904 



INDEX. 



Pressure, blood-, local, causes of in- 

 crease and diminution, 

 691 



,, capillary, its effect on trans- 

 udation, 530-534 



,, curves, blood-, during suspend- 

 ed breathing, (under urari), 

 654 



,, exerted by elasticity of lungs, 

 measured, 566 



,, intrathoracic, measurement of 

 variations, 570 



,, intrathoracic curve compared 

 with blood-pressure curve, 

 646 



of carbonic acid and oxygen in 

 tissues, 614 



partial, of gases, their absorp- 

 tion by liquids dependent on, 

 587 



,, partial, of oxygen, its absorp- 

 tion by blood dependent on, 

 602, 604 



positive, 567 



Prickle cells in Malpighian layer of epi- 

 dermis, 721 



Propulsive movements of stomach, 485 

 Proteids, absent in bile, 446 



,, absorption promoting forma- 

 tion of urea, 707 



,, action of gastric juice on, 389- 

 397 



,, action of micro-organisms on, 

 503 



,, action of pancreatic juice on, 

 450, 502 



,, amount necessary for nitro- 

 genous equilibrium, 874 



arranged according to solu- 

 bilities, 391, 394 



,, calorimetric determination of 

 potential energy of, 838 



,, changes producing urea from, 

 786 



chemical composition of, 379 



,, chief characters of some, 390, 

 391 



,, complexity of metabolism of, 

 794 



,, course taken by, in digestion, 

 542-544 



,, ferruginous, in spleen, 779 



,, great waste in vegetable diet, 

 880 



,, in human milk, 817 

 in lymph, 524 



,, largely present in pancreatic 

 juice, 449 



,, less consumed by woman than 

 man, 883 



, , muscle supplied with , by blood, 

 862 



precipitated from saliva, 385 



,, present in urine, 686 



Proteids, relative increase in diet pro- 

 moting loss of fat, 884 

 taken as food giving rise to 



sugar, 758 



,, undigested by bile, 448 

 Proteid constituent of haemoglobin, 597 

 food, excess producing increase 



of urea, 789, 832 

 food split up into fat and urea, 



831 

 ,, material, formation of fat from, 



809, 810, 821, 822 



substance the pivot of meta- 

 bolism, 867 

 Protoplasmic cells in alimentary canal, 



401 



,, cells transformed into fat- 



cells in embryo, 806 

 ,, cell-substance in columnar 



cells of villi, 470 

 Ptomaines, formed by micro-organisms 



during digestion, 503 

 ,, possible presence of allied 



compounds in expired air, 

 581 

 Ptyalin, characters of, 386 



,, differentiated from pepsin, 397 

 Pulmonary respiration, mechanics of, 



563-581 

 vessels, effect of respiratory 



movements on, 650 

 Pulse-rate, connected with respiratory 



undulations, 652, 653 

 Pulsus venosus, connected with respira- 

 tory movements, 645 

 Puncture of pleura, results of, 565 

 Putrefactive substances in expired air, 



581 

 Pyloric glands, 408 



,, ,, their relation to glands 



of Brunner, 475 

 sphincter, 405 



,, effects of propulsive 



movements of sto- 

 mach on, 485 

 Pyramids of Ferrein, in kidney, 669 



of Malpighi, in kidney, 666 

 Pyrexia, origin and characteristics of, 855 



Eabbit, blood-pressure curve in, figured, 



657 

 ,, diabetes artificially produced in, 



765 



,, portion of pancreas figured, 429 

 sections of parotid gland figured, 



432 



Eacemose glands, 404 

 Kadiate arteries in kidney, 675 

 Kanke's diet, 839 



Bate of heat-production, varying accord- 

 ing to circum- 

 stances, 850 



,, increase after 



meals, 851 



