INDEX 



A. 



Abdominal muscles, action in respiration, 353 

 Abducens nerve, 628, 640 



centre, 640 

 Aberration, 



chromatic, 787 



spherical, 786 

 Abrin, 442 

 Absorption 



of carbohydrates, 519 

 fats, 521 

 food, 519 et seq. 

 proteids, 520 

 solutions from the intestines, 523 



by the skin, 579 

 Accelerator nerves, 162 



urinse, 549 

 Accommodation of eye, 780 



defects of, 784 



mechanism of, 781 



Beer's experiments, 784 

 Acetonaemia, 517 

 Acetyl, 394 

 Achromatin.ll 

 Achromatopsia, 803 

 Achroo-dextrin, 392, 480 

 Acids in gastric juice, 484 

 Acid-albumin, 401, 487 

 Acini of secreting glands, 472, 474 

 Acroleiu, 394 

 Acromegaly, 341 

 Acrylic series, 394 

 Adamantoblasts, 73 

 Adamkiewicz reaction, 398 

 Adenine, 335, 403, 562 

 Adenoid or lymphoid tissue, 47 



in intestines, 457 

 Adipose tissue, 43. See Fat. 



development, 44 

 [', "situations of, ib. 



structure, ib. 



uses, 46 



vessels and nerves, ib. 

 Adrenaline, 340 

 Aerotonometer, 381 

 .Esthesiometers, 725 

 Affenspalte (ape's split), 713 

 Afferent nerves, 90, 162 



nerve-cells, 203 

 After-birth, 843 

 After-images, 801 



Age, influence on capacity of respiration, 359 

 Agglutinin, 443 

 Agraphia, 762 

 Air, 



atmospheric, composition of, 375 



breathing, 357 



AMNION. 



Air continued 



changes by breathing, 370 



complemental, 358 



quantity breathed, 358 



reserve, ib. 



residual, ib. 



tidal, ib. 



transmission of sonorous vibrations through, 

 745, 746 



undulations of, conducted by external ear, 



746 



Air-pumps, 383, 384 

 Air-sacs, 349 

 Air-tubes. See Bronchi. 

 Alanine, 500 

 Albumin, 396, 399 



acid, 401 



alkali, ib. 



chemical composition, 397 



egg, 399 

 crystallisable, 397 



lact-, 399 



serum, ib. 

 crystallisable, 397 

 of blood, 416 

 Albuminates, 400 

 Albuminoids, 403 

 Albuminometer, Esbach's, 571 

 Albuminous substances, 396 



action of gastric fluid on, 492 

 Albumins, 399 

 Albumoses, 396 



Alcohol as an accessory to food, 469 

 Alcohols, monatomic, 388 

 Aldehyde, 387 

 Aldoses, 387 

 Alimentary canal, 445 et seq. 



development of, 867 



nerves of, 530 

 Alisphenoids, 848 

 Alkali-albumin, 401 



properties of, ib. 

 Allantoic veins, 852 

 Allantoin, 561 



Allantois, development of, 842 

 Alloxan, 561 



Alloxuric or purine bases, 403 

 Allyl alcohol, 394 

 Amacrine cells, 772 

 Amino-acetic acid, 499 

 Ammonia, 559 



cyanate of, isomeric with urea, 552 



urate of, 561 

 Amnesia, 762 

 Amnion, 837, 840 



development of, 840 



