INDEX. 



Abdominal muscles, action in respira- 

 tion, 349 

 Abducens nerve, 625 



centre, ib. 

 Aberration, 



chromatic, 765 



spherical, ib. 

 Absorption 



of carbohydrates, 512 

 fats, 513 

 food, 512 et seq. 

 proteids, 513 

 solutions from the intestines, 516 



by the skin, 576 

 Accelerator nerves, 164 



urime, 546 

 Accommodation of eye, 759 



defects of, 763 



mechanism of, 760 



Beer's experiments, 763 

 Acetonaemia, 511 

 Acetyl, 391 

 Achromutm, II 

 Achroo-dextrin, 389, 478 

 Acids in gastric juice, 482 

 Acid-albumin, 398, 484 

 Acini of secreting glands, 469, 471 

 Arrompgnly, 336 

 Acrylic series, 391 

 AdamantoblasU, 80 

 Adarnkiewicz reaction, 395 

 Adenine, 330, 558 

 Adenoid or lymphoid tissue, 51 



in intestines, 454 

 Adenyl, 5^8 

 Adipose tissue, 47. Sfe Fat. 



development, 49 



situations of, 47 



structure, ib. 



uses, 49 



vessels and nerves, ib. 

 Afferent nerves, 97, 164 

 After-birth, 823 

 AftiT-imuirrs, 770 

 Age, influence on capacity of respira- 



tion 355 

 Agraphia, 739 



AMIDO-ACETIC ACID. 



Air, 



atmospheric, composition of, 374 



breathing, 354 



changes by breathing, 374 



complement al, 354 



quantity breathed, ib. 



reserve, ib. 



residual, ib. 



tidal, ib. 



transmission of sonorous vibrations 

 through, 722 



undulations of, conducted by external 



ear, ib. 



Air-pumps, 382 

 Air-sacs, 344 

 Air-tubes. See Bronchi. 

 Alanine, 492 

 Albumin, 794, 397 



acid, 398 



alkali, ib. 



chemical composition, 394 



egg, 397,,. 

 cry stall isable, 395 



lact-, 397 



serum, ib. 

 crj-stallisable, 395 

 of blood, 413 

 Albuminates, 398 

 Albuminoids, 401 

 Albuminometer, Esbach's, 567 

 Albuminous substances, 393 



action of gastric fluid on, 487 

 Albumins, 397 

 Albumoses, 393 

 Alcohol as an accessory to food, 



466 

 Alimentary canal, 438 ft seq. 



development of, 851 



nerves of, 523 

 Alkali-albumin, 398 



properties of, io. 

 Allautoin, 557 



Allantois, development of, 816, 821 

 Alloxan, 557 



Alloxuric or purine bases, 400 

 Amacrine cells, JsC 

 Amido-acetic acid, 491 



