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 

 P'yruvic acid, 635 



E 



Eami communicantes, 238 



Raynaud's disease, bloodflow in, 300 



Reaction 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 



of skin, 859 



Receptors -Cont 'd 

 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 

 Regulation of neutrality, 36 



