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GENEEAL INDEX TO THE FIYE VOLUMES. 



Spinal cord, decussation of the 



sensory conductors of, iv. 290 



summary of the action of, as 



a conductor, iv. 295 



action of, as a nerve-centre, 



iv. 298 



reflex action of (see reflex ac- 

 tion), iv. 300 



development of, v. 398 



Spiral canal of the cochlea,.v. 165, 215 



Spleen, anatomy of, iii. 332 



capsule of Malpighi, iii. 334 



fibrous structure of (trabecu- 



lae), iii. 335 



Halpighian corpuscles of, 



iii. 335 



blood - corpuscle - containing 



cells of, iii. 338 



vessels and nerves of,. . . .iii. 339 



chemical constitution of, ..iii. 341 



functions of, iii. 341 



increase of the white corpus- 

 cles of the blood in, iii. 342 



diminution of the red corpus- 

 cles of the blood in, iii. 343 



variations in the volume of, 



during life, iii. 343 



action of, as a diverticulum 



for the blood, iii. 344 



extirpation of, iii. 345 



voracity in animals after ex- 

 tirpation of, iii. 346 



ferocity in animals after ex- 

 tirpation of, iii. 347 



first appearance of, v. 409 



Spleen-pulp, iii. 33*7 



Spontaneous generation, so called, 



v. 258 



Stapedius muscle,. v. 159 



Stapes, v. 157 



development of, v. 412, 413 



Starch, ii. 56 



proportion of, in different 



vegetables, ii. 56 



granules of, ii. 58 



tests for, ii. 58 



changes of, into dextrine and 



glucose, ii. 59 



principles resembling, ... ii. 60 



action of the saliva upon, 



ii. 174 



action of the gastric juice 



upon, ii. 269 



action of the intestinal juice 



upon, ii. 328 



Starch, action of the pancreatic 



juice upon, ii. 350 



summary of the process of 



digestion of,< ii. 352 



Stercorine, ii. 399, v. 455 



extraction of, ii. 399 



crystals of, ii. 400 



formation of, from choles- 



terine, ii. 402 



in the faeces, iii. 291 



Stereoscope, v. 125 



Sterno - mastoideus, action of, in 



respiration, i. 379 



Stewing, in the preparation of 



food, ii. 88 



St. Martin, case of, ii. 223 



Stomach, physiological anatomy 



of,. ii. 135, 208 



movements of, ii. 136, 287 



muscular coat of, ii. 209 



mucous membrane of, . . . .ii. 212 



-- glandular apparatus of, . . .ii. 212 



character of the glands in 



different parts of, ii. 212, 214 



mucous follicles of, ii. 214 



closed follicles of, ii. 217 



fistula into, ii. 220 



duration of digestion in,, .ii. 271 



immunity of, from digestion 



by the gastric juice during life, 



ii. 275 



existence of living animals in, 



ii. 277 



digestion of parts of living 



animals in, , ii. 277 



protection of walls of, from 



digestion during life, by the al- 

 kalinity of the blood, ii. 279 



protection of the walls of,from 



digestion during life, by the cat- 

 alytic processes of nutrition, . ii. 281 



influence of section of the 



pneumogastric nerves upon the 



movements of, ii. 285 



difference between the mus- 

 cular contractions of, in the car- 

 diac and in the pyloric portion, 



ii. 290 



regurgitation from, ii. 292 



anatomy of, in ruminating 



animals (note), ii. 293 



gases of, ii. 411 



absorption from, ii. 421 



influence of the pneumogas- 



trics upon, iv. 245 



