INDEX 



987 



Proteinases, 81 

 Proteins : 



as colloids, 64 

 bacterial digestion of, 535. 



chemistry of, 633 



metabolism of, "631, 647 

 end products, 647 



minimum requirement, 606, 629 



of blood, 88 



relative value of, for growth, 646 



salting out of, 61 

 Proteose, 520 



Prothrombin, 104, 107, 112 

 Psychopathology, 960 

 Ptomaines, 536, 662 

 P'tyalin, 525, 689 

 Pulmonary circulation, 264 

 Pulmonary ventilation, 367 

 Pulses, 198 



abnormal, 291 



alternans, 181 



bigeminus, 181 



contour of wave, 200 



length of wave, 199 



palpable, 202 



pressure, 129 



pulse curves, 202 



pulse waves, 198, 199, 200, 202 



rate of transmission, 199 



velocity, 200 



venous, central, 205, 285 



venous, peripheral, 205 

 Purkinje fibers, 184 

 Purine bodies (see Purines) 

 Purines : 



chemistry of, 563, 647, 667, 674 



endogenous, 676, 677 



exogenous, 674 



metabolism of, 667 



in starvation, 603 



synthesis of, 677 



in urine, 563 



Putrefaction, intestinal, 535, 565 

 Putrescine, 662 

 Pyloric canal, 485 

 Pyloric sphincter, control of, 490 

 Pyloric vestibule, 485 

 Pyrimidine bases, 669, 670 

 Pyruvic acid, 635 



R 



Kami communicantes, 238 



Raynaud's disease, bloodflow in, 300 



Eeaction of urine, 558 



Reactions depending on adsorption, 67 



Reactions of body fluids, 35 



Receptor-effector system, 829 



Receptors, 829, 854, 933 



chemo, 855 



distance, 952 



extero, 917 



evolution of, 854 



Receptors Cont 'd 



of skin, 859 



phono, 855 



photo, 855 



proprio, 914 



tango, 855 



temperature, 861 



touch, 860 

 Reciprocal inhibition, 915, 937 



action of strychnine on, 941 



action of tetanus toxin on, 941 

 Reciprocal innervation of blood vessels, 



247 



Red blood corpuscles, origin of, 93 

 Reduction of blood, 400 

 Referred pain, 858 

 Reflex, 832 



conditioned, 466, 954 



unconditioned, 466 

 Reflex arc, 832 



integration within, 933 



polarity of, 841 

 Reflex conduction: 

 canalization, 844 

 facilitation, 843 

 induction, 843 

 inhibition, 843 

 summation, 843 

 Reflexes : 



abdominal, 892 



Achilles tendon, 892 



allied, 945 



simultaneous combination of, 946 

 successive combination of, 946 



antagonistic, 945 



axon, 829, 898 



bulbocavernosus, 967 



conditioned, 854 



cremasteric, 967 



crossed extension, 966 



extensor thrust, 967 



flexion, 966 



genital, 892 



mark-time, 967 



mass-reflex, 968 



myenteric, 830 



nociceptive, 966 



palmar, 892 



plantar, 892 



proprioceptive, 914 



pupillary, 892 



scapular, 892 



scratch, 966 



triceps, 892 



unconditioned, 466 

 Reflex fatigue, 948 

 Reflex figure, 941 



spread of, 943 

 Refractive index, blood, 89 

 Refractory period, 839, 934 

 Refractrometric methods, 89 

 Regeneration of erythrocytes, 94 



of nerve fibres, 846 



