INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



ABERRATION, spherical and chromatic, 874. 



Abnormal forms of Nutritive process, 566-574; 

 inflammation, 566-572; tuberculosis, 572- 

 574; heterologous growths, 573. 



Abortion, 981. 



Abscesses, formation of, 567-572. 



Absence of Mind, 797. 



Absorbent Cells, 439, 441. 



System, 438, 439, 451; movement of fluids 



through, 454,455. 



Vessels, structure and development of, 



298 ; see Lacteals, and Lymphatics. 



ABSORPTION, general nature of the function, 

 365, 438, 439; by bloodvessels of intes- 

 tinal surface, 439, 440,443-445; by lac- 

 teals, 439-442; by lymphatics, 445,449, 

 451,452; by general sanguiferous system, 

 449-452. 



Of vapors by lungs, 534, 535. 

 Of effete tissues, 448, 449. 



Abstinence, entire, 397. 



Abstraction, mental, 795; voluntary, 795, 796 ; 

 involuntary, 797-799. 



Activity, varying, of nutritive processes, 554- 

 566. 



, Vital, conditions of, 140-148; variations 

 of, with age, 149-153; relation of to dura- 

 tion of organism, 134, 554; to amount of 

 heat supplied, 143-146. 



Acardiac fetus, movement of blood in, 493. 



Acidity of the urine, 608-609. 



Adaptiveness of movements no proof of sensa- 

 tion, 674. 



Adhesion between cut surfaces, 562 ; second- 

 ary, 565. 



Adipocere, 71. 



Adipose Tissue, structure of, 256, 257; devel- 

 opment of, 258, 259; uses of, 259. 



Adult age, peculiar attributes of, 152. 



Aeration, see Respiration. 



Afferent nerve-fibres, 651, 653. 



Affinities, Chemical, operation of, in the living 

 body, 112. 



Age, influence of, on nutritive activity, 149- 

 153; on rate of pulse, 481 ; on excretion of 

 carbonic acid, 530; on excretion of urea, 

 602 ; on power of calorification, 629-631. 



of Foetus, means of determining, 1012, 



1013. 



Air, amount of, used in respiration, 522-523; 

 changes in proportions of oxygen and car- 



bonic acid, 524-525; amount of carbonic 

 acid imparted to, 526-531 ; changes in pro- 

 portion of nitrogen, 531, 532; watery vapor 

 imparted to, 533, 535. 



Air-cells of lungs, structure of, 504, 505. 



Albinoism, 1030. 



Albumen, composition and properties of, 54, 55 ; 

 its presence in the solids and fluids of the body 

 generally, 56 ; conversion of, into fibrine, 60- 

 64,157,161.453; normal proportion of, in 

 blood, 161-170; variations in amount of, in 

 disease, 184; its uses, 54, 63, 205, 206. 



Albuminose, 182, 427. 



Albuminous Compounds, 53, 91. 



principles of Food, 376-385. 



Albuminuria, blood in, 189. 



Alcohol, rapid absorption of, 443. 



Alcoholic drinks, their effects on the system, 

 389-390 ; uses of, in Fever, 624. 



Alfourous, 1052. 



Aliment, sources of demand for, 363, 364 ; see 

 Food. 



Alimentary canal, development of, 999. 



Alkaline Carbonates, uses of, in the system, 

 103, 107. 



Phosphates, uses of, in the system, 108; 



presence of, in urine, 606; amount of, pro- 

 portional to waste of nervous matter, 355. 



Sulphates, presence of, in the system, 



110 ; in urine, 605. 



Alkalinity of the urine, 607, 608. 



Allantoin, 84. 



Allantois, development of, 993, 994 ; formation 



of urinary bladder from, 1002. 

 Alloxan, 84. 



American races, 1050, 1051. 

 Ammonia, a product of decomposition, 109. 

 Amnion, formation of, 990, 991. 

 Amphibia, spinal cord of, 663. 

 Amphioxus, nervous system of, 646, 706. 

 Anaemia, state of blood in, 186. 

 Analysis of Blood, different methods of, 170- 



172; in disease, 185. 

 Ancon breed of sheep, 1037 note. 

 Animal Functions, 371 ; their relations to the 



Organic, 372-374. 



Heat; see Heat, Animal. 



Magnetism ; see Mesmerism. 



Anterior Columns of Spinal Cord, structure of, 



659-661; functions of, 668-671. 

 Commissure, 742. 



Pyramids of Medulla Oblongata, 677-681. 



Anthropomorphism, 794-795. 



