428 
Syme (continued): 
his teaching that attention should be devoted 
exclusively to breathing in chloroform ad- 
ministration, 147. 
never had a death under chloroform, 149. 
exostosis of humerus removed by, 201. 
case of carbuncle, 206. 
treatment of carbuncle, 207. . 
use of cautery in joint disease, 404. 
Sympathetic nerve: in neck, effects of division of, 
on blood-vessels of ear and side of face, 27. 
effects of galvanism after cutting or tying, 27. 
presides over contraction of vessels of face, 27. 
Sympathetic nerve: Claude Bernard on effect of 
division on blood-vessels of ear and face, 27. 
Sympathetic nerve: Brown-Séquard on elevation 
of local temperature after section of, 27. See 
also Nerve. 
Sympathy, nervous: 
related parts, 401. 
law of, 402. 
Syncope: slight risk of, in chloroform administra- 
tion, 147. 
and position, 172. 
Synovial bursa of patella. 
causing inflammation in 
See Bursa patellae. 
Tait, Lawson: death from failure of heart during 
administration of ether, 158. 
Temperature, and blood coagulation, 106, 108. 
experiments on this point on sheep, 106; on 
horse, 107. 
effect of, 116. ; 
relation of, to ammonia theory (Richardson), 116. 
experiments on, 116, I17, 118. 
Testicles: relief of pain in, given by sitting down 
and putting up feet, 188. 
Thackrah: action of living vessels due to nervous 
influence on coagulation of blood, 111. 
Thomson, Professor: cause of crystallization of 
supersaturated solution of sulphate of soda, 
196. 
Throat, sore : 
; 403. 
Tissues: persistent vitality of, illustrated by liga- 
ture of brachial artery, 85. 
effects of irritants on, 246. 
relation of, to coagulation of blood, 242. 
functional activity of, impaired by galvanism, 
248. 
inherent power of recovery from irritation, 257. 
temporarily deprived of power by irritants, 
nature of change in, 267. 
difference in facility with which they are affected 
by irritants, 268. 
Tissues, healthy: continuance of vitality in, after 
withdrawal from centres of circulation and 
innervation, 86. 
Tissues, living: properties of, with reference to 
blood, 132. 
Tongue, ‘ falling back’ of, does not cause obstruc- 
tion of breathing, 144. 
longue, traction of: in chloroform asphyxia, 144, 
150. 
makes stertorous breathing impossible, 144. 
causes retirement of mucous membrane in con- 
_ tact with epiglottis, 145. 
in obstructed breathing acts not mechanically 
but through nervous system, 146. 
case illustrating its value, 150. 
pain of, eased by mustard poultices, 
INDEX TO VOLUME I 
Torula cerevisiae : 275, 339, 377- 
much larger than Bactertum lactis, 382. 
See also Yeast plant. 
Torula ovalis: growth of, in urine, 285, 287. 
developed from filamentous fungus, 290. 
Torulae: natural history of, 275. 
forms scum on surface of urine, 282. 
in atmospheric dust, 283. 
Toussaint: micro-organism causing fowl cholera, 
390. 
researches on Bacillus anthracis, 392. 
inoculation of calf against splenic fever, 392. 
experiments on production of immunity against 
anthrax, 393. 
vaccination against anthrax, 398. 
Toxicological inquiry: service of pigmentary 
system in, 606. 
Transfusion of blood: does not cause coagulation, 
198. 
Tree frog. See Frog. 
Turner, William, and author: 
structure of nerve fibres, 99. 
Turnip infusion: for experiments with organisms, 
316; preparation of, 316. 
growth of bacteria in, 322. 
observations on 
‘Ulceration of cartilage’: between upper cervical 
vertebrae cured by application of actual 
cautery, 404. 
Uraemic poisoning : 
flammation of kidneys 
system, 401. 
Urari: effect of, on pigment cells in frog’s skin, 66. 
Urethra: irritation of, leading to disturbance of 
kidney, 401. 
rigor on passage of urine through, after litho- 
tomy, 401. 
Urethra, healthy: bacteria cannot grow in mucus 
of, 275% 
Urethral mucous membrane: when healthy, free 
from septic organisms, 309. 
Urine: expulsion of, in lower animals from fear, 
death from, caused by in- 
through nervous 
97- 
growth of organisms in, 277. 
unboiled, more favourable nidus than boiled for 
growth of organisms, 281; method of obtain- 
ing it uncontaminated with organisms, 357. 
protected from air, no growth of organisms in, 
283. 
growth of oidium in, 294. 
used for experiments with organisms, 317. 
different modes of growth of bacteria in, 326. 
spirilliform organism in, 326. 
modifications of organisms in, 328; and in 
Pasteur’s solution, 328. 
vesical mucus the special ferment of, 358. 
Bacterium lactis become smaller in, 384 (footnote). 
suppression of, caused by urethral irritation, 401. 
Urine: Gvanuligera causes of putrefaction in, 282. 
Uterus: contractions of, promoted by mechanical 
irritation of cord, 96. 
arrested by powerful galvanization of spine 
(Spiegelberg), 96. 
Uterus, relaxed: contraction of, produced by 
application of cold towel to hypogastrium 
and vulva, 401. 
‘ Vaccination’ against fowl cholera, 392. 
against anthrax, 392, 393. 
