INDEX. 



499 



Chloride of sodium, desire of all 



animals for, 37 



effect of deprivation of, on 



nutrition, 37 



quantity of in blood almost 



constant, 38 



removal of excess of by the 



kidneys, 38 



Chloride of potassium, 39 



Chloride of ammonium, 47 



Circulation of the blood, discovery 



of, 170 



general course of, 175 



action of the heart in (see 



Heart), 177 



in the arteries (see Ar- 

 teries), ^ . 240 



in the capillaries (see Capil- 

 laries), 278 



in the veins (see Veins),. . . 301 



Circulation, derivative, 339 



pulmonary, 340 



general rapidity of, 343 



rapidity of, in different ani- 

 mals,. 346 



relations of rapidity of, to the 



frequency of the heart's action, 348 

 Circulatory system, phenomena in, 



after death, 351 



Clot, characters of, 144 



Coloring matters, 92 



Complemental air, 401 



Convulsions from hemorrhage,. . . 486 



Coughing, 395 



Coagulation of the blood (see 



Blood), 142 



Cranial cavity, circulation in, .... 332 

 amorphous sheath of blood- 

 vessels of, 336 



Crystalline, 90 



Diabetic sugar, 50 



Diaphragm, action of, in respira- 

 tion, 369 



Diffusion of air in the lungs, 406 



Elasticine, 91 



Emulsion, 63 



Emphysema, changes of thorax in, 385 



Epiglottis, action of, in deglutition, 359 



Erectile tissues, circulation in, 336 



Erection, mechanism of, 338 



Expiration, movements of, 382 



influence of elasticity of the 



lungs and thoracic walls in, 383 



muscles of (table), 385 



Expiration, action of internal inter- 

 costals in, 386 



action of infra-costales and 



triangularis sterni in, 387 



action of obliquus externus 



and internus in, 388 



action of transversalis in,. .. 388 



action of sacro-lumbalis in, .. 389 



Fats, varieties of, &c 60 



composition and properties 



of, 61 



condition of, in nervous tissue 



and blood-corpuscles, 62 



saponification of, 62 



emulsion of, 63 



origin and functions of, .... 63 



formation of, in the organ- 

 ism, 64 



. average quantity* of, in the 



body, and mechanical func- 

 tion of, 65 



changes which they undergo 



in the organism, 66 



Fatty acids, 62, 66 



Fermentation of sugar, 51 



Fermentation-test for sugar, 56 



Fibrin, 76 



mode of extraction of, and 



condition in the organism, 77 



organization of, 78 



distinctions from plastic 



lymph, 79 



origin of, 80 



function of, and destruction 



by liver and kidneys,. 81 



Gases, as proximate principles,.. . 29 



in the alimentary canal, .... 29 



proportions of, in venous and 



arterial blood, 456, 464-470 



of the blood, table of 



Magnus, 463 



Gases, condition of, in the blood, . 466 



Globuline, 90 



Glucose, 50 



Glycerine, 62 



Hsematoidine, 117 



Heart, anatomy of, 176 



capacity of different cavities 



of, 179 



valves of, 181 



movements of, 183 



action of the auricles, 184 



action of the ventricles, ... 185 



