INDEX. 



429 



Cortex, see Brain, Cortex. 

 Corti, organ of, iv. 205, 213, 214, 234 

 ,, ,, features of, iv. 222 

 ,, rods of, iv. 214 

 ,, ,, inner and outer, iv. 216 

 cells of, iv. 218 

 Coughing, 631 

 Cowper, glands of, iv. 370 

 Cramp, abolished by anelectrotonus, 133 

 Crassamentum, or clot, 15 

 Cream, 782 

 Cretinism, 764 

 Crico-arytenoid muscle, the posterior, iv. 



320 



Crico-thyroid muscle, iv. 321 

 Cricoid cartilage, iv. 308 

 Cristse acusticse, iv. 202 



structure, iv. 206 

 Croaking of frog, connection of, with 



corpora quadrigemina, 1113 

 Crura cerebri, see Brain. 

 Crying, 631 



Crypts or glands of Lieberkiihn, 448 

 Curd, 375 



Curdling of milk, phenomena of, 374, 781 

 Currents of action, in a muscle, 111 

 ,, in a nerve, 124 



,, as started by excita- 



tion of cortex, 1044 

 of rest in a muscle, 107 

 ,, in a nerve, 123 

 ,, ,, in electrotonus, 131 

 electrical, constant and induced, 



59, 60 

 ,, interrupted or fara- 



daic, 65 



,, electrotonic, 130 

 Curves, mode of measuring, 233, note 

 Cutaneous sensations, see Sensations, 



cutaneous. 

 Cutis vera, 686 

 Cyanogen compounds, their relation to 



urea, 649, 759 

 Cycle, cardiac, described, 229, 246 



,, ,, duration of phases, 249, 

 250 



Death, a gradual process, 1 



slow clotting of blood after, 27 

 ,, of blood corpuscles, 38, 46 

 from failure of heart's action, 346 

 ,, from high temperature, pheno- 

 mena of, 818 



,, phenomena of, iv. 417 

 Decidua, formation of, iv. 375 

 reflexa, iv. 375 



,, absorption of, iv. 380 

 vera, iv. 375 



,, absorption of, iv. 380 

 serotina, iv. 375 



its transformation into 

 the placenta, iv. 376 

 expulsion of after parturition, 



Decussatioii of the pyramids, 889, 939 



942, 1046 



,, superior or sensory, 943 



of optic fibres, 1073 

 ,, ,, in relation to movements 



of pupil, iv. 39 



Defsecation, how effected, 463 

 Degeneration of severed nerve, 144 



,, of muscle after severance of 



nerve, 145 



,, of constrictor prior to di- 



lator fibres in severed 

 nerve, 315 

 of nerve fibres in mixed 



nerve, 853 



,, ascending and descending 



tracts in spinal cord, 

 870875 



, , calcareous and fatty, i v. 41 



Deglutition, how effected, 452 



different stages of, 454 

 ,, a reflex act, 455 



movements of oesophagus in, 



457 



Deiters cell, 860, iv. 218 

 Dentition, temporary, iv. 408 

 ,, permanent, iv. 408 

 Depressor nerve, 323, 351 

 Dermis, structure of, 686 

 Descemet or Desmours, membrane of, iv. 



26 



Despretz signal, 73, 74 

 Dextrins, characters of, 359 

 Dextrose, reactions of, 359 



,, appearance of, in liver after 



death, 716 



,, as food of muscle, 824 

 Diabetes, natural and artificial, 730 

 Diapedesis of red corpuscles, 338 

 Diaphragm, lymph stomata on tendon 



of, 488 



,, method of recording move- 

 ments of, 541 



,, its movements during re- 

 spiration, 543 



,. tetanus of, prod need by stim- 

 ulation of vagns, 590 

 Diastole of heart's action, 229, 232 

 Dicrotism in pulse tracings, 264 

 ,, causes of, 267 

 ,, less marked in rigid arteries, 



269 



,, natural, 733 

 Diet, average, 802 

 ,, normal, composition of, 833 

 ,, need of the three classes of food 



stuffs in, 835 



,, value of alcohol in, 837 

 ,, vegetable, physiological value of, 



839, 841 



,, modifications of, with regard to 

 size of body, 

 842 

 ,, to climate, 843 



