INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



1091 



Vitreous body, structure and nutrition of, 266. 



Vocalization, automatic action of muscles of, 

 722, 723. 



Vocal Ligaments; see Chordae Vocales. 



Voice, ordinary mode of production of, 932 ; 

 falsetto, mode of production of, 933, 934 

 (see Larynx). 



Volition, action of, on the Body, 793-795; on 

 the Mind, 795-796 (see Will). 



Volitional actions, 768 note; influence of emo- 

 tions on, 768, 769; dependence of, upon 

 previous idea of success, 769, 793, 794, 798 ; 

 (see Will). 



Voluntary Movements, their dependence on 

 guiding sensations, 722-724; performed by 

 the instrumentality of the Sensori-motor ap- 

 paratus, 724-728; not definitely distinguish- 

 able from involuntary movements, 909-910; 

 impulse to them originates in Cerebrum, 

 754 (see Volitional Actions). 



Vomiting, reversed action of oesophagus in, 

 404 ; action of stomach in, 407, 408. 



Vowel-sounds, production of, 935-937. 



W. 



Walking, automatic action of, 698-699. 



Wandsworth, cholera at, 542. 



Waste of Tissues; see Disintegration and De- 

 generation. 



Water, proportion of, in different tissues, 100 ; 

 its uses in the economy, 100, 101 ; propor- 

 tion of, in blood, 170; influence of ingestion 

 of fluid on, 177 ; alterations in, produced by 

 disease, 190; importance of, in diet, 380 ; 

 effects of impurities of, 389. 



Water-dressing for wounds, 564. 



Weight of Foetus at different ages, 1012-1014; 

 of male and female at after periods of life, 

 1016, 1017. 



White Corpuscles; see Blood- Corpuscles, Co- 

 lorless. 



White Fibrous Tissue, structure and composi- 

 tion of, 224, 225 ; presence of, in Areolar 

 tissue, 226, 227 ; development and repara- 

 tion of, 227-229. 



Will, freedom of, 775, 817; its influence on 

 the Organism in general, 793-795; its 

 manifestation in Force, 37, 774, 787; its 

 domination over reflex actions, 648, 649 ; 

 its operation through automatic apparatus, 



725-728; requires guiding sensations for 

 its direction to the muscles, 722-724; in- 

 fluence of emotional states of mind upou 

 its exercise, 768, 769 ; influence of idea- 

 tional states, 793, 794. 



Its influence on Psychical action, 649-650, 

 775, 788-790, 795-796, 810-814; effects 

 of its suspension, in Reverie, 796, 797 ; 

 in " Biological" state, 797, 798 ; in Som- 

 nambulism, 800, 801 ; in Dreaming, 802- 

 804; in Delirium and Mania, 804-806; in 

 Insanity, 806-810; government of the 

 conduct by, 811, 812, 817-819. 

 Its general control over Automatic actions 

 of nervous system, 831 ; over Cerebral 

 action, 832-836; over Sensory Ganglia, 

 836, 837 ; over Spinal Axis, 842. 



Winking, act of, 697. 



Wounds, healing of, 561-566. 



Xanthine, 92. 



X. 



Y. 



Yawning, act of, 518 ; consensual nature of, 

 720. 



Yelk, composition of, 958; segmentation of, 

 988,989. 



Yellow Fever, muscular actions after death 

 from, 327; continued flow of blood, 492; 

 subsequent production of heat, 619. 



yellow Fibrous Tissue, structure and composi- 

 tion of, 225, 226 ; presence of, in Areolar 

 tissue, 226, 227 ; development of, 228. 



Young animals, inferior heat-producing power 

 of, 629-631. 



Zona pellucida, 958. 



Zymotic diseases, favored by previous state of 

 blood, 216-220; by putrescent food, 387, 

 388 ; by putrescent water, 389 ; by starva- 

 tion, 395; by deficiency of respiration, 538- 

 546. 



