910 



INDEX. 



Urine, discharge promoted by cold, 705 

 ,, excess of sugar passing un- 

 changed into, 613 



ferments and other bodies in, 683 

 flow of, artificially excited, 696, 



703 

 ,, glomerular secretion varying with 



renal blood-supply, 696 

 ,, so-called 'incontinence' of, 717 

 ,, inorganic salts in, 681 

 intermittent flow from kidney, 



695 

 nitrogenous crystalline bodies in, 



680 



,, non-nitrogenous bodies in, 682 

 ,, no proof of change while in 



bladder, 717 

 ,, pigments of, 683 



secretion of, 687-708 

 ,, substances present in cases of 



diabetes, 765, 769 

 Uriniferous tubules, structure of, 665, 



667 



Urobilin, 683, 704 

 Uroerythrin, 683 



Vagus nerves, chief source of nervous 



supply of lungs, 562 

 fibres of, 426 



relation of apnoea to, 636 



,, ,, section or stimulation of, 



curves shewing effects 

 on respiration, 619-621 

 ,, ,, stimulation affecting se- 



cretory activity of pan- 

 creas, 458 



,, ,, stimulation affecting 



movements in alimen- 

 tary canal, 491 



, , two kinds of afferent fibres 

 in, connected with re- 

 spiratory centre, 622 

 Valves absent in portal and hepatic veins, 



741 



,, absent in pulmonary veins, 562 

 ,, in lymphatic vessels, 509 

 ,, in thoracic duct, 508 

 Valvulee conniventes, folds in mucous 



membrane of small intestine, 467 

 Vasa afferentia and efferentia in kidney, 



670 



Vascular dilation aiding secreting act- 

 ivity of skin, 733 



system, relations of respira- 

 tory system to the, 645- 

 660 



,, system of kidney, 675 

 supply, double, in kidney of 



amphibia, 697 



Vaso-constrictor mechanism, its action 



in alimentary canal, 463 



,, ,, mechanism, producing 



peripheral resistance, 



654, 655 



Vaso-constrictor fibres in kidney, 694 

 Vaso-dilator fibres in chorda tympani, 



424 



in kidney, 694 



Vaso-motor mechanism, effects of defi- 

 cient arterializa- 

 tion, 653-656 

 of kidney, 688-696 

 ,, regulating loss of 



heat in body, 849 

 Vegetable diet, statistics, and effects on 



economy, of, 879-882 

 Veins, great, effect of respiratory move- 

 ments on, 648 

 ,, interlobular and sublobular, in 



liver, 740 

 ,, pulmonary, effect of respiratory 



movements on, 650 

 Vena portse, chief contributor of blood 



to liver, 461 



,, ,, structure of walls of, 741 



Venas stellatse in kidney, 676 

 Venous blood, change after passage 



through lungs, 582 

 ,, colour of, 594-596, 599 



,, ,, composition of gases 



from, 586 



,, ,, its effects on respira- 



tion, 629-633 

 ,, producing asphyxia, 



638, 639 

 ,, pressure, its relation to flow 



of bile, 464 



,, ,, its relation to transu- 



dation of lymph, 

 532, 534 

 Ventilation, negative and positive, of 



lungs, diagrams, 625 

 Ventricles, abnormal distension of, 655, 



656 

 Veratrin, action simulated by extract of 



supra-renal bodies, 803 

 Villi, absent in large intestine, 475, 476 

 in small intestine, 470-474 

 ,, absorption of fats by, 545 

 ,, active organs of absorption, 540 

 ,, effects of contraction of muscular 



fibres in, 548 



lacteal radicle of, 472, 510 

 Vital capacity, measurement by spiro- 



meter, 567 



knot of Flourens, 616 

 Voit's diet, 840 



Vomiting, movements and nature of act, 

 - 486-488 



Warm-blooded animals, constant bodily 

 temperature in, 847 

 ,, ,, ,, contrasted with 



cold-blooded ani- 

 mals, 852 

 Waste, large, in vegetable diet, 880, 881 



,, percentage in foods, 878 

 Waste-products, elimination of, 663 



