888 



INDEX. 



Alimentary canal, absorption from, 539- 



553 

 ,, ,, changes undergone by 



food in, 496-506 



,, movements of, 478-495 



,, plan of structure of 



hypoblastic portion, 

 401 



,, ,, relations of kidney to 



water absorbed by, 

 706 



Alkali-albumin in spleen, 779 

 Alkaline reaction of bile, 446, 448 



,, ,, of pancreatic juice, 450 



, , , , of succus entericus, 455 



Alkalinity of urine, how produced, 685 

 Altitudes, high, their effect on vascular 



system and respiration, 642, 643 

 Alveolar passages in lung of mammal, 



557 

 Alveoli of glands, 404, 410, 415 



,, of lobules of mammary gland, 



813, 814 



,, of lobules of mammary gland, 

 loaded and discharged phases 

 of, 814 



,, of lung tissue, 555, 556, 557 

 ,, of lymphatic glands, 518 

 ,, of thyroid body, apparent de- 

 generation of epithelium in, 

 797 



,, of thyroid body, colloid sub- 

 stance in, 797 



Alvergniat's mercurial gas-pump, de- 

 scribed and figured, 584, 585 

 Ammonia, compounds of, in urine, 682 

 in body, synthetic 



change into urea, 791 

 ,, in expired air, 581 

 Ammonium carbamate, the immediate 



antecedent of urea, 792 

 Amphibia, double vascular supply to 



kidney in, 697 

 Amylolytic action, none in gastric juice, 



389 



,, ,, of saliva, 385 



Anabolic changes in tissue, 861 



,, ,, provoked by nervous 



impulses, 868, 889 



Anaemic convulsions, how caused, 639 

 Anaesthetics, their effect in asphyxia, 



640 



Animal heat, 844-860 

 Antipeptone, 453 



Antiseptic qualities of bile, 449, 503 

 Antrum pylori, muscular coats in, 405 

 Apnoea, how produced, 635 

 Aqueous infusion of salivary glands, 



activity of, 387 

 Arrector pili muscle, 727 

 Arsenic, administration of, hindering 



accumulation of glycogen, 769 

 Arteriae rectse in kidney, 676 

 Arterial blood, colour of, 594, 596, 599 



Arterial blood, composition of gases 



from, 586 



,, ,, its fundamental differ- 



ence from venous 

 blood, 582 



,, ,, relatively small portion 



of hepatic supply, 460 



pressure, effects of respiration 



on, 645 

 of bile, 464 



,, ,, of pancreatic juice, 459 



,, ,, its relation to flow of 



saliva, 424 



Arterialization, deficient, changes in 

 vascular system 

 resulting from, 

 653-656 



,, ,, its effect on re- 



spiration, 630- 

 633 

 Arteries, bronchial, 562 



constriction and dilation of, 

 their effect on local blood- 

 pressure, 691 

 ,, effect of respiratory movements 



on, 649, 650 

 ,, in kidney, 675 



splenic, 773, 774 

 Artificial breathing, effects of respiratory 



movements in, 651 



Ascites, excess of serous fluid in peri- 

 toneal cavity, 536 

 Ash of wine, salts in, 681, 682 

 Asphyxia, causing peristaltic movements 



in alimentary canal, 495 

 ,, duration of, 640 

 passage of dypncea into, 630 

 phenomena of, 638-641 

 ,, under urari, changes in vas- 

 cular system, 653-656, 657 

 Atelectatic condition of lungs, 566 

 Atmospheric pressure, effects of dimi- 

 nution of, 641-643 

 ,, effects of increase of, 



643 



Atropin, arresting secretion of pancre- 

 atic juice, 458 

 arresting secretion of saliva, 



424 

 increasing capillary pressure, 



533 

 Auerbach, plexus of, in small intestine, 



466 

 Augmentor respiratory fibres in vagus 



nerve, 622, 627 



Automatic action of respiratory nervous 

 centre, 617, 618, 633 



Bacillus anthracis in cells of spleen, 



776 

 Bacterial action producing indol, 452, 



503 



producing skatol, 506 



Banting method, dangers of the, 884 



