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INDEX. 



Abdomen, movements during respira- 

 tion, 649 

 Abdominal muscles, their work in 



laboured expiration, 577 

 ,, walls, contraction in act of 



vomiting, 486, 487 

 ,, ,, effects of contraction on 



defae cation, 489, 490 

 Absorption by the skin, 731 



,, mechanism of, in alimentary 



canal, 544-553 



,, of gases by liquids dependent 



on partial pressure of the 

 former, 587 

 Accessory suprarenal bodies, 800 



thyroid bodies, 797 

 Acetone present in cases of diabetes, 



769 



Achroodextrine, 383 

 Acid, dilute, action on proteids con- 

 trasted with that of gastric 

 juice, 392 

 ,, ,, action on starch contrasted 



with that of saliva, 384 

 ,, free hydrochloric, in gastric juice, 



389, 442 



,, lactic, formed from sugar, 503 

 of bile, formation of, 782-784 

 ,, reaction of gastric juice, 389 

 Acid-albumin, conversion of egg- and 



serum-albumin into, 392 

 Acidity of contents of large intestine, 



504 

 ,, of stomach increasing during 



digestion, 486, 497 

 ,, of urine, 685 

 Active phase of mucous cell, 412 

 Addison's disease, resulting from that 



of suprarenal bodies, 803 

 Adenoid tissue, 402 



,, ,, constituting solitary fol- 



licles, 516 

 ,, ,, in small intestine, 468 



in spleen, 774 



,, ,, seat of interaction be- 



tween blood and lymph, 

 521 



Adhesion, normal state of parietal and 



pulmonary pleura, 565 

 Adipose tissue, 805-812 



,, loss during starvation, 825 

 ,, ,, not regarded as a source of 



heat, 846 



,, ,, store of fat in, in hiber- 

 nating animal, 859 

 Aeration, deficient, effects produced in 



blood by, 632 

 Aerotonometer, construction and use of, 



604, 605 

 Afferent lymphatic vessels, 520 



,, nervous impulses, their effects 

 on respiratory centre, 618- 

 629 

 Agminated glands or follicles, 475, 515, 



517 

 Ague-cake, permanent hypertrophy of 



spleen, 776 



Air, aqueous vapour and gases in, 579- 

 581 



,, breathed, effects of changes in com- 

 position and pressure of, 638-644 

 ,, changes of, in respiration, 579-581 

 complemental, residual, and sup- 

 plemental, in lungs, 564 

 ,, expired, temperature of, 579 

 ,, stationary and tidal, in lungs, 564 

 Air-calorimeter, used for determining 



animal expenditure of heat, 841 

 Air-column, apparatus for tracing move- 

 ments in respiration, 569 

 Air-pressure, negative, 563, 564 

 Air-supply, necessary amount for vita- 

 lity, 581 

 Albumin, abnormally present in urine, 



685, 701 

 ,, coagulated, action of gastric 



juice on, 391 

 Albuminous glands, 413 



,, ,, changes produced dur- 



ing activity, 431 

 Albumose, formed from proteids by 



gastric juice, 394 



Alcohol in diet, its influence on dis- 

 tribution of energy, 877 



