478 



GENERAL INDEX TO THE FIVE VOLUMES. 



Bile, influence of, upon peristaltic 

 movements of the intestine, ..ii. 



371, 380 



influence of, on the digestion 



of fat, n. 372 



influence of, in exciting con- 

 tractions of the intestinal villi,. 



ii. 373 



resorption of salts of, in the 



intestine, ii. 374 



variations in the flow of, with 



digestion, ii. 375 



imbibition of the coloring 



matter of, by the walls of the 



gall-bladder after death, ii. 504 



mechanism of the secretion 



and discharge of, Hi. 250 



secretion of, from venous or 



arterial blood, Hi. 253 



quantity of, Hi. 255 



variations in the flow of, .Hi. 256 



influence of the nervous sys- 

 tem upon the secretion of,. .Hi. 257 



mechanism of the discharge 



of, Hi. 257 



general properties of,. . . .Hi. 258 



specific gravity of, Hi. 259 



reaction of, Hi. 259 



coloration of the tissues by, 



Hi. 259 



composition of, Hi. 260 



proportion of solid constitu- 

 ents in, Hi. 261 



inorganic constituents of,. Hi. 262 



fatty and saponaceous con- 

 stituents of, Hi. 262 



lecithene of, Hi. 262 



choline of, ... . . . . Hi. 262 



peculiar salts of, Hi. 262 



taurocholate of soda of,. .Hi. 263 



process for the extraction of 



the biliary salts, Hi. 264 



glycocholate of soda of,. ..Hi. 266 



origin of the peculiar salts 



of, Hi. 266 



the biliary salts do not accu- 

 mulate in the blood after extir- 

 pation of the liver, Hi. 267 



cholesterine of, Hi. 267 



coloring matter of (biliver- 



dine), Hi. 273 



tests for, iii. 274 



Pettenkofer's test for, . . ..Hi. 275 



excrement! tious function of, 



Hi. 277 



Bile-ducts, arrangement of, in the 



lobules of the liver, Hi. 241 



Biliary fistula, ii. 361-368 



observations on an animal 



with, ii. 369 



Biliary matter, ii. 366 



Biliary resin,. ii. 366 



Biliary passages (see liver), . . . .Hi. 245 



Biliverdine, i. 93 



test for, iii. 275 



Binocular fusion of colors, v. 126 



Binocular vision, v. 117 



Birds, flesh of, used as food, . . .ii. 75 



Black Hole of Calcutta, i. 493 



Bladder, mucous membrane of, iii. 



49, 181 



anatomy of, iii. 179 



sphincter of, iii. 181 



corpus trigonum, Hi. 181 



blood - vessels, nerves, and 



lymphatics of, iii. 182 



influence of the nervous sys- 

 tem on the movements of,. .Hi. 184 



formation of, v. 373, 405 



Blastodermic cells, v. 357 



Blastodermic layers,, .v. 359, 387, 389 

 Blastodermic layer, vascular (so 



called), v. 430 



Blepharoptosis, v. 140 



Blind spot of the retina, v. 87, 90 



Blood, general considerations,..!. 95 



immediate importance of, to 



life, i. 96 



experiment of withdrawing a 



large quantity of, from the ves- 

 sels, i. 97 



transfusion of, i. 97 



transfusion of, in disease,..!. 98 



transfusion of, in experi- 

 ments on animals, i. 99 



entire quantity of, in the 



body, i. 100 



reaction, odor, and opacity 



of, i. 104 



temperature and specific gra- 

 vity of, i. 105 



color of, i. 106 



color of, in veins of the 



i. 107 



analyses of,. i. 127 



inorganic constituents of, ..i. 128 



organic nitrogenized constit- 

 uents of, i. 129 



organic non-nitrogenized con- 

 stituents of, i. 129 



