GENERAL INDEX TO THE FIVE VOLUMES. 



Abdominal plates, v. 391, 405, 411 



Abercrombie, brain of, iv. 348 



Absorbent system, discovery of, .ii. 422 

 Absorption, general considera- 

 tions, ii. 415 



by blood-vessels, ii. 416 



experiments on the action of 



the blood-vessels in, ii. 418 



in the mouth, ii. 420 



of liquids and the products 



of digestion in the stomach, . ..ii. 421 



in the small intestine, .ii. 421 



proof of, by demonstration of 



albumen, glucose, etc., derived 

 from food, in the blood of the 



portal system, ii. 421 



of secreted fluids with digest- 

 ed alimentary matters, ii. 422 



by lacteal and lymphatic ves- 

 sels, ii. 422 



of gases, in the alimentary 



canal, ii. 422 



from parts not connected 



with the digestive system,. . . .ii. 450 



from the skin, ii. 451 



from the respiratory sur- 

 face, ii. 455 



from the closed cavities,, .ii. 457 



from subcutaneous areolar 



tissue, ii. 458 



from reservoirs of glands, .ii. 458 



from the urinary bladder,. .ii. 459 



from the ducts and the paren- 

 chyma of glands, ii. 459 



of fats, mechanism of,. . . .ii. 459 



of mercury and particles of 



carbon, ii. 463 



variations and modifications 



of, . . . .ii. 464 



Absorption of woorara an I ven- 

 oms, ii. 465 



of liquids which disorganize 



the tissues, ii. 466 



influence of the conditions of 



the blood and of the vessjls on, 



ii. 466 



influence of loss of blood on, 



ii. 466 



influence of repletion of the 



vessels on, ii. 467 



influence of the nervous sys- 

 tem on, ii. 467 



Accommodation, visual,. .. .v. 64, 104 

 theories of, v. 105 



range of, . 



changes of 



.v. 106 



the crystalline 



lens in, v. 106 



action of the ciliary muscle 



in, v. 107 



mechanism of, v. 108 



changes of the iris in, v. 108 



in the lensless eye, v. 110 



auditory, v. 208 



Acid principle of the gastric juice, ii. 238 



Addison's disease, iii. 354 



Additional tones, v. 187 



Adipose tissue, anatomy of, iii. 387 



Adolescence, v. 459 



Adult age, v. 459 



^Esthesiometer, v. 19 



Ages, v. 459 



Agraphia, iv. 358 



Air, diffusion of, in the lungs, . . . i. 406 



composition of, i. 413 



changes of, in passage through 



the lungs, i. 423 



increase in temperature of, in 



passage through the lungs, . . . i. 423 



