INDEX. 



Abscissa line, mode of measuring curves 



on, 236, note 



Acid, carbonic, clotting retarded by, 21 

 ,, development of , in rigor mortis, 



102, 103 



,, ,, set free during muscular con- 

 traction, 105, 153 

 ,, lactic, in the blood, 52 

 ,, ,, isomeric variations of, 101, 



note 



Action, currents of, 111, 113, 124, 125 

 ,, peristaltic, in plain muscular 



fibre, 161, 162 

 reflex, 182-185 

 ,, ,, purposive nature of, 184 



,, automatic, 185 

 Adenoid tissue in lymphatic glands, 44 

 ,, ,, multiplication of leucocytes 



in, 45 



Age, vascular changes due to, 365-367 

 Albumin, acid and alkali, 19, 99 

 Albumose, clotting retarded by, 29 

 Alcohol, changes in proteids produced 



by, 24 



,, physiological action of, 371 

 ,, its probable action on cardiac 



tissues, 375 

 Amoebae, 3-7 

 Amoeboid motion of white corpuscles, 



39, 42, 47, 168, 358 

 Amphibia, ending of nerve fibres in 



muscles of, 122 

 Anabolic changes of living substance, 



41 

 Anacrotic pulse, usually pathological, 



280, 287 



Anaemia, lessened number of red cor- 

 puscles in, 34 

 Anelectrotonus, 131 



,, its relation to irritability, 135 

 Annulus of Vieussens, 314 

 Anode, 60 

 Aorta, proportion of sectional area of 



capillaries to the, 201 

 comparative blood pressure in, 

 243, 253-260, 287 



Aortic valves, 239, 257 



Arantii, corpus, 200 



Areolar tissue, 190 



Arterial pressure, 205, see also Blood, 



pressure of 

 ,, tracings of, 208, 209, 218, 



219 

 ,, ,, heart beat in inverse ratio 



to, 323 



,, ,, as affected by tonic con- 



traction, 325 

 >, by quantity of 



blood, 362 

 ,, ,, vaso-motor action on, 338, 



339, 346 

 ,, scheme, model of, 217 



tone, 326 



,, ,, intrinsic nature of, 348 



Arteries, effect of ligature on, 28, 204 

 ,, structure of minute, 195 



larger, 196 

 ,, nutrition of, 197 

 coats of, 197, 198 

 ,, elasticity and contractility of, 



200, 216, 306 



pulse in, 203, 211, 230 

 ,, changes of calibre in, 271, 324 

 ,, supply of vaso-motor nerves to, 



325, 338 

 ,, effect on blood pressure of their 



contractility, 339 

 intrinsic tone of muscular wall 



of, 348 



,, as affected by age, 365 

 Arterioles, 195 



Artificial pulse, tracings of, 218, 274 

 Ash of muscle, 104 

 nerves, 125 

 Atropin, cardiac inhibition counteracted 



by, 318, 319 



Auricle, histology of, 291 

 Automatic actions, 185 

 Axis-cylinder of nerve fibre, 117, 118 

 ,, result of severance of, 146 

 ,, process, in nerve cells of 

 spinal cord, 180 



