INDEX 



ABSORPTION, cell activities and, 

 129 



chemical changes during, 133, 

 134 



definition of, 45 



dialysis and, 128 



effect of concentration upon, 



130 

 of condiments upon, 130 



in small intestine, 130-133 



of alcohol, 129 

 Adipose tissue, 136 

 Adrenal bodies, internal secre- 

 tion of, 242 

 Alcohol, 30, 227 



absorption of, 129 



as cerebral alterative, 233 



as drug, 232 



as food, 230 



as poison, 236 



as relish, 229 



historical, 227, 228 

 Alimentary canal, 54 



glycosuria, 140 

 Alveoli of glands, 44 

 Amino-acids, " deaminization " of, 

 153 



from gelatin, 149 



from proteins, 94, 147, 148 



surplus acids, 151 

 Amylopsin in pancreatic juice, 91 

 Animals as transformers of en- 

 ergy, 176 



Antiperistalsis in colon, 100 

 Antrum, 70, 73 

 Assimilation, definition of, 13 

 Auricle, 116, 120 

 Auto-intoxication, 206, 213 



BILE, description of, 95 

 pigments in, 95 

 salts in, 96 

 waste products of, 95 

 Blood as carrier, 105 

 as equalizer of temperature, 



106 



coagulation of, 113 

 corpuscles in, 108 

 plasma of, 110 

 Blood-flow, character of, 122 

 in arteries, 122 

 in veins, 122 



intermittency of, 123-125 

 pressure, 122, 123 

 regulation of, 249-254 

 velocity of, 125 



Body cavity, definition of, 55, 56 

 composition of, 22-27 

 temperature, changes in, 197, 



203 



of metabolism in relation 

 to perspiration and, 

 198-200, 201 

 humidity and, 200, 201 

 maintenance of, 196-203 

 during exercise, 202 

 265 



