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PREFACE, v. 
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, vi. 
CHRONOLOGICAL NOTE, x. 
INTRODUCTION, xi-xliv. 
Abscess: inflammation in, kept up by tension ot | 
fluid, 408. 
Abscess, psoas: discharge from, altered by fermen- 
tative organism, 3006. 
Abscesses, acute: micrococci in (Ogston), 407. 
presence of micrococci an accident in, 408. 
Abscesses, chronic : no micrococci in(Ogston), 407. 
connected with strumous caries of vertebrae, 
heal by rest and antiseptic cure, 409. 
Acari: as carriers of Penicillium glaucum into 
covered glasses (Godlee, footnote), 354. 
Acetic acid: action of, on involuntary muscular 
THISSUG, I. 21. 
Acid, acetic. See Acetic. 
Aggregation of blood corpuscles in mammalia, 212 ; 
in frog, 213. 
not a vital process, 213. 
Air: exposure to, has no effect on coagulation of 
blood, 79, 80 (footnote). 
and growth of bacteria, 277. 
Albuminous fluid may be affected with fermenta- 
tive changes without smell, 306. 
Alcoholic fermentation. See Fermentation. 
Ammonia theory of blood coagulation: (B. W. 
Richardson’s theory), 70, 71, 72, 73, 82, 105, 
TOO; 108, ITI; 116, 132, 241. 
does not explain influence of temperature, 108. 
fallaciousness of, 108, 132. 
Anaesthesia, general (continued): 
produced by nitrous oxide followed up by ether, 
174. 
Anaesthesia, local: produced by freezing mixture 
(James Arnott), 155. 
by ether spray (B. W. Richardson), 155. 
Anaesthesia, partial: danger of (Kirk), 166. 
Anaesthetic: danger of fitful administration of 
different atmospheres, 165. 
| ANAESTHETICS (from Holmes’s System of Surgery. 
Third edition, 1883). PartI (written 1861), 135. 
| ANAESTHETICS. Part II (written 1870), 149. 
ANAESTHETICS. Part III (written 1882), 155. 
Anaesthetics: historical sketch, 135. 
H. Davy’s suggestion as to nitrous oxide gas, 135. 
use of nitrous oxide gas by H. Wells, 135. 
Morton’s introduction of ether, 135. 
Simpson’s introduction of chloroform, 136. 
Anasarcous liquid: coagulation of after emission, 
132. 
Aneurysm: coagulation of blood in, 72. 
causes of coagulation of blood in, 78. 
Aneurysm, traumatic: coagulation in wounded 
artery, 197. 
deposition of fibrine in sac, 197. 
' Aneurysm, varicose: no deposition of fibrine in 197. 
not proved by effect of vacuum in its promotion, | 
110. 
author’s experiments, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 
I2%s 
and effects of temperature (Richardson), 116. 
Amygdalin: action of emulsion on, 339. 
Amy] nitrite: in collapse under chloroform, 174. 
‘Anaemia of brain’ produced by unwonted eleva- 
tion of head, 173. 
Anaesthesia, discovery of, 135. 
Anaesthesia, general: by nitrous oxide gas, 135. 
by sulphuric ether, 135; Morton’s first exhibi- 
tion of method, 135. 
by chloroform, 136. 
LESt Ol, 142: 
cold water to face removes laryngeal obstruction | 
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idiosyncrasy as cause of death in, 152. 
discovery of, confused with that of chloroform, 
53. 
risks of vomiting under, 166. 
“zones” of (P. Bert), 170. 
LISTER I 
Anthrax: vaccination against, 392; (Burdon San- 
derson), 392; (Greenfield), 393; (Toussaint), 393. 
Antiseptic atmosphere: and treatment of wounds, 
277s 
Antiseptic treatment of wounds: based on Pas- 
teur’s germ theory, 276, 277. 
results of, 400. 
Apparatus for inoculation of boiled milk with 
water, 364 (and footnote). 
Apparatus, local: coordinating circulation in frog’s 
limb, 40, 41. 
Aqueous humour: makes dropsical effusion coagu- 
late (Schmidt), 131. 
Areola mammae: arrangement of muscular tissue 
in, TO; 
Arnott, James: freezing by mixture of ice and 
salt as local anaesthetic, 155. 
‘ Arrectores pili’, 10, 16. 
Arterial constriction: produced by position of limb, 
177, 178. ; ; a 
Arterial pressure: effect of respiration not greater 
than that of heart, 187. 
Arterial relaxation: caused by constricting band- 
age, 183. 
ARTERIES: Parts OF NERVOUS SYSTEM REGU- 
LATING CONTRACTIONS OF, 27. 
Arteries: dilatation of, after section of nerves 
from one side of spinal cord, 30; recovery of 
contractility of, after section of sciatic nerve, 
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