INDEX TO VOLUME I 
Bursa patellae: chronic inflammation caused by 
introduction of drainage tube into sac, 405. 
influence of nervous system in production of in- 
flammationin, 406. 
inflammation of, kept up by tension of fluid, 406, 
408. 
Butyric fermentation. See Fermentation. 
Cadge: reduction of mortality after lithotomy 
following introduction of chloroform, 148 
(footnote). 
Capillaries: transudation of fluid from, in inflam- 
mation, 133. 
circulation in, 219. 
Capillaries of dermis: effects of irritants on, 260. 
Capillary system: agencies in, counteracting 
tendency to clotting, 199. 
Carbolic acid : efficacy of strong watery solution of, 
in destroying organisms, 278, 286 (footnote), 311. 
Carbonic acid: effect of, in producing inflamma- 
tory congestion of tissues, 257. 
congestion of lungs caused by, 271. 
Carbonic acid gas: and lactic acid fermentation, 382. 
Carbuncle: report of case in Syme’s practice 
(1854), 206. 
treatment of, 207. 
essentially a disease of true skin, 207. 
Cardiac movements: effects of irritation of vagus 
on, 92, 93+ 
See also Heart. 
Cat: contraction of pupil in, from exposure of iris 
to light after death, 8. 
Catalytic fermentation. See Fermentation. 
Cattle: production of immunity against anthrax 
in, 392. 
Cautery, actual: use of, in joint disease, 404. 
Cells, muscular fibre, 3, 15. 
Centre in cerebro-spinal axis for regulating con- 
tractions of arteries of frog’s foot, 32. 
Cerebral hemispheres: seem to play no part in 
regulating arterial contractions in feet, 44. 
Cerebro-spinal axis: nervous centre in, for regu- 
lating contraction of arteries in frog’s foot, 32, 36. 
regulates functions of cutaneous pigment cells 
in frog, 62. 
Cerebro-spinal centre: effect of irritation of, on 
arteries of frog’s foot, 31. 
effects of chloroform on, 136. 
Cervical vertebrae, upper: pain in, 
actual cautery, 404. 
Chameleon, changes in tint due to heat rays, 61 
(footnote). 
Chauveau : immunity against anthrax produced in 
ewes by inoculation transmitted to lambs, 398. 
Cheyne, Watson: fatal case of chloroform adminis- 
tration, 161. 
examination of serum from milk abscess, 407. 
micrococci an accident in acute abscesses, 408. 
no micro-organisms in healthy tissues, 408. 
lowering of system in rabbits by administration 
of phosphorus enables micrococci to enter, 408. 
inflammation producing serious febrile disturb- 
ance enables micrococci to develop in pus of 
abscess, 409. 
Chill: inflammation due_ to, 
nervous system, 405. 
inflammation of breast produced by, during 
lactation, 407. 
Chloric ether. See Chloroform. 
cured by 
caused through 
415 
Chloroform: impairs function of spinal cord in 
regulation of calibre of vessels, 224 (footnote). 
locally applied, produces stagnation of blood, 226. 
formation of rouleaux caused by application of, 
to shed blood, 215. 
increased adhesiveness of red blood corpuscles 
in body caused by local application of, 229. 
effect of local application of, on pigment cells in 
web of frog’s foot, 255. 
effect of, on cilia, 261. 
Chloroform administration : 
in, 143. 
obstruction of breathing in, 143. 
danger signals in, 143. 
necessity of attention to breathing rather than 
to pulse, 146. 
safest in horizontal position, 147, 150. 
preliminary examination of chest unnecessary 
before, 147. ; 
preparation for, 148, 171; 
longed fasting, 171. 
sickness after, 148. 
summary of rules for, 149 
mode of, in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 149. 
no special skill required, 149. 
entrusted to ‘clerks’ in Edinburgh Royal In- 
firmary, 149. 
necessity of watchfulness some time after dis- 
continuance, I5I. 
Chloroform as an anaesthetic: mechanism of its 
effects, 136. 
prevention of shock, 136. 
Chloroform (1861): Morton’s first experiment on 
himself with, 135. 
used in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital by Lawrence 
in summer of 1847, 1306. 
Simpson’s use of, 136. 
suggested as an anaesthetic to Simpson by 
Waldie, 136. 
effects of, 136. 
prevention of shock by, 136. 
not inflammable, and therefore better than ether 
in operations by artificial light, 136 (footnote). 
effect of, on pulse, 137. 
prevention of faintness during operations, 137. 
lessens chance of secondary haemorrhage, 137. 
mental tranquillity induced in patient by pros- 
pects of immunity from suffering, 137. 
still (1861) not used in many parts of Europe, 
and even of United Kingdom, 137. 
fatal cases from use of, 137. 
given about 5,000 times by Syme without a 
death, 137. 
extensively used by J. Y. Simpson without 
accident, 137. 
heart disease supposed to be a common cause of 
death under, 137. 
death from imperfect administration, 138; stop- 
page of pulse in incomplete administration of 
(Bickersteth in footnote), 138. 
death during operation in first case in which it 
was intended to use it in Edinburgh Royal 
Infirmary, 138. 
its safety in diseased heart, 1309. 
regulation of percentage in inspired air, 140. 
Snow, John, his inhaler, 140; his statistics of 
deaths under, during ten years, 142. 
administration of, with folded cloth in Edin- 
burgh, 140. 
stertorous breathing 
collapse after pro- 
