INDEX TO VOLUME I 
Vacuum: efiect of, in promoting coagulation of 
blood (Scudamore), 115; (Richardson), 115 ; 
experiments on, 115; no proof of ammonia 
theory, 110. 
Vagus: division of, in heart, said to cause increased 
action of heart in mammals (Pfluger), 93; 
this not confirmed by author’s observations, 
DOr ok : ; ; 
gentle stimulation of, increases heart’s action 
(Schiff), 97. 
Valentin: his observations that mechanical or 
chemical irritation of vagus in neck soon 
after death causes contraction of ventricles 
of heart, 95. 
Vaso-motor apparatus: in limbs stimulated by 
artificial bloodlessness, 183. 
and effect of position on circulation, 188. 
Vaso-motor nerves. See Nerves. 
Vein: effect of lesion of, on coagulation of blood, 
Ts 
Vein, ee uncertainty of duration of vital 
properties of, 122. 
Veins, contractility of: slight, in frog, 222. 
examples of, in higher animals, 222 (footnote). 
Veins, varicose: do not impede return of blood 
to heart, 187. 
Vertebrae: inflammation of upper cervical, caused 
by actual cautery, 404. 
Vesical mucus: the special ferment of urine, 
358. 
Vi esication : process of, described by John Hunter, 
269. 
resulting from continued pressure, 271. 
Vessels : influence of, on contained blood, 76, 79. 
coagulation of blood induced by introduction of 
solid matter into, 106. 
Vibrissae : absence of unstriped muscle in, 14. 
Virchow : his observation that on introduction of 
mercury into heart blood coagulates only 
around globules of metal, 108. 
Virulence of organism modified by special method 
of culture, 392. 
Virus: no special, in hospital gangrene, 333. 
Virus of fowl cholera: Pasteur’s method of 
‘attenuation ’ of, 396. 
Viscera, hollow: influence of spinal system on, 97. 
Visceral nerves. See Nerves. 
Viscous fermentation, in milk: 
bacteria, 321. 
‘Vital properties: ’ explanation of term, IIo. 
lost sooner by heart and large vessels than by 
smaller, 124. 
Vital theory of blood coagulation, 121 ; 
ment demonstrating, 121. 
Vitality of blood-vessels: its relation to coagula- 
tion, 193. 
Vitality of coats of blood-vessels and coagulability 
of blood, 77. 
Vitality of tissues. See Tissues. 
Volkmann, A. W.: experiments on effects of 
injections of water into arteries removed from 
body, 179 (footnote). 
Vomiting: closure of larynx in, 146 (footnote). 
produced by 
experi- 
429 
Vomiting under anaesthesia : comparison between 
chloroform and ether inthis respect, 154, 166 ; 
risks of, 166. 
Waldie: his suggestion of chloroform 
anaesthetic to Simpson, 136. 
Waller, Augustus: effects of galvanizing sympa- 
thetic nerve in neck above point of cutting or 
tying, 27. 
Waller and Budge: regulation of blood-vessels of 
face by spinal cord, 27. 
Warren, J. Mason: advantages of sulphuric ether 
as an anaesthetic, 153. 
Water: scarcity of lactic ferment in, 364. 
fermentative agency in, consists of insoluble 
particles (Burdon Sanderson), 365. 
bacteria in, 383. 
Weber, Edward: reference to his experiment of 
stopping heart’s action by stimulating vagus, 
87 
induction of inhibitory action on heart by 
galvanization of posterior part of brain, 93. 
Weber, H. (of Giessen): stasis caused by application 
of irritants to frog’s foot after ligature of thigh 
234 (footnote). 
Weber (of Leipzig): effects of heat or cold on 
cilia, 264 (footnote). 
Wells, Horace: his use of nitrous oxide gas as an 
anaesthetic, 135. 
‘White swelling’ of knee: treated by antiseptic 
incision and gouging, 410. 
Williams, C. J. B.: adhesion of white corpuscles 
to walls of vessels in irritated part, 237. 
Wittich, von: observations on the variations in 
colour of the skin of the frog, 48. 
Wohler: action of emulsion on amygdalen, 330. 
Woolsorter’s disease : caused by Bacillus anthracis, 
388. 
Wounds: putrefactive fermentation in, 3 
relations of micro-organisms to diseas 
cesses in, 399. 
healing of, without suppuration, 400. 
Wounds, contused : plugging of divided vessels by 
coagulation in, 78. 
Wrist: excision of, 176, 409. 
strumous disease of, treated by free antiseptic 
incision, 409. 
as an 
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Yeast plant: 275. 
alcoholic fermentation of grape sugar due to, 330. 
Pasteur’s view of origin of, in juice of grape, 336. 
fermentation caused in Pasteur’s solution by, 
330. 
development of, in saccharine solution (Pasteur), 
350. 
and alcoholic fermentation, 377. 
its action on sugar, 377. 
catalytic action of, in sugar (Liebig in /ootnoie), 
380; (Pasteur in footnote), 381. 
Zone maniable in anaesthesia (Paul Bert), 170. 
Zones of anaesthesia (Paul Bert), 161, 170; their 
existence not confirmed by author, 164. 
Zymotic diseases, 335. 
