426 
Pupil (continued) : 
contraction of, in cat or rabbit, from exposure of 
iris to light after death, 8. 
Purification of liquid from organisms by heat, 358. 
Pustule, malignant: Bacillus anthracis the virus 
of, 384. 
Putrefaction: germ theory of, 275. 
bacteria causes of, 277. 
not caused by oxygen, 283. : 
of blood, and bacteria, 338. 
of fermentation, 380. 
toxic infection with products of, and bacteria, 
Koch’s researches on, 388. 
distinct from pyaemia, 389. 
Putrefaction of milk, 341. 
Putrefactive fermentation: of blood, 337. 
not caused by oxygen of air, 337. 
Pyaemia: risk of, not increased by chloroform, 
" 148 (footnote). 
distinct from septicaemia and toxic effects of 
septic products, 389. 
Rabbit: contraction of pupil in, from exposure of 
iris to light after death, 8. 
muscular fibres in stomach of, 23 
experiments on movements of intestine in, 88. 
Rana temporaria, cutaneous pigmentary system of, 
49. 
Rayer: described bacterium of splenic fever, 387 
(footnote). 
Reaction of tissues after irritation, 268. 
Redness, intense : 
early stages of inflammation, 270. 
RELATIONS OF MINUTE ORGANISMS TO 
INFLAMMATION. ADDRESS ON (1881), 
399. 
Resolution, phenomena of, 258. 
Respiration under chloroform, 143, 144. 
restoration of, by pulling forward the tongue 
with artery forceps, 144. 
necessity of attention to, in chloroform adminis- | 
tration, 146. 
obstruction of, the chief danger in chloroform 
administration, 147. 
treatment of obstruction of, 148. 
experiments as to amount of air inspired per 
minute, 169. 
effect of, on arterial pressure, 187. 
See also Breathing. 
Respiration, artificial: in paralysis of respiratory 
nervous centres in chloroform administration, 
148. 
Sylvester’s method, 
Rest : 
L7 3 
has no influence on coagulation of blood, 
cz 
Retching: closure of larynx in, 146 (footnote). 
Richardson, Benjamin Ward : ‘his ammonia theory 
of coagulation of the blood, 70, 71, 72, 73, 82, 
105, 106, 1O9;, 001, T1G,9132.24 1 
reference to Scudamore’s researches on effects of 
injury to vessels and coagulation of blood, 77 
(footnote). 
his description of bubble of air within vessel before 
coagulation, 83; this, in author’s view, not 
connected with coagulation, but due to sub- 
sidence of red corpuscles, 83. 
his explanation of non- coagulability of blood 
shed from vessels below 40° Fahr., 106; and 
of rapid coagulation at high temperatures, 106. 
a post-mortem appearance in 
INDEX TO VOLUME I 
Richardson, Benjamin Ward (continued): 
effect of vacuum in promoting coagulation of 
blood, 115. 
ether spray as local anaesthetic, 155. 
hand bellows in chloroform inhalation, 166. 
Rigor: on passage of urine through urethra 
after lithotomy, 4o1. 
Roberts, W. (Manchester): sputtering of milk when 
heated for experiment, 312. 
Rouleaux: cause of arrangement of red cor- 
puscles in blood, 212. 
Sanderson, J. Burdon: and author’s method of 
recording blood pressure, 181. 
his experiments on bacteria, 276, 277; their rela- 
tion to antiseptic treatment, 277. 
fermentative agency in water consists of insoluble 
particles, 365. 
vaccination against anthrax, 392. 
‘Sarcous elements’ in muscle (G. V. Ellis), 17. 
Scalp: muscles of, 10. 
Schiff : on dilatation of small vessels in bat’s wing 
after destruction of cord in lower cervical and 
upper dorsal regions, 28. 
his observation that healthy action of heart is 
increased by gentle stimulation of vagus, 97. 
Schmidt, Alexander: new view on coagulation of 
blood, 189, 194; confirmed by author, 190. 
fibrinoplastic substance, 199. 
Schmidt (of Dorpat): observations on coagula- 
bility of dropsical effusions on addition of 
blood corpuscles, 130. 
extraction of soluble material from red corpus- 
cles, 130. 
author’s verification of his statement that a given 
amount of corpuscles causes coagulation of 
only limited quantity of hydrocele fluid, 131 
(footnote). 
composition of fibrin, 131. 
Schuler, Fr.: experiments on aggregation of red 
blood corpuscles caused by application of 
salt solution, 227 (footnote). 
stasis induced by application of irritants in 
amputated limb, 234. 
Schizomycetous bacteria, 326. 
Schwann: white substance of, in cord and nerves, 
100; description of, by Stilling, 102. 
Sciatic nerve. See Nerve. 
Scudamore, Charles: investigations on injury of 
vessels and coagulation of blood, 77. 
his opinion that coagulation of blood is promoted 
by escape of carbonic acid gas, I10, III. 
effect of vacuum in promoting coagulation, 115. 
“Separation tube,’ description of, 371. 
Septicaemia: Koch’s researches on, 388. 
caused by bacteria, 388. 
distinct from pyaemia, 389. 
different from chemically toxic effect of septic 
products, 389. 
Serous membranes: like lining membranes of 
vessels in relation to blood, 132. 
Serum, blood: does not coagulate per se under 
influence of solid matter, 129. 
indistinguishable from dropsical effusions or 
hydrocele fluid, 130. 
Sharpey, W.: letter to, entitled ‘ Preliminary 
Account of an Inquiry into the Functions of 
Visceral Nerves, with special | reference to the 
so-called ‘ Inhibitory System ’, 87. 
