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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Pigmentum nigrum, 249. 



Pigmentary matter of Urine, 604. 



Pitch of voice, regulation of, 928. 



Pituitary membrane, distribution of nerves in, 

 871,872. 



Placenta, formation of maternal portion of, 

 974-978; formation of foetal portion of, 994. 



Placental sound, 978. 



Plexuses, nervous, uses of, 651, 652. 



Plica Polonica, alteration of hair in, 254. 



Pneumogastric Nerve, general distribution and 

 endowments of, 688-690; its instrumentality 

 in deglutition, 403, 404 ; its influence on se- 

 cretion of gastric fluid, 422-423 ; on move- 

 ments of stomach, 407 ; on movements of 

 heart, 469 ; its action as an excitor of respi- 

 ration, 514; its motor powers, 516-517; 

 effects of section of, 519-520 ; influence of, 

 on larynx, 689, 690. 



Poisons, influence of, on the living body, 136 ; 

 elimination of, from the blood, 214-216 ; in- 

 fluence of, on the Nervous System ; see Toxic 

 Influence. 



, morbid, their substantive existence, 216, 



217 ; zymotic conditions of their activity, 

 216, 217 ; course of phenomena in, 219, 220 ; 

 alteration of blood by, 220, 221 ; recovery of 

 blood from, 221, 222; materics morborwn 

 generated within the system, 218, 219. 



Polynesian races, 1052-1054. 



Pons Tarini, 745. 



Varolii, effects of division of, 710, 711. 



Portal blood, peculiarities of, 182. 



Portio Dura of Seventh Pair, 685 (see Facial 

 Nerve). 



Posterior Columns of Spinal Cord, structure of, 

 660-662 ; functions of, 667-671. 



Pyramids of Medulla Oblongata, 679- 



683. 



Potash, its presence in the body, 109; its pre- 

 dominance in red corpuscles and in muscles, 

 161. 



Potteries (Kensington), mortality at, 542, 543. 



Pregnancy, state of blood in, 186; signs of, 

 978; usual term of, 980-982; protracted, 

 982-983; abbreviated, 984 ; 985. 



Presbyopia, 877. 



Pressure of blood, in heart, 479 ; in arteries, 

 490. 



Primitive trace, 990. 



Prognathous skull, 1032, 1033. 



Projection, idea of, 758, 885-887. 



Prosencephalon, 990, 1009. 



Protective agency of Spinal Cord, 696, 697. 



Protein Compounds, general properties and re- 

 actions of, 53, 54. 



Protein, binoxide and tritoxide of, 64, 65. 



Psychical endowments of different races, es- 

 sential conformity in, 1040-1041. 



Ptyalin, 412. 



Puberty, usual epoch of, in female, 959, 960 ; 

 in male, 955. 



Puerperal fever, predisposing causes of, 217. 



Pulp, dentinal, 287; enamel, 288, 289; ce- 

 mental, 290. 



Pulsations of Heart, causes of, 468-472. 



Pulse, Arterial, 487, 488; rate of, at different 

 ages, 481 ; variations of, under different cir- 

 cumstances, 48 1-482 ; proportion of, to respi- 

 ratory movements, 513. 



, Respiratory, 498, 499. 



, Venous, 475. 



Pupil, movements of, 697, 716, 877, 880 ; rela- 

 tion of, to Third pair, 685 note ; to Sympa- 

 thetic, 830, 831. 



Purkinje, experiment of, 893. 



Purpuric acid, 85. 



Purpurine, 92. 



Pus, formation and characters of, 571,572; 

 influence of, on coagulation of Blood, 198. 



Putrefaction, the result of chemical agencies, 

 135; may take place even during life, 395, 

 1054; evolution of light in, 632; final de- 

 struction of body by, 1059. 



Pyin, 64. 



Pyramidal bodies of Medulla Oblongata, 677- 

 683 ; anterior, their structure and connec- 

 tions, 677, 681, 683; posterior, their struc- 

 ture and connections, 679-683. 

 skull, 1033, 1034. 



Q. 



Quadrumana, comparison of, with Man, 41-49. 

 Quagga, transmission of marks of, 970. 

 Quickening, 979. 



R. 



Races of Mankind, Caucasian, 1042-1046; 

 Arian. or Indo-European, 1043, 1044 ; Syro- 

 Arabian, 1044, 1045 ; Mongolian, 1045, 1046 ; 

 Seriform, 1046; Hindostanic, 1046, 1047; 

 Negro, 1047-1049; Kaffre, 1049; Bushman, 

 1049, 1050; American, 1050, 1051 ; Oceanic, 

 1051; Malayo-Polynesian, 1052; Pelagian- 

 Negro, 1052", 1053. 



Radiating fibres of Cerebrum, 742. 



Radiation of Sensations, 854. 



Rapidity of muscular movements, 919. 



Rattlesnake, secretion of poison of, continued 

 after death, 941. 



Reasoning Power, nature of, 780. 



Reciprocation of sounds, 896-898. 



Reciprocity of manifestations of Cell-force, 

 133. 



Recollection, power of, dependent on Asso- 

 ciation, 776; mode in which it is exerted, 

 783-785. 



Recti muscles of eyeball, function of, 913. 



Red Corpuscles, see Blood-Corpuscles, Red. 



Reeds, vibrating, action of, 930-932. 



Refraction, laws of, 873, 874. 



Reflex actions of Nervous System, 349; of 

 Spinal Axis, 671-676; of Sensory Ganglia, 

 719-722; of Cerebrum, 774, 775, 816, 832. 



Regeneration of Tissues of fibrous tissues, 

 228, 229 ; of serous and synovial membranes, 

 231 ; of mucous membranes, 234 ; of epi- 

 thelium, 237; of skin, 246; of epidermis, 

 248; of nails, 251 ; of hairs, 256 ; of crystal- 

 line lens, 265 ; of bones, 281-282 ; of teeth, 

 284; of capillary vessels, 301, 302; of nerv- 

 ous tissue, 347, 348. 



Regeneration of lost parts, 560, 561 ; see Re- 

 paration. 



Regimen, influence of, on composition of 

 Blood, 177; on system generally, 380-386. 



Renal vein, blood of, 184. 



Reparation of injuries, 560 ; completeness of. 

 in lower animals, 560; limitations of, in 

 higher, 560, 561 ; more energetic and com- 

 plete in embryonic state and in childhood, 



