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INDEX. 



Proteins as glycogen formers, 831 



biologic value of, 904 



circulating, 905 



classification of, 1029 



definition and structure of, 1025 



diffusion of, 1037 



excretion of nitrogen of, 851, 852, 

 853 



general reactions of, 1027 



in blood-plasma, 450 



inadequate, 910 



necessary amount of, in diet, 906, 

 949, 950, 951 



normal metabolism in body, 903 



nutritive value of, 909 



of muscle, 60 



osmotic pressure of, 1036 



putrefaction of, in large intestine, 

 814 



specific dynamic action of, 914 



storage, 905 



synthesis of, in body, 811 

 Proteolytic enzymes, 753 

 Proteoses, 1032 



general properties of, 787 

 Protopathic sensations, 279 



sensibility, 278 



Proximate principles of food, 744 

 Psychophysical law, 275 

 Ptomaines. 815 

 Ptyalin, 761 



action of, in stomach, 730, 773 



digestive action of, 771 



effect of various conditions upon, 



773 



Pubertal gland, 894, 1003 

 Puberty, 983, 1003 



Pulmonary arteries, vasomotors of, 

 627 



circulation, peculiarities of, 521 



variations of, pressure in, 522 

 Pulse, anacrotic waves of, 529 



catacrotic waves of, 528 



central, 529 



form of wave, 527 



general statement, 523 



peripheral, 529 



varieties of, in health and disease, 

 530 



velocity of propagation of, 524 



venous, 531 

 Pulse-pressure, 495 

 Pulsus irregularis perpetuus, 566 

 Purin bases, 63, 856 

 Purkinje fibers, 545 



images of, 314 



phenomenon, 349 

 Putrefaction in intestines, 814 

 Pyloric glands of stomach, 774 



secretion of. 785 

 Pyramidal tract in brain, 197 

 in spinal cord, 178 



Pyrrol compounds in protein mole- 

 cule, 801 

 Pyrrolidin-carboxylic acid, 801, 1025 



QUADRANT hemianopia, 211 

 Quotient, respiratory, 714 



REACTION of degeneration, 93 



time, 111 



Reactions, biological, 425 

 for proteins, 1027 

 Gmelin's, 820 

 of blood, 416 



of contents of small intestine, 813 

 of urine, 849 

 Pettenkofer's, 822 



Recessive characteristics in inherit- 

 ance, 1013 



Reciprocal inneryation, 148 

 Recurrent sensibility of anterior roots, 



82 



Red blood-corpuscles, chemical com- 

 position of, 449 



condition of hemoglobin in, 421 

 effect of hemorrhage upon, 439 

 hemolysis of, 422 

 number and size of, 421 

 origin and fate of, 438 

 variations in number of, 440 

 fibers in muscles, 19, 26 

 Reduced hemoglobin, 429 



schematic eye, 310 

 Reflex actions, axon reflexes, 151 

 classification of, 142 

 conditioned, 190 

 definition and historical, 140 

 deep, 160 



unconditioned, 190 

 extensor thrust, 158 

 from parts of brain, 149 

 influence of condition of cord on, 



149 



of sensory endings upon, 145 

 inhibition of, 147 



of heart, 590 

 knee-jerk, 155 

 myenteric, 732 



of erection and ejaculation, 1008 

 of respiratory center, 694, 698 

 of vasomotor nerves, 615 

 preparation of reflex frog, 142 

 reflex arc, 141 

 respiratory, from nose, larynx, 



and pharynx, 699 

 special and deep reflexes of cord, 



160 



spinal reflexes, 142 

 theory of, 144 



through peripheral ganglia, 150 

 vasodilator nerves, 622 



