524 



INDEX. 



Secretions, formation of charac- 

 teristic elements of, 19 



elimination of foreign sub- 

 stances in, 27 



classification of, 37 



Semivowels, 514 



Serous membranes, 39 



structure of, 40 



Serous secretions, 43, 44 



Silicic acid, in the urine,. 216 



Skin, general function of, 110 



general appearance of,. .... Ill 



extent and thickness of,.. . . 112 



layers of, 113 



muscles of, 113 



true skin, or corium, 114 



contraction of non-striated 



muscles in the substance of, . . . 114 



reticulated layer of, 114 



papillary layer of, 115 



epidermis of (see epider- 

 mis), 116 



effects of covering the entire 



surface with an impermeable 



coating, 132 



amount of exhalation from, 



139, 433 



discoloration of, accompany- 

 ing disorganization of the supra- 

 renal capsules, 354 



Smegma preputiale,. 66 



of labia minora, 66 



Soprano voice, 504 



Speech, mechanism of, 513 



action of the tongue in, .... 515 



Spleen, anatomy of, 332 



capsule of Malpighi, 334 



fibrous structure of (trabecu- 



IBB), 335 



Malpighian corpuscles of, ... 335 



blood - corpuscle - containing 



cells of, 338 



vessels and nerves of, 339 



chemical constitution of, ... 341 



functions of, 341 



increase of the white corpus- 

 cles of the blood in, 342 



diminution of the red corpus- 

 cles of the blood in, 343 



variations in the volume of, 



during life, 343 



extirpation of, 345 



action of, as a diverticulum 



for the blood, 344 



voracity in animals after ex- 

 tirpation of, 346 



Spleen, ferocity in animals after 



extirpation of, 347 



Spleen-pulp, 337 



Stercorine in the faeces, 291 



Submaxillary gland, difference in 

 the color of the blood in the ar- 

 tery and vein of, 20 



motor nerve of, 31 



Sudoric acid, 142 



Sudoriparous glands, anatomy of, 134 



length of coil of, 137 



Sugar, production of, in the liver, 295 

 process for the determina- 

 tion of, in the liver and blood, . 300 



Fehling's test for, 301 



BarreswiPs test for, 302 



examination of the blood of 



the portal system for, 303 



examination of the blood of 



the hepatic veins for, 305 



: examination of the blood 



from the right heart for, 306 



characteristics of sugar pro- 

 duced by the liver, 315 



mechanism of the production 



of, in the liver, 316 



effects of the inhalation of 



anaesthetics and irritating va- 

 pors on the production of, 327 



destination of, in the econ- 

 omy, 328 



office of, in nutrition, 379 



Sugar of milk, 97 



Sulphates, in the urine, 213 



Sulphocyanide of potassium, in- 

 fluence of, upon the muscles, . . 465 



Suprarenal capsules, 349 



structure of, 360 



vessels and nerves of, 353 



chemical reactions of, 353 



functions of, 354 



discoloration of the skin ac- 

 companying disorganization of, 354 



extirpation of, 356 



Sweat, mechanism of the secre- 

 tion of, 137 



influence of the nervous sys- 

 tem on the secretion of, 138 



quantity of, 139 



general properties of, 140 



composition of, 141 



peculiarities of, in certain 



parts, 142 



urea in, 142 



Sympexions, 360, 365 



Synovial membranes, 40 



