator, 169 

 Poikilothermal animals, 636 

 Poiseuille's hsemodynamometer, 272 

 Polarimeter, 434 

 Polygonal epithelium, 529 



Polymorphic layer, 697 

 Polynuclear leucoc 



Polynuclear leucocytes, 456 

 Polypeptides, 417, 422, 433 

 Polysaccharides, 409 

 Pons Varolii, 642, 643, 646, 662 



grey matter in, 644 

 Popielski's investigations into pancreatic secre- 



tion, 520 

 Portal canals, 528 



circulation, 215 



vein, 527, 528. See Liver. 

 Postero-lateral column, 658 

 Post-ganglionic fibres, 198 et seq., 249, 303 

 Potato starch, grains of, 412 

 Precipitants of proteins, 426 

 Precipitin, 477 



Precuneus or quadrilateral lobule, 694 

 Preganglionic fibres, 198 et seq., 302 

 Pregnancy, 



corpus luteum of, 870 

 Prepyramidal tract, 657 

 Presbyopia, 831 

 Pressor nerves, 305 

 Pressure gradient, 285, 386 

 Pressure head, 286 

 Pressure-measurers, 267 

 Pressure, positive and negative, 271 

 Primary areas, 742 

 Primary areolae, 48 

 Primary responses of eye, 848 

 Primitive nerve-sheath, or Schwann's sheath, 78 

 Primitive gut, 886 

 Projection fibres, 698, 740 

 Projection systems, 698, 700 

 Proline, 421 

 Pronucleus, female, 876, 882 



male, 876, 881, 882 

 Propeptone, 514 



Pus IN THE URINE. 



Prosecretin, 521 



Proseucephalon, 645 



Prostate gland, 570, 879 



Prosthetic group, 430 



Protagon, 437 



Protamines, 427 



Protective inoculation, 473 



Protein -hydrolysis, 432 



Protein metabolism, 6, 416, 621 



Proteins, 6, 8, 10, 165, 416 et seq., 453 



absorption of, 544 



action on polarised light, 425 



of blood, 453 



Bence-Jones', 601 



classification, 426 et seq. 



cleavage products, 416 



coagulated, 426 



colloidal solution, 424 



colour reactions, 425 



composition, 416 



conjugated, 427, 430 



crystallisation, 424 



enzyme coagulation, 440 



heat coagulation, 425 



in food, 479 et seq. 



indiffusibility of, 425 



metabolism of, 6, 621 et seq. 



osmotic pressure of, 327 



of plasma, 453 



precipitants of, 417, 425, 426 



of serum, 453 



simple, 416 



solubilities, 423, 424 



in urine, 600 

 Protensity, 763 

 Proteoclastic enzymes, 440 

 Proteolytic enzymes, 440, 514 

 Proteoses, 417, 433, 601 



characters of, 515 

 Prothrombin, 449 

 Protones, 427 



Protopathic sensations, 706, 774, 777 

 Protoplasm, 5, 7, 10 



chemical structure, 8 



irritability, 13 



movements, 8, 11 et seq. 

 Proto- vertebrae, 884 

 Protrusion of eyeball, 849 

 Przibram, Hans, theory of classification by muscle 



proteins, 139 

 Pseudopodia, 11, 14 

 Pseudoscope, 856 

 Pseudo-stomata, 222 

 Psycho-physical parallelism, 758 

 Ptosis, 850 

 Ptyalin, 439, 499, 505 

 Ptyalinogen, 499 

 Puberty, 862 

 Pulmonary artery, 215 

 Pulmonary circulation, pressure in, 281 

 Pulsation, maximal, 296 

 Pulse, anacrotic, 293 



arterial, 290 et seq. 



dicrotic, 293, 294 



intermittent, 290 



velocity, ib. 



venous, 299 



volume, 309 



water hammer, 291 



wave, 295 



Pupil of the eye, 833, 834 

 Purine bases, 421, 432, 593 

 Purkinje's cells, 187, 681 



fibres, 71, 72, 213, 256, 257 



figures, 835 

 Pus in the urine, 603 



