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GENERAL INDEX TO THE FIVE VOLUMES. 



Vaso-motor nerves, iv. 485 



derivation of, from the cere- 



bro-spinal centres, iv. 436, 440 



Vater, corpuscles of, iv. 37 



Veins, anatomy of, i. 301 



capacity of, i. 302 



strength of, i. 306 



valves of, i. 308 



function of valves of, i. 325 



course of blood in, i. 311 



pressure of blood in, i. 314 



rapidity and causes of circu- 

 lation in, i. 315 



influence of muscular con- 

 traction on current of blood in,.i. 317 



influence of aspiration from 



the thorax, i. 319 



influence of gravitation, i. 324-330 



entrance of air into, i. 323 



conditions which impede the 



circulation in, i. 328 



influence of expiration on the 



current of blood in, i. 328 



Velum interpositum, iv. 260 



Velum palati, ii. 182 



action of, in phonation, . . .iii. 508 



Vena innominata, development of, 



v. 435 

 Vense cavse, development of, . . .v. 434 



Venereal orgasm, v. 335, 336, 340 



Venereal sense, v. 24 



Venison, ii. 74 



Venoms, absorption of, ii. 465 



non-absorption of, by mu- 

 cous membranes, iii. 57 



Venous pulse, i. 313 



regurgitant, i. 329 



Venous system, development of, v. 434 



Ventricle, fourth, iv. 360, 403 



Ventricles of the brain, iv. 412 



development of, v. 401 



Verheyn, stars of, iii. 159 



Vermicelli, ii. 97 



Vernix caseosa, . . . .iii. 67, v. 397, 454 



composition of, iii. 67 



microscopical characters of, 



iii. 68 



function of, iii. 68 



Vertebral column, development of, 



v. 395 



intervertebral disks, v. 394 



Vertebral, or dorsal plates, v. 390 



Vertigo, in cases of disease of the 

 cerebellum and of disease of the 

 semicircular canals, ....... .iv. 387 



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VesicuUe seminales, v. 320 



fluid of, v. 324 



development of, v. 423 



Vestibule of the ear, v. 163, 214 



development of, v. 403 



Vidian nerve, iv. 420 



Villi of the small intestine, ii. 315 



contractions of, ii. 316 



lacteal vessels of, ii. 317 



development of, v. 407 



Viscera, animal, used as food,, .ii. 76 



Visceral arches and clefts, v. 411 



Visceral, or abdominal plates, . . v. 



891, 405, 411 

 Vision, general considerations of, 



v. 37 



area of, v. 72, 8"> 



of near objects through a pin- 

 hole, v. 110 



erect impressions produced 



by images inverted on the ret- 

 ina, v. 116 



binocular, v. 117 



corresponding points in the 



retina, v. 119 



monocular, v. 122 



duration of luminous impres- 

 sions, v. 127 



time necessary for, v. 127 



Vitality, v. 461 



Vital capacity of the lungs, i. 403 



Vital point in the medulla oblon- 



gata, iv. 410 



Vital properties of organized struct- 

 ures, ..i. 18, v. 255 



Vitelline membrane of the ovum,.v. 289 



villosities of, v. 361 



Vitellus, v. 290 



deformation and gyration of, 



v. 354 



change in the appearance of, 



after fecundation, v. 355 



nucleus of, v. 356 



segmentation of, v. 356 



Vitreous humor, v. 65 



development of, .v. 402 



hyaloid membrane of, ... .v. 65 



Vocal chords, iii. 492 



appearance of, during phona- 

 tion,... iii. 499 



Vocal organs, physiological anato- 

 my of, iii. 491 



Voice, iii. 490 



mechanism of the production 



of, iii. 497 



