INDEX. 



Abdominal respiration, 572 



type of respiration, 576 

 Absolute power of muscle, 36 

 Absorption coefficient, 600 



in large intestine, 717 



in small intestine, 712 



in stomach, 698 



of carbohydrates, 713 



of fats, 714 



of proteids, 716 



spectra of hemoglobin, 394 

 Acapnia, 625, 630 

 Accelerator center for heart, 525 



nerves, effect of , on heart rate, 527 

 of heart, 522 

 reflex stimulation of, 524 

 Accessory thyroids, 772 

 Accommodation in eye, limits of, 292 

 mechanism of, 289 



reflex, 301 

 Achromatic series of visual sensa- 

 tions, 320 

 Achroodextrin, 680 

 Acid albumin in gastric digestion, 

 693 



ami do-acetic, 706, 874 



amidocaproic, 706, 874 



amidoglutaric, 874 



ami do-oxy propionic, 874 



amidopropionic, 874 



amidosuccinic, 706, 874, 



amidothiolactic, 874 



amidovalerianic, 706, 874 



cholic, 725 



conjugated sulphuric, 760 



diamidocaproic, 874 



glutaminic, 706, 874 



glycocholic, 725 



guanidinamidovalerianic, 874 



hippuric, 759 



lactic, 60 



oxypnenylamidopropionic, 874 



phenylamidopropionic, 874 



phosphocarnic, 60 



pyrrolidin-carbonic, 874 



taurocholic, 725 

 Acromegaly, 778 

 Action current, diphasic, 98 

 in heart, 480 

 in muscle, 96 

 in nerve, 96 



Action current in retina, 309 

 monophasic, 98 



relation of, to contraction wave, 

 100 

 to nerve impulse, 100 



Adamkiewicz's reaction for proteids, 

 877 



Addison's disease, 775 



Adenase, 664 



Adenin, 61, 757 



Adrenal bodies, functions of, 775 



Adrenalin, 776 



Aerial perspective, 345 



Aerotonometer, 601 



Afferent fibers in cranial nerves, 

 79 

 position of, in posterior roots, 

 77 

 nerve fibers, 75 



After-images in eye, 323 



Air, effect of variations in, on res- 

 pirations, 627 



Alanin, 706, 874 



Albumin, properties of, 878 (see 

 also Proteid) 



Albuminates, properties of, 878 



Albuminoids, nutritive value of, 791 

 properties of, 880 



Albumon, 414 



Alcohol as food, 808 



effect of, on gastric absorption, 699 

 physiological action of, 805 



Alimentary canal, movements of, 634 

 glycosuria, 714 

 principles of food, 654 



Altitude, effect of, on red corpus- 

 cles, 403 



Amboceptors, 388 



Ametropia, 295 



Amido-acetic acid, 706, 874 



Amido-acids as part of proteid mole- 

 cule, 706 



Amidocaproic acid, 706, 874 



Amidoglutaric acid, 874 



Amido-oxypropionic acid, 874 



Amidopropionic acid, 706, 874 



Amidosuccinic acid, 706, 874 



Amidothiolactic acid, 874 



Amidovalerianic acid, 706, 874 



Ammonia compounds in urine, 752 

 salts, relation of, to urea, 755 



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