906 



INDEX. 



Saliva, abnormal high temperature, in 



dog, 846 



action of, on starch, 382-386 

 ,, characters and properties of, 381 



-388 



mixed, constituents of, 386, 387 

 ,, parotid, sublingual, and sub- 

 maxillary, composition and 

 properties of, 387 



,, variations in activity of, in dif- 

 ferent animals, 387 



Salivary glands, activity of aqueous in- 

 fusion of, 387 

 Salts, as food, effects of, 835 



course taken by, in digestion, 541 

 essential in diet, 876 

 essential to life of muscle, 864 

 in human milk, 818 

 inorganic, in spleen, 779 

 ,, in urine, 681 

 Saponification of fats in the small in- 

 testine, 500 



Sarcolactic acid, excess of, supposed 

 effect on respira- 

 tion, 634 

 ,, ,, probably oxydized in 



liver, 866 



Sarcosin, derived from kreatin, 787 

 Scaleni muscles, their work in respira- 

 tion, 574, 575 

 Scurvy, partly due to absence of organic 



salts in food, 836 

 Sebaceous glands, 724 



,, ,, unvarying activity of, 733 



Sebum, secretion of, 726, 733 

 Secondary respiratory rhythm, 637 

 Secreting action of salivary glands, 419- 



425 



,, epithelium, 403 

 ,, ,, in tubules of kid- 



ney, 702 



,, glands, as sources of heat, 846 

 ,, portion of glands, distinction 

 from conducting portion, 409 

 portions of kidney, 674 

 Secretion of bile, 459-465 



of gastric juice, 425-428 

 of human milk, 815, 820-822 

 ,, ,, ,, a result of me- 



tabolic activity of secreting 

 cell, 821 



,, of pancreatic juice, 457-459 

 ,, of sweat, mechanism of, 733- 



736 



of urine, 687-708 

 ,, changes in gland constituting 



act of, 428-440 



glomerular, nature of, 699-702 

 ,, in sebaceous glands, nature of, 



726 



by renal epithelium, 696-708 

 ,, nature of act of, 440-444 

 Secretory activity in alimentary canal 

 distinguished from diffusion, 550 



Secretory fibres in chorda tympani, 424 

 ,, use of term deprecated, 



441 

 Self-digestion of pancreatic juice, 450 



,, of stomach, 444 

 Sensible perspiration, 728 

 Septa in infundibulum of mammalian 



lung, 557 



,, in lung of frog, 556, 557 

 Serous cavities, structure of, 513-515 

 ,, cells in salivary glands, 411 

 ,, fluids, their resemblance with 



lymph, 525 



Serum-albumin in blood, 862 

 Serum, large amount of carbonic acid in, 



600 

 ,, small absorption of oxygen by, 



588 



Sex, amount of necessary food depend- 

 ent on, 882 

 Shivering, helping to warm the body, 



854 



Sighing, mechanism of, 661 

 Sinuous epithelium characteristic of 



lymph-capillaries, 509 



Skatol produced by bacterial action, 506 



Skeletal muscles, action of supra-renal 



bodies on, 802, 803 



,, ,, form nearly half the 



body, 824 

 ,, ,, loss during starvation, 



825 



,, ,, regarded as chief 



sources of heat, 845 

 Skin, absorption by, 731 

 ,, fatal result of stoppage of pores of 



skin, 731 

 ,, loss of heat by, serving to regulate 



temperature of body, 849 

 ,, relation of water- discharge with 



that from kidneys, 705, 706 

 ,, structure of, 719-727 

 ,, vascular dilation aiding secreting 



activity of, 733 

 Sleep, fatal, resulting from great cold, 



858 



,, winter, see Hibernation 

 Sneezing, mechanism of, 662 

 Sobbing, mechanism of, 661 

 Sodium chloride, abundant in urine, 



682 



,, acid phosphate in urine, 682, 685 

 ,, sulphindigotate, experiment 



with, on kidney, 698 

 ,, sulphindigotate, experiment 



with, on liver, 743 

 Solar plexus, nervous supply to liver 



from, 460, 766 

 nervous supply to spleen 



from, 775 

 ,, ,, nervous supply to stomach 



from, 427 



Solitary follicles in mucous membrane 

 of small intestine, 475, 515 



