892 



INDEX. 



Colour of haemoglobin, unreduced and 



reduced, 589, 592, 593 

 ,, of venous and arterial blood, 



594-596, 599 

 Columns of Bertini, 667 

 Columnar cells of villi, 470 



,, ,, ,, absorption of fats 



by, 545 



Complemental air in lungs, 564 

 Concentric capsules in thymus, 804 

 Conducting but non- secreting portions 



of kidney, 674 



Connective tissue, in kidney, 671, 677 

 ,, ,, in relation to lymph- 



spaces, 510, 511 



,, in relation to lymph- 



atic vessels, 507 

 ,, ,, retiform or reticular, 



402, 468 

 Constriction and dilation of arteries, 



effects on local blood-pressure, 691 

 Convoluted tubules in kidney, 667, 668, 



672, 673 

 Convulsions, anaemic, how caused, 639 



in asphyxia, 630, 638 



1 Convulsive centre ' in spinal bulb, 639 

 Corium, see Dermis 

 Cornea, nutrition of, 512 

 Corpuscles, red, of blood, effects of swell- 

 ing of, 595 



so-called para- 



lysis of, 596 

 Cortex of kidney, 665, 666 



,, medullary rays in, 669 

 structure of tubules in, 669 

 of lobules of thymus, 803 

 of lymphatic glands, 518 

 of supra-renal bodies, 800 

 Coughing, mechanism of, 662 

 Cretinism associated with goitre, 800 

 'Cross circulation' experiment, 631 

 Crying, mechanism of, 662 

 Crypts of Lieberkuhn, 467, 474 

 Cubical cells in bile-ducts, 742 

 Cutaneous respiration, 730-732 

 Cutis vera, see Dermis 

 Cyanogen compounds, relations of urea 



to, 794 

 Cysts formed in thyroid body, 798 



Decomposition-products of haemoglobin, 



597-599 



Defsecation, how effected, 489 

 Deglutition, mechanism and nature of, 



480-483 



three stages of, 482 



Demilune cells, in salivary glands, 412 

 Dermis, structure of, 719 

 Detrusor urinae, 710 

 Dextrine, chemical composition of, 383 

 ,, partial conversion of starch 



into, 876 



Dextrose, chemical composition and pro- 

 perties of, 383 



Dextrose, conversion of glycogen into, 



750, 763 



,, conversion of starch and cane- 

 sugar into, 876 

 ,, an essential part of food of 



muscle, 863 

 in blood, 863 

 , , in relation to unhealthy gastric 



juice, 389 

 Diabetes, artificial, how produced, 765, 



767, 768 



,, natural, 765 

 ,, sugar and other bodies found 



in urine of, 685, 686 

 ,, temporary, 767 

 Diaphragm, effects of stimulation of 

 vagus nerves on, 621, 

 622 

 ,, its share in mechanism of 



respiration, 573 

 ,, lymph- stomata on tendon 



of, 514 



, , methods of recording move- 



ments of, 570, 571 

 Diet, average, determination of, 839 

 ,, experimental, 874 

 generally considered, 873-886 

 ,, nature of modifications which are 



desirable in, 882-886 

 ,, normal, composition of, 875, 878 

 ,, nutritive value dependent on di- 

 gestibility, 879 

 statistics of, 873, 874 

 vegetable, 879-882 

 Diffusible substances, mechanism of ab- 

 sorption of, 548-553 

 Diffusion, entrance of oxygen into blood 



by, 554, 604 

 ,, escape of carbonic acid from 



blood by,-607 

 ,, of substances through renal 



epithelium, 701 

 process of, 549 

 Digestibility of food, 879 

 Digestion, functions of saliva in, 382 

 ,, tissues and mechanisms of, 



379 



Digestion, gastric, broad definition of, 539 

 ,, circumstances affect- 



ing, 395 



,, ,, course taken by pro- 



ducts of, 540-544 

 ,, ,, gross effect of, 498 



,, ,, nature of action, 396 



,, ,, time needed for, 498 



,, muscular mechanisms of, 



478-495 

 ,, pancreatic, distinguished from 



peptic, 451 



,, self-, of pancreatic juice, 450 

 ,, ,, of stomach, 444 



Digitalis, diuretic effect of, 707 

 Dilation, vascular, aiding secreting ac- 

 tivity of skin, 733 



