D E X. 



Absorbent system, discovery of, . . 422 

 Absorption, general considera- 

 tions, 415 



by blood-vessels, 416 



experiments on the action of 



the blood-vessels in, '. . . . . 418 



in the mouth, .420 



of liquids and the products 



of digestion in the stomach,.. .. 421 



in the small intestine, 421 



proof of, by demonstration 



of albumen, glucose, etc., derived 

 from food, in the blood of the 



portal system, 421 



of secreted fluids with digest- 

 ed alimentary matters, 422 



by lacteal and lymphatic ves- 

 sels, 422 



of gases in the alimentary 



canal, 422 



from parts not connected 



with the digestive system, 450 



from the skin, 451 



from the respiratory sur- 

 face, 455 



from the closed cavities, .... 457 



from subcutaneous areolar 



tissue, 458 



from reservoirs of glands, . . 458 



from the urinary bladder,. . . 459 



from the ducts and the paren- 

 chyma of glands, 459 



of fats, mechanism of, 459 



of mercury and particles of 



carbon, 463 



variations and modifications 



of, 464 



of woorara and venoms,. . . . 465 



of liquids which disorganize 



the tissues, 466 



Absorption, influence of the condi- 

 tions of the blood and of the ves- 

 sels on, 466 



influence of loss of blood on, 466 



influence of repletion of the 



vessels on, 467 



influence of the nervous sys- 

 tem on, 467 



Acid principle of the gastric juice, 238 



Album Grsecum, 393 



Albumen, 47 



vegetable, 51 



action of gastric juice upon, . 258 



comparative digestibility of, 



raw and coagulated, 259 



Albumen-peptone, 260 



Albuminoids, action of intestinal 



juice upon, 328 



absorption of, by lacteals,. . . 444 



Albuminose, 263 



interference of, with Trom- 



mer's test for glucose, 264 



Alcohol, 102 



elimination of, 103 



effects of, upon the nervous 



system, 105 



influence of, upon the exhala- 

 tion of carbonic acid,. 105 



influence of, upon nutrition,.. 106 



influence of, upon the capa- 

 city for enduring cold, 100 



influence of, upon the capa- 

 city for labor, 110 



Ale, 113 



Aliment, definition of, 44 



quantity and variety of neces- 

 sary to nutrition, 122 



influence of, upon the capa- 

 city for labor, 127 



necessity of vaiiety in, 128 



