634 



INDEX. 



Villi of intestines, Glossary, . 613 



of the intestines in the horse, 67 



of the intestines in the ox, 119, 120 



Vine order of plants, . . 362 



Vinegar, 338 



its action in the body, . 339 



malt, .... 338 



composition of, . 338 



French, ... 338 



wood, .... 337 



Vital contractility in the arteries, 241 



work, what it is, . . 485 



Vocal cords, Glossary, Glottis, . 596 

 Voelcker's analysis of drumhead 



cabbage, .... 352 



analysis of the white 



Belgian carrot, ... 388 



analysis of cotton-cake, 358 



analysis of kohl-rabi, 350 



analysis of the parsnip, 392 



composition of yellow 



lupine, fresh, .... 374 

 Vogel's analysis of wheat bread, 460 

 analysis of oats and oat- 

 meal, 462 



Von Bibra's analysis of the urine 



of the ox, .... 267 



Walnut order of plants, . . 415 

 Water absorbed in the stomach 



with incredible rapidity, . 47 



not an aliment of animals, 43 



becomes food to plants by 



the agency of the solar light, . 44 



bean order of plants, . 344 



in the blood, . . 46 



cress, .... 354 



drink of animals, . . 43 



in falling, rising one de- 

 gree of temperature, is the stand- 

 ard of measurement of conserva- 

 tion of energy,. . . . 496 



lily order of plants, . 344 



plantain order of plants, 422 



proportional weight of, in 



the body of mammals, . . 6, 103 



sweet meadow-grass, . 441 



time required for the cool- 

 ing of, . .... 505 

 Way's analysis of natural grasses 

 fresh and dried, . . 451, 452 



analysis of the ash of the 



white Belgian carrot, . . 389 



analysis of yarrow, . 400 



Wear and tear in the animal frame 



by the acts of life, ... 1 



Weights and measures, Glossary, 613 



Weights of poultry, ... 578 



Wharton's duct in the dog, . 171 



Wild liquorice, .... 375 



Wheat, analysis of, . . 454, 457 



bread, analysis of, . 460 



unfermented, com- 

 position of, .... 462 



bran, analysis of, . . 455 



chaff, analysis of, . 456 



ears, analysis of, . . 458 



produce of one quarter of, 460 



proximate principles of, 454 



analysis of leaves of, . 459 



starch, ... 324 



straw, analysis of, 454, 456, 458 



ultimate elements of, . 454 



Whin, 375 



White clover, . . . . 377 



analysis of, . 382 



corpuscles or lymph - cor- 

 puscles, Glossary, . . . 614 



mustard, . . . 355 



substance of nerve fibre, 



Glossary, . . . . 614 



Winslow, foramen of, . . 39 

 Wislicenus and Fick, footnote, 

 their conclusions on the theory 

 of energy, erroneous . 487, 519 



Witch-elm order of plants, . 386 



Wolftiana corpora, . . . 261 



Wood fescue-grass, . . . 431 



meadow-grass, . . 447 



millet-grass, . . . 445 



sorrel order of plants, . .365 



vinegar, .... 337 



Woolly soft-grass, . . . 442 



Woman's milk, ... 282 

 Work, the kinds of, carried on by 



living bodies, . . . 485 



Wormwood, .... 400 



Yam order of plants, 

 Yarrow, analysis of, 

 Yellow clover, . 



elastic tissue, 



lupine, . 



416 

 400 

 379 

 228 

 373 



composition of, fresh, 374 



oat-grass, . . . 430 



trefoil, .... 376 



Yew order of plants, . . 416 

 Yorkshire fog, .... 442 



Ze'ine, zimome, .... 475 

 Zones in the abdomen of the horse, 



fig. 5, 34, 35 



in the abdomen of the 



ox, 94 



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