INDEX. 



821 



pACINIAN bodies, 407 

 JT Pain, sensations of, 597 

 Palate, formation of, 783 

 Palmitine, 70 

 Pancreas, 172 

 Pancreatic juice, 171 



mode of obtaining, 172 



composition of, 173 



action of, on starch and fat, 175 



on albuminous matters, 177 



daily quantity of, 179 

 Pancreatiue, 89 



in pancreatic juice, 174 

 Paralysis, muscular, 422 



nervous, 423 



after division of anterior spinal nerve 

 root, 447 



direct, after lateral injury of spinal 

 cord, 455 



crossed, after lateral injury of brain, 

 455 



various forms of, 457 



facial, 543 



glosso-labio-laryngeal, 510 



of motor nerves, by woorara, 422 



of voluntary motion and sensation by 

 destruction of tuber annulare, 502 



of larynx, pharynx, and oesophagus, 

 by division of the pneumogastric 

 nerves, 564, 566 



of muscular coat of stomach, 569 



of the external muscles of the eye- 

 ball, 523 



of levator palpebrse superioris, 523 



of the muscles of mastication, 533 



of the sphincter ani, 468 



of the urinary bladder, 470 

 Paraplegia, 457 



reflex action of the spinal cord in, 



463 



Parasites, internal, 672 

 Parotid saliva, 143, 144 . 

 Parturition, 765 

 Par vagum, see Pneumogastric Nerve, 



557 



Patheticus nerve, 524 

 Pelvis, development of, 596 

 Pepsine, 59 



in gastric juice, 158 

 Pepsine cells, 155 

 Peptic glands, 155 

 Perception, of sensations, 483, 501 

 Perilymph, 655 

 Periodical ovulation, 703, 710 

 Peristaltic action, of stomach, 166 



of intestine, 191 



of oviduct, 688, 689 



Personal error, in the observation of phe- 

 nomena, 431 

 Perspiration, 316 



function of, in regulating tempera- 

 ture, 317 



Petrosal ganglion, 553 

 Petrosal nerve, 548, 549 

 Pettenkofer's test for bile, 212 

 Peyer's patches, 190 

 Pharynx, action of, in swallowing, 555 

 Phenomena, vital, 29 

 Phonation, 509 



Phosphate, amrnonio-mapnesian, in de- 

 composing urine, 395 



lime, 44 



Phosphates, alkaline, 49, 51, 383 



earthy, 46,. 47, 260, 383, 390, 395 

 Phosphorized fat, 102 

 Phosphorus, not a proximate principle, 

 35 



a constituent of lecithine, 103 



oxidation of, in the body, 51, 103 

 Physiology, definition of, 25 



method of study of, 26, 31 

 Placenta, 755 



formation of, 757 



foetal tufts of, 758 



maternal sinuses of, 759 



injection of, from uterine bloodves- 

 sels, 760 



function of, 761 



separation of, in delivery, 765 

 Placental circulation, 793 

 Plasma, of the blood, 243, 257 

 Plasmine, 264 

 Plates, dorsal, 724 



abdominal, 725 



Plexus, capillary, 152, 189, 190, 194, 202, 

 274, 346 



peripheral, of nerves, 406 



laryngeal, 558 



cesophageal, 559 



pulmonary, 559 



solar, 585 

 Pneumogastric nerve, 557 



physiological properties of, 559 



connection of, with respiration, 560 



with phonatiou, 565 



with deglutition, 566 



with the stomach and digestion, 568 



influence of, on the heart, 569 

 Point of distinct vision, 629 

 Point of fixation, in vision with both eyes, 



638 



Polarity, of nerve fibres in action, 424 

 Polarized light, rotation of, by organic 



fluids, 59 



Pons Varolii, 439, 500 

 Portal blood, temperature of, 308 

 Portal vein, distribution of, in the liver, 

 201, 202 



evelopment of, 800 

 Posterior columns of the spinal cord, 435, 



445, 449, 453, 465 

 Potassium chloride, 49, 384 

 Potassium sulphate, 52, 53, 384 

 Potassium urate, 382 

 Presbyopic eye, 635 

 Pressure, arterial, 338 

 Primitive trace, 724 

 Primitive vertebrae, 735, 772 

 Protagon, 102 



Proteus anguinus, blood-globules of, 252 

 Proximate principles, 33 



definition of, 35 



mode of extraction of, 36 



varying proportion of, 37 



classification of, 38 

 Ptyaline, 89, 141, 142 

 Puberty, signs of, 704 

 Pulsation, of heart, 322 



of arteries, 330 

 Pulse, arterial, 330 



dicrotic, 335 

 Pupil, action of, 400, 518, 524, 611, 634, 



588 

 Pupillary membrane, 772 



