INDEX. 



Aberration, spherical, 871 ; chromatic, 873 



Abscissa line, mode of measuring curves 

 on (footnote), 186 



Absorption from alimentary canal, 398, 

 412 



Achroodextrin, 315 



Acid-albumen, formation of, 19, 88, 324 



Acid, benzoic, an antecedent of hippuric 

 acid, 539 ; renal action on, 540 ; butyric, 

 etc., in fat, 606 



, carbonic, clotting retarded by its 



presence, 21 ; development of, in rigor 

 mortis, 91, 92 ; set free during muscular 

 contraction, 94, 637 ; in expired and in- 

 spired air, 440 ; amount of daily excre- 

 tion of, 441, 624; percentage of, in 

 expired air, 442, 466; its relations in 

 the blood, 461; causes of its escape 

 from the blood, 466; its exit from the 

 lungs, 465; in the blood, effect of ex- 

 cess of, 487; thrown off by the skin, 

 552; lessened 'output' of, in sleep, 

 1155 



,cholalic,587; hippuric, chemical com- 

 position, 517; how formed in kidney, 

 539 



, hydrochloric, in gastric juice, 352 ; 



lactic in the blood, 48 



, lactic, isomeric variations of (foot- 

 note), 90; its effect on the heart, 259; 

 fermentation, 394 



, uric, chemical composition, 516 ; a 



result of special metabolism, 596 



Acids, fatty, 361, 390; in milk, 613; in 

 sebum, 551 



.organic, in urine, 518; various, in 



spleen-pulp, 583 



Action, currents of, 100, 102, 107, 108, 753 



.peristaltic, in plain muscular tissue, 



133 ; of the stomach, 377 ; of intestine, 

 383; increased in asphyxia, 386; of 

 ureter, 532, 544 ; of bladder, 546 



, reflex, 144-146, 548 ; purposive nature 



of, 146; of spinal cord, 696-710 



, automatic, 146, 711 



Addison's disease, 602 



Adenoid tissue in lymphatic glands, 42 ; 

 multiplication of leucocytes in, 42, 43 



Adipose tissue, structure of, 604 



After-birth, formation of, 1120 



After-images, 882 ; negative and positive, 

 934 



After-pains, services affected by, 1139 



Age, vascular changes due to, 299; old 

 age, phenomena of, 1151 



Air, tidal and stationary in lungs, 425 ; 

 complementary, supplemental, and re- 

 sidual, 426; expired air, changes of, 

 440, 443 



Albumin, acid and alkali, 19, 20, 88 



Albumose, clotting prevented by, 29 ; dis- 

 tinguished from peptone, 325 



Alcohol, changes in proteids produced by, 

 24; physiological action of, 304; its 

 probable action on cardiac tissues, 

 306, 307 ; use in diet, 662 



Alimentary canal, vaso-constrictor nerves 

 of, 279, 368; structure, 311; circular 

 and longitudinal 1 coats of, 371, 372; 

 spontaneous movements of, 383-385; 

 nerve supply to coats, 384, 385; peri- 

 staltic action, 383; mutually destruc- 

 tive juices of, 392 ; absorption from, 

 398, 417 



Alkaloids, vegetable, their kinship to 

 urea, 654 



Allantoin, 1132 



Allantois, growth of the, 1120 



Altitudes, high, diminished oxygen press- 

 ure in, 464 



Alvergniat's gas-pump, 445 



Amblyopia, 789 



Ammonia, mode of conversion into urea, 

 595, 596 



Amnion, true and false, 1120, 1126 



Amniotic fluid, 1126 ; function, 1127; com- 

 position, 1131 



Amoebae, characteristics of, 3-7 



Amoeboid movements of white corpus- 

 cles, 36, 40, 137, 292 



Amphibia, double vascular supply to 

 kidney, 533 



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