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INDEX 



Auditory striae, 217 

 Augmentor fibers of heart, 107 

 Auricular systole, duration of, 97 

 Autolysis, 147 



Autonomous equilibrium, 21 

 Axon, 185 



BABINSKI'S sign, 195 

 Bacterial decomposition in intes- 

 tines, 65 



Banting diet, 149 

 Basophiles, 71 

 Bile acids, 63 



composition of, 63 



relation to fat absorption, 64 

 Bilirubin, 63 

 Biliverdin, 63 

 Binocular vision, 237 

 Biogen, 21 

 Bioplasm, 21 

 Blind spot, 233 

 Blood, biological reactions of, 88 



circulation of, 94 



coagulation of, 84 



composition of, 77 



corpuscles, 78 



distribution of, in body, 86 



functions of, 76 



gases, 128 



tension of, 130 



globulicidal action of, 98 



plasma, 82 



plates, 82 



pressure, 110 

 aortic, 100 

 capillary, 111 



effect of respiration on, 132 

 mean, 111 



methods of measuring, 111 

 origin of, 111 

 on renal secretion, 48 



proteins, 141 



reaction of, 77 



regeneration of, 86 



quantity of, in body, 76 



serum, 84 



stains, 80 



transfusion of, 88 



vessels, chemical regulation of, 118 

 Body equilibrium, 153 



sense area, 215 

 Bolometer, 189 

 Bones as levers, 174 

 Bordet's theory, 89 



Brain, afferent paths to, 199 

 efferent paths from, 200 

 growth of, 222 

 relative weight of, 222 

 supply of blood of, 223 

 weight, decrease of, with age, 221 

 method of determination of, 220 

 relation to social environment, 



221 



Broca's area, 219 

 Bronchial musculature, 135 

 Brondgeest's experiment, 201 

 Buffy coat, 184 



CACHEXIA strumipriva, 42 

 Caffeine, action of, on kidney, 51 

 Calcium salts, relation of, to blood 



clotting, 85 

 Calorie, 139 

 Calorimeter, 140 

 Calorimetric equivalent, 159 

 Calorimetry, direct and indirect, 140, 



159 



Capsules, suprarenal, 43 

 Carbohydrate metabolism, 144 

 Carbohydrates, absorption of, in in- 

 testines, 73 



chemistry of, 55 



combustion equivalent of, 140 



digestion of, 66 



Carbomonoxide hemoglobin, 79 

 Carbon equilibrium, 151 

 Cardiac cycle, analysis of, 95, 97, 98 

 duration of, 97 



nerves, 106 



Cardio-inhibitory centre, 108 

 Cardiopneumatic movements, 128 

 Catalysis, 57 

 Cell, definition of, 20 



growth of, 23 

 Cells of brain, 222 

 Centre, augmentor, of heart, 108 



cardio-inhibitory, 108 



defecation, 171 



definition of, 208 



deglutition, 166 



in medulla, 208 



micturition, 172 



speech, 219 



sweat, 40 



thermogenic, 162 



vasomotor, 116 



vomiting, 168 

 Cerebellum, connections of, 210 



