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INDEX. 



Osteophytes, iii. 25 

 Osteoporosis,, iii. 26 

 Oxalate of lime., i. 42 



its possible formation within the 

 system from uric acid, iii. 453 



its occurrence in expectorated 

 matter, i. 47 ; in mucous mem- 

 brane of uterus, i. 47 ; in mucus of 

 gall-bladder, i. 47 ; in urine, i. 44, 

 48 



Oxalate of urea in the muscular juice, 

 the views of Moleschott and Grohe" 

 regarding, iii. 461 

 Oxalic acid, i. 41 



in blood, i. 47 



Oxalurate of lime in urine, i. 43 

 Oxaluric acid, i. 206 

 Oxamic acid, i. 42 

 Oxamide, i. 42 



Oxidation, the main principle of the 

 metamorphosis of matter, iii. 229 

 of the organic acids, iii. 230 

 of the carbo-hydrates, iii. 230 

 of the fats and fatty acids, iii. 231 

 of hsematin, iii. 231 

 of the albuminous substances, iii. 

 231 

 Oxidation and deoxidation in plants, 



iii. 181 



Oxidising capacity of the animal 

 organism, experiments to determine 

 it, iii. 238 



Oxygen, its chemical absorption by 

 the blood, iii. 521 



and carbonic acid, their chemical 

 action on the blood-corpuscles, iii. 

 523 



Ozonised oxygen, its probable exist- 

 ence in the blood, iii. 237 



PANCREATIC juice, ii. 112 



its properties, ii. 112 ; iii. 512 

 its constituents, ii. 113; iii. 512 

 its quantity, ii. 114 ; iii. 512 

 its importance in relation to di- 

 gestion, ii. 114 



its effect on the contents of the 

 thoracic duct, iii. 303 



its sugar-forming power, iii. 513 



PANUM'S observations on the albu- 

 minous bodies, iii. 475 



Parabanic acid, i. 205 



Paracholic acid, i. 223 



Paralbumen, iii. 477 



Paramylon, iii. 470 



Pathological chemistry, its relation to 

 physiological chemistry, i. 19 



Pathological processes, iii. 449 



Pelargonic acid, i. 69 



Pemphigus, fluid of, ii. 326 



Pepsin, ii. 46 



Pepsin-hydrochloric acid, ii. 49 

 Peptones, ii. 53, 56 

 Petinine, i. 132 



PETTENKOFER'S bile-test, i. 123 ; a pos- 

 sible fallacy in it, iii. 458 



test for sulphocyanogen, i. 4 54 

 Phenyl, oxide of, in castoreum, ii. 383 

 Phosphate of lime in the animal 

 body, uses of, i. 412 



in bone-earth, its chemical com- 

 position, i. 41 3 



its occurrence in bones, i. 413; 

 in muscular fibre, i. 413 ; in all the 

 animal fluids, i. 415; in the urine, 

 ii. 448 ; in the ash of the protein- 

 compounds, i. 415 

 its origin, i, 416 

 how affected in osteomalacia, iii. 

 30 



Phosphate of magnesia in the animal 

 body, i. 422 



its occurrence, i. 422 

 its origin, i. 423 



Phosphates and potash salts, their pre- 

 ponderance in muscular juice, iii. 87 

 Phosphates in the ash of pus, iii. 1 50 

 Phosphates, their importance in the 



metamorphosis of matter, iii. 224 

 Phosphates, acid. See Acid phos- 

 phates. 



Phosphoric acid and chlorine, their re- 

 lations in the blood-cells and the 

 intercellular fluid, ii. 189 

 Phosphoric acid in the urine, its 



amount, iii. 539 



Phosphorus, its presence in the brain- 

 fats, iii. 557 



Physiological importance of a body 

 dependent on its chemical compo- 

 sition, i. 25 

 Physiologico-experimental method, its 



importance in zoo-chemistry, i. 16 

 Phytocolla, i. 386 

 Picoline, i. 131 

 Picric acid, i. 186 

 Pigments of the bile, i. 312; ii. 65 

 the blood, i. 299 

 the urine, i. 318 ; iii, 545 

 Plants, food of, iii. 178 



respiration of, iii. 179 

 origin of their carbon, iii. 180 

 hydrogen, iii. 184 

 nitrogen, iii. 185 

 sulphur, iii. 188 

 mineral constituents, iii. 189 

 formation of non-nitrogenous 

 substances (carbo-hydrates) in plants, 

 iii. 194 



of nitrogenous substances (pro- 

 tein-bodies), iii. 248 

 Plasma of the blood, ii. 158 

 Pneumic acid, iii. 463. 



