INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



1079 



power of, 877; nervous organization of, 878, 

 879; development of, 1010 (see Vision). 

 Eyes, convergence of, 876, 888; consenta- 

 neous movements of, 912-917. 



F. 



Facial Angle of Man and Quadrumana, 47. 



Nerve, 685; its connection with sense of 



taste, 718. 



Faeces, composition of, 435-438; expulsion of, 

 410,411. 



Faith, curative powers of, 947. 



Fakeers, Indian, simulated death of, 1058. 



Fallopian Tubes, passage of spermatozoa 

 through, 962, 963 ; passage of ova through, 

 968; formation of chorion in, 971. 



False Joints, 232. 



Falsetto voice, 933-934. 



Faroe Islanders, food of, 388. 



Fat ; see Adipose Tissue. 



Fat-Cells, 256,257. 



Fats, saponiriable, 71 ; their production in the 

 body, 71,72; their presence in its tissues 

 and fluids, 72, 73; their calorifying power, 

 73, 74 ; their use in assimilation and histo- 

 genesis, 73, 74. 



non-saponifiable, 74-75. 



Fatty Components of the Human body, 69. 



Degeneration, 71,559; of uterus, after par- 

 turition, 553, 980; of biliary cells, 589, 590. 



Matters of Blood, 173; variations in 



amount of, in disease, 189, 190; uses of, 

 207, 208. 



Fecundation, nature of, 968, 969 ; seat of, 967, 

 968. 



Female, peculiarities of constitution of, 1017, 

 1018; pulse of, 481; respiration of, 526, 

 527; relative viability of, 1015; relative 

 height and weight of, 1016, 1017; function 

 of, in generation, see GENERATION. 



Fenestra ovalis and rotunda, 901, 902. 



Ferment of saliva, 412; of gastric fluid, 427. 



Fermented liquors, influence of, on the system, 

 389, 390. 



Ferments, operation of, in the body, 54, 116, 

 136, 191 (see Zymotic Poisons). 



Fever, state of blood in, 186, 187 ; mortality 

 from, 542, 543. 



Fibre, Muscular, striated, 303-309; non-stri- 

 ated, 309, 310 (see Muscular Fibre). 



, Nervous, tubular, 336, 337; gelatinous, 



337. 



Fibres, simple, their formation, 138, 139. 



Fibrillae of Muscle, ultimate structure of, 205, 

 206. 



Fibrillation of Fibrin, 60; circumstances af- 

 fecting it, 61. 



Fibrin, distinctive characters of, 58; chemical 

 composition of, 59; reduction of, to albu- 

 minous condition, 60; fibrillation of, 60; 

 circumstances affecting it, 61 ; vital nature of 

 the process, 62 ; probable use of, in the eco- 

 nomy, 63; increase of^ by oxygenation, 179. 



of Blood, variations of in disease, 185- 



187 ; its share in producing coagulation, 193 ; 

 its uses, 201-202; larger proportion of, in 

 arterial blood, 178; increase of, in passing 

 through liver, 183. 



of Chyle, 451, 452 ; increase of, in transit 



towards sanguiferous system, 453, 454. 



Fibrin of Lymph, 451, 454. 



Fibro- Car triage, 260, 261. 



Fibro- Cellular Membranes, 229, 230. 



Fibrous tissues, 224 ; white, 224; yellow, 225; 

 areolar, 226 ; development and reparation of, 

 227-229; gelatinous composition of, 63, 113. 



Fibrous Membranes, structure of, 224. 



Fifth Pair of Nerves, general functions of, 683- 

 685; lingual branch of, 687, 688; its action 

 in mastication, 400; influence of, on smell. 

 872. 



Fins, race of, 1045. 



Fishes, brain of, 647; spinal cord of, 663. 



Flowering Plants, generation in, 950. 



Fluids, absorption of, from stomach, 442, 443; 

 from intestinal walls, 438-445; from general 

 surface, 445-448; by lacteals, 439-442 ; by 

 lymphatics, 448; by bloodvessels, 442-445, 

 447, 448. 



Fluoride of Calcium, its presence in the body. 

 104. 



Flute-pipes, action of, 929. 



flying-fish, spinal cord of, 663. 



Foetus, circulation in, 992-999; development 

 of organs in (see Development of Embryo] ; 

 general condition of, at different ages, 1012, 

 1013 ; size and weight of, at birth, 1013, 1014. 



Follicles of Glands, 239-241 ; of Mucous mem- 

 branes, 232, 239 ; of Lieberkuhn, 239. 



Food, classification of components of, 375; sac- 

 charine and oleaginous constituents of, 376, 

 381, 382; albuminous constituents, 376, 381; 

 gelatinous constituents of, 377 ; proportions 

 of carbon and nitrogen in different articles 

 of, 378, 379; most economical combinations 

 of, 379, 380; relative value of animal and 

 vegetable, 379-381; general conclusions re- 

 garding its composition, 381-383; quantity 

 of, needed by Man, 384-386; importance of 

 purity of, 387, 388 ; prehension and ingestion 

 of, 397; relative digestibility of different 

 kinds of, 424, 426. 



Force, to be considered as an expression of 

 Will, 37, 773, 787; relation of, to mental 

 action, 772-775. 



, Vital, 119; its manifestations, 141; its 



relations to Physical forces, 142, 146; vari- 

 ations in degree of, with age, 148-153. 



Form, mode of acquiring a knowledge of, by 

 touch, 859; by sight, 882-887. 



Formative power of individual parts, 546, 551; 

 excess of, in hypertrophy, 555-558 ; defi- 

 ciency of, in atrophy, 559, 560; manifesta- 

 tion of, in reparative process, 560-566; 

 greater energy of, in lower animals and in 

 early stage of higher, 149, 151, 560, 561 ; 

 deficiency of, in inflammation, 566-568. 



Fornix, 746. 



Fourth Pair of Nerves, functions of, 685. 



Freckles, 249. 



Free-will, 775 ; belief in our own, 785. 



Frigorifying process, 631. 



Functions, Vital, 359; Organic, 359, 360; Ani- 

 mal, 360, 361; their mutual relations, 361- 

 363. 



Fungous growths, 573, 574. 



G. 



Gall-bladder, contraction of, 432. 

 Ganglia, nervous structure of, 334, 335. 



