INDEX. 



ABDERHALDEN test, 754 

 Abdominal respiration, 650 



type of respiration, 654 

 Absolute power of muscle, 39 

 Absorption coefficient, 679 



in large intestine, 812 



in small intestine, 806 



in stomach, 791 



of carbohydrates, 808 



of fats, 809 



of proteins, 811 



spectra of hemoglobin, 432 

 Acapnia, 708, 714 

 Accelerator center for heart, 599 



nerves, effect of, on heart-rate, 601 

 of heart, 595 

 reflex stimulation of, 597 

 Accessory thyroids, 874 

 Accommodation in eye, limits of, 316 

 mechanism of, 313 



reflex, 326 

 Acetone bodies, 925 

 Achromatic series of visual sensations, 

 349 



vision, 357 

 Achroodextrin, 772 

 Acid, aceto-acetic, 925 



albumin in gastric digestion, 786 



amino-acetic, 799, 1025 



aminocaproic, 800, 1025 



aminoglutaric, 1025 



aminopropionic, 799, 1025 



aminosuccinic, 800, 1025 



aminothiopropionic, 1025 



aminovalerianic, 800, 1025 



aspartic, 800, 1025 



cholic, 822 



conjugated sulphuric, 814, 861 



diaminocaproic, 800, 1025 



glutaminic, 8*00, 1025 



glycocholic, 822 



glycuronic, 917 



guanidinaminovalerianic, 1025 



hippuric, 860 



imidazolpropionic, 801, 1025 



indolpropionic, 801, 1025 



isobutylpropionic, 800 



lactic, 63 



oxyaminopropionic, 1025 



oxybutyric, 925 



oxyphenylaminopropionic, 1025 



Acid, oxypropionic, 799 

 oxyproteic, 853 



oxypyrollidin-carboxylic, 799, 1025 

 phenylaminopropionic, 800, 1025 

 pyrrolidin-carboxylic, 801, 1025 

 taurocholic, 821 

 thiopropionic, 799 

 Acidosis, 419, 921 

 Acromegaly, 891 

 Action current, diphasic, 103 

 in heart, 545 

 in muscle, 102 

 in nerve, 102 

 in retina, 337 

 monophasic, 103 

 relation to contraction wave, 105 



to nerve impulse, 105 

 Activation of lipase, 804 



of trypsin, 797 

 Activators, 755 

 Adamkiewicz's reaction for proteins, 



1029 



Addison's disease, 881 

 Adenase, 756, 858 

 Adenin, 64, 857 

 Adenosin, 858 

 Adrenal bodies, functions of, 886 



secretory nerves of, 886 

 Adrenalin, 879, 883 

 Adrenin, 883 

 Aerial perspective, 376 

 Aerotonometer, 680 

 Afferent fibers in cranial nerves, 83 

 position of, in posterior roots, 



82 



vasodilatation due to, 623 

 nerve-fibers, 79 

 After-images in eye, 352 

 Agnosia, 205, 222 

 Agraphia, 221 



Air, effect of variations in, on res- 

 pirations, 711 

 Alanin, 799, 912, 1025 

 Albumin, properties of, 1029. See also 



Protein. 



Albuminoids, nutritive value of, 909 

 Albumon, 453 

 Alcohol as food, 936 



effect of, on gastric absorption, 792 



on respiratory quotient, 716 

 physiological action of, 937 



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