INDEX 



975 



Benedict's method for respiratory ex- 

 change, 580 

 Benzole acid, 664, 738 

 Benzoyl chloride, 663 

 Beriberi, 619 



Beta-hydroxy butyric acid, 738 

 Bile, 526 



and fat digestion, 721 

 chemistry of, 528 

 constituents of, 526 

 from gall bladder, 526 

 functions of, 527 

 pigments of, 529 

 salts, 528 

 Bilirubin, 529 

 Biliverdin, 529 

 B-imidazolylethylamine, effect on blood 



vessels, 253, 413 

 as a factor in shock, 307 

 Birds, removal of liver from, 652 

 Bladder, emptying of, 900 

 Blood : 



absorption into, 13 

 amino acids in, 641 

 amount in body, 85 

 antiferments of, 90 

 circulation of, 124 

 dissociation curve of, 396 

 epinephrine content of, 780 

 fat of, 



estimation, 726 

 variations in, 727 

 ferments of, 90 

 gases of, transportation, 392 

 general properties of, 85 

 mass movement of, 296 

 means by which gases are carried, 403 

 oxidation in, 412 

 proteases of, 90 

 proteins of, 88 



origin, 89 



quantity of, in body, 85 

 refractive index of, 89 

 specific gravity of, 87 

 sugar level of, 690 



regulation, 703 

 transfusion of, 94, 131, 194 

 viscosity of, 141 

 volume of, 138 

 in shock, 306 

 water content of, 87 

 Blood cell, red, fate of, 95 

 origin of, 93 

 regeneration of, 94 

 stroma of, 92 

 white, 97 

 Blood clotting, 99 

 in diseases, 111 



in physiological conditions, 111 

 influence of calcium on, 104 

 influence of tissues on, 105 

 intravascular, 108 



Blood clotting Cont 'd 



methods of retarding, in drawn 



blood, 100 



negative phase of, 109 

 theories of, 107 

 time of, 101, 109 

 visible changes during, 99 

 Blood corpuscles in mountain sickness, 



419 

 Bloodflow : 



clinical conditions affecting anemia, 



298 



cardiovascular diseases, 299 

 fever, 298 



diseases of nervous system, 300 

 mass movement of, 208 

 measurement of, 209, 296 

 movement in veins, 214 

 normal flow, 297 

 variations in, 297 

 velocity of, 206 

 visceral, 212 



Blood gas manometer, 395 

 Blood platelets, 98 

 Blood pressure, 124 

 diastolic, 129, 133 

 effect of hemorrhage on, 136 

 effect of pleural pressure on, 323 

 factors maintaining, 135 

 H-ion of blood on, 248 

 mean arterial, 125 

 measurement of, 129 

 in shock, 303, 304 

 systolic, 129 

 tracing, 126 

 Blood vessels: 



elasticity of, 143 

 tone of, 241 



Body fluids, reactions of, 35 

 Body surface and energy production, 575 

 Body weight and energy production, 575 

 Botulism, 537 

 Bowman, capsule of, 541 

 Bradycardia, 193 

 Brain : 



circulation in, 254 

 vasomotor nerves, 262 

 volume of, 256 



Breathing, in compressed air, 420 

 in rarefied air, 374, 415 

 periodic, 385, 386 

 Brownian movement, colloids, 58 

 Bruits, 158 



Buffer action of blood, 388 

 Buffer substances, 36 

 Building stones of protein, 609 

 Bulbocavernosus reflex, 967 

 Bulbosacral outflow, 894 

 Butyric acid, 737 



