420 



INDEX 



Posture and temperature, 373 

 Pre-ganglionic fibers, 121 

 Pregnancy, 393, 394 

 Presbyopia, 155, 156 

 Pressor reaction, 276 

 Preventive medicine, 410 

 Priestley, Joseph, 28 

 Protein metabolism, 312-316 



synthesis, 31, 32 

 Protoplasm, 39 

 Psycho-reflexes, 104, 105 

 Ptomains, 359 

 Ptyalin, 191 



Pulmonary circulation, 231, 240 

 Pulse, 261 



RADIATION, 371 

 Reaction time, 106 

 Receptors, 21, 94, 138-164 

 Reciprocal innervation, 92, 93 

 Reflex time, 106 

 Reflexes, 94-106 

 Regeneration of nerve-fibers, 90 

 Rennin, 20L 



Reproduction, 44, 387-399 

 Resistance, synaptic, 99-102 

 Respiration chamber, 328-331 

 Respiratory center, 112, 113 

 Respired air, 289, 290 

 Rest, 171 

 Retina, 159-162 



and brain, 132, 133 

 Ribs, 284 



Rice, polished, 350 

 Rods and cones, 160 

 Roots, nerve, 86 



SALIVA, 190-192, 198 

 Sarcolemma, 67 

 Scrotum, 389 

 Scurvy, 349 

 Sea anemone, 59, 60 



Seasickness, 118 

 Secretagogues, 200, 347 

 Secretin, 206, 377 

 Secretion, 103, 104 

 Segmentation, rhythmic, 205 

 Semilunar valves, 250 

 Seminal vesicles, 389 

 Sensations, 138-164 



common or general, 141 



kinesthetic, 142 



temperature, 142 

 Sensory areas, cerebral, 131-134 

 Serum, 226 

 Sex, 46 



hygiene, 408-410 



of offspring, 392 

 Sexual abstinence, 409 

 Sigmoid flexure, 212 

 Sino-auricular node, 253 

 Skin, 142 

 Sleep, 171-174 

 Smell, 144, 145 

 Speech center, 136 

 Sperm, 387 

 Spermatozoon, 387, 389, 390, 



391 

 Sphincter, cardiac, 197 



pyloric, 197 



Splanchnic nerves, 267, 268 

 Spleen, 224, 385, 386 

 Stereo-isomerism, 398 

 Stereoscopic principle, 162 

 Stimuli, 24 



Stokes-Adams disease, 258, 259 

 Stomach, 179, 195-202 



movements of, 193-198 

 Strength of desperation, 382 

 Sulphates in urine, 321 . 

 Swallowing, 192, 193 

 Sweat, 317 



glands, 323 

 Sympathetic system, 121 



