INDEX 



Abdominal respiration, 307 

 Abnormal pulses, 276 

 Absorption, in general, 13 



from stomach, 456 



of fats, 691 

 Acapnia, 292 



Accessory food factors, 584 

 Acetaldehyde, 708 

 Acetoacetic acid, 683, 709 

 Acetone, 683, 709 

 Acid: 



buffer action, 36 



excretion of, by kidneys, 46 



number of fats, 687 



total concentration of, 32 

 Acidity, actual degree of, 23 

 Acidosis : 



ammonia-urea ratio during, 616 



compensated, 39 



in diabetes, 683 



in nephritis, 683 



in starvation, 569 



relationship to alveolar CO 2 , 354 



relationship to breathing, 354 



theory of, 38 



uncompensated, 39 

 Acids, of urine, 524 



Actual degree of acidity and alkalinity, 23 

 Adenine, 635 

 Adenosine, 638 

 Adjusters, 783 



Adrenal glands and diabetes, 673 

 Adrenaline (see Epinephrine) 

 Adsorption, 65 



compounds, 70 



conditions influenced by, 67 



effect of chemical forces on, 68 



effect of electric changes on, 67 



everyday reactions depending on, 66 



of gases, 66 



Afferent fibers of autonomic system, 885 

 Afferent spinal pathways, 830 

 Age, 584 



effect on creatinine excretion, 624 

 Alanine, 600, 603, 606, 649, 666 

 Albolene absorption, 692 

 Albuminuria, 519 



Alkali retention, determination of, 48 

 Alkaline buffer, 36 

 Alkaline reserve, 38 



measurement of, 41 



887 



Allantoin, 636, 639, 645 



Allied reflexes, simultaneous integration 



of, 823 



successive integration of, 823 

 Alloxan, 635 

 Alveolar air: 



clinical investigation of, 347 

 estimation of gases in, 344 

 Fridericia method, 340 

 Haldane method, 340 

 Pearce method, 345 

 tension of CO,, 46, 339, 356 



during breathing in confined space, 



357 



tension of oxygen, 339 

 Ambard's equation, 527 

 in acid excretion, 48 

 Amboceptor, 96 

 Amino acids, 597 



and energy output, 541 

 in blood, 606 

 chemistry of, 598 

 determination of, 599 

 fate of, 610 

 groups, 598 

 in growth, 576 

 in tissues, 607 

 in urine, 530, 620 

 structure of, 602, 603 

 Aminoacetic acid (see Glycocoll) 

 Aminopropionic acid (see Alanine) 

 Ammonia : 



ammonia-urea ratio: 



influence of acidosis on, 616 

 in disease, 620 

 influence of liver on, 617 

 as reserve alkali, 616 

 excretion of, 615 



excretion of acid in combination with, 46 

 of urine, 530 



Ammonium carbamate, 616 

 Ammonium carbonate, 616 

 Amoeba, 782 

 Amylases, 81, 90, 491 

 Amylolysis, 491 



in stomach, 454 

 Amylopsin, 491, 656 

 Anacrotic wave, pulse, 203 

 Analysis (psychic), 858 

 Anaphylactic reaction, 595, 601 

 Anaphylaxis, 89 

 Anarthria, 862 

 Anastomosis, intestinal, 470 



