INDEX. 



901 



Muscularis mucosae of stomach, 408 

 Myxcedema, symptoms and nature of, 799 



Negative air-pressure, 563, 564 

 Negative pressure of inspiration mea- 

 sured, 567, 648 

 ,, ventilation of lungs, diagram, 



625 

 Nerves of alimentary canal in cat, 



diagram, 492 



of perspiration, serving as regu- 

 lators of temperature, 849 

 Nervi erigentes, action on colon and 



rectum, 493, 494 

 Nervous control of blood-supply to spleen, 



778 



,, ,, of secretion and ejection 



of milk (human), 822 



Nervous impulses in relation to nutritive 



changes, 869, 870 

 Nervous mechanism of bladder in cat, 



diagram, 713 



,, ,, of gastric and in- 



testinal move- 

 ments, 490-494 



,, ,, of perspiration, 734 



,, ,, of respiration, 615 



-637 



,, of vomiting, 487 



,, ,, metabolic or ther- 



mogenic, 852 

 metabolic or ther- 

 mogenic, over- 

 borne by exces- 

 sive exposure to 

 cold, 854 



Nervous supply of bladder, 710, 712-714 

 ,, of kidney and ureter, 677, 



691, 692, 709 

 of liver.. 461, 766 

 of lungs, 562 

 of pancreas, 416 

 of salivary glands, 414, 



420 



of sphincter ani, 489 

 of spleen, 775 

 of stomach, 414, 426 

 of supra-renal bodies, 802 

 of sweat-glands, 734-736 

 of thyroid body, 797 

 Nervous system, central, controlling 

 movement of lymph 

 and processes of ab- 

 sorption in the frog, 

 538 



,, ,, central, deranged by 



want of saline matters 

 in food, 836 



,, ,, central, disorder result- 



ing from too great 

 heat, 857 



,, ,, central, 'disorder result- 



ing from too great 

 cold, 858 



Nervous system, central, disorders result- 

 ing from extirpation 

 of thyroid body, 798 

 ,, ,, central, flow of lymph 



uncontrolled by, 528 

 ,, central, governs meta- 



bolism of tissues. 868, 

 869 



,, ,, central, movements of 



oesophagus governed 

 by, 483 



,, ,, central, sweating pro- 



duced by agency of, 

 734, 735 



Nervous tissues, nitrogenous metabol- 

 ism of, 788 

 urine, 708 

 Newt, structure of lung in, 555 

 Nitric oxide, its combination with haemo- 

 globin, 596 

 Nitrogen, amount of, in expired air, 



579, 580 

 ,, free, found in blood-vessels 



after death, 642 

 great waste in vegetable diet, 



880 



,, output during starvation de- 



rived from metabolism of 

 muscular tissue, 825 

 ,, relations of, in blood, 601 



,, total, best determined by 



Kjeldahl's method, 827 

 Nitrogenous bodies, invariable products 



of metabolism, 867 

 ,, crystalline bodies in urine, 



680 

 ,, equilibrium, amount of pro- 



teids necessary for, 874 

 ,, food, absence causing death, 



833 

 ,, metabolism in general, 785 



-795, 830-832 

 ,, waste, excess dangerous in 



Banting method, 884 

 'Nceud vital' of Flourens, 616 

 Non-nitrogenous bodies in urine, 682 

 ,, diet (exclusive) causing 



starvation, 833 



,, ,, products alone elimi- 



nated from muscle 

 by mechanical work, 

 844 

 Normal diet, composition of, 875 



,, statistics of, 873, 874 

 ,, ,, variation according to cli- 



mate, 883 



Nose, passage of air through, in respira- 

 tion, 577 



Nostrils, effects of stimulation on breath- 

 ing, 628 



,, movement of, in respiration, 577 

 Nuclein unaffected by gastric juice, 398 

 Nucleo-albumins, action of gastric juice 

 on, 398 



