902 



INDEX. 



Nucleo-albumins, extracted from thy- 



mus, 804 



,, ,, probably constituting col- 



loid substance in thyroid 

 body, 797, 798 

 Nutrition, disordered, examples of, 870, 



871 



in general, 861-872 



,, of body, influence of thyroid 



on, 798 



,, of muscle, 862 



,, rate and characters, variable, 



867 



statistics of, 823-836 



Nutritive value of diet dependent on 

 digestibility, 879 



Obscure nature, structures and processes 



of, 796-804 

 (Edema, in Bright's disease, 534 



,, possible causes of, 522, 528, 536 

 (Esophagus, food unchanged during 



passage through, 497 

 ,, movements of, 483 



structure of, 416-418 

 Oil- globules in alveoli of mammary 



gland, 815 



Oil-globules, see also Fat-globules 

 Oncograph, described and figured, 690 

 Oncometer, described and figured, 688, 



689 

 Output and income of material, method 



of comparison, 826-830 

 Ovoid cells, appearance presented during 



gastric secretion, 436 

 ,, ,, no evidence of peptinic or 



acid secretion in, 443 

 , , , , of cardiac glands of stomach, 



407 



Oxidation of food into waste products 

 defined as income of animal 

 energy, 837 

 ,, of sarcolactic acid in liver, 



866 



, , of tissues generating heat, 844 

 Oxygen, absorption by reduced haemo- 

 globin, 593 

 ,, amount of, in expired air, 579, 



580 



,, amount inspired during starva- 

 tion, 826 

 ,, amount inspired, methods of 



determination, 828, 829 

 ,, different amounts required in 

 combustion of fats and carbo- 

 hydrates, 833 



,, effects of deficiency on respira- 

 tion, 632, 633 



,, effects of increase on respira- 

 tion, 641, 644 



,, entrance into lungs, 602-606 

 ,, excess taken in by hibernating 



animal, 859 

 ,, intra-molecular, so-called, 610 



Oxygen, its condition in blood, 599 

 ,, its passage into blood by diffu- 

 sion, 554 



,, loosely combined, in haemo- 

 globin-crystals and solution, 

 592, 593 



,, relations of, in blood, 586-596 

 ,, supply in muscles, 610, 611 

 ,, variation in consumption as a 

 measure of metabolic activity, 

 852 



Oxyhsemoglobin, term proposed, 593 

 Oxyntic glands in stomach of frog, 443 



Pancreas, changes during act of secretion, 



428-431 



,, in dog, removal producing dia- 

 betes, 768 



,, structure of, 414-416 

 Pancreatic juice, converting starch into 



sugar, 500 



,, ,, its action on fats, 500 



ii >, ii on proteids, 



502 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, on food, 450- 



454 

 ,, neutralizing acidity of 



chyme, 500 



,, properties and charac- 



ters of, 449-454 



,, ,, secretion of, 457-459 



Pancreatin, use of term deprecated, 454 

 Panniculus adiposus, 805 

 Papilla in kidney, 666 



,, in mucous membrane of oeso- 

 phagus, 416 

 simple and compound, of dermis, 



719 

 Paralysis, resulting from extirpation of 



thyroid body, 798 

 ,, so-called, of blood-corpuscles, 



596 



Paralytic secretion of saliva, 869, 870 

 Parapeptone, 393 

 Parietal cells of cardiac glands of 



stomach, 407 

 Parotid gland, changes during secretion, 



431 



,, ,, secretion of, 425 



Parotid saliva, composition and proper- 

 ties of, 387 



pure, how obtained, 386 



Partial pressure of gases, their absorp- 

 tion by liquids de- 

 pendent on, 587 



,, ,, of oxygen, its absorp- 



tion by blood depend- 

 ent on, 602, 604 



Pauses, between expiration and inspira- 

 tion, 571, 572 

 Pelvis in kidney, 666, 709 



,, rhythmic pulsations of, 711 

 Pepsin, differentiated from ptyalin, 397 

 ,, ,, ,, trypsin, 438 



