INDEX. 



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tions, 16, 22; by oil, 21; by carbonic 

 acid in the blood, 21 ; by injection of 

 albumose, 29; causes of, 26; in the 

 living body, 2!) ; favoured by presence 

 of foreign bodies, 21, 29, 45; clotting 

 of fluids in the body other than blood, 

 23; clottiug of muscle plasma in rigor 

 mortis, 90; clotting of lymph, 400 



Coagulation of proteids by heat, 18 



Cochlea of ear, 982 



Coitus, behaviour of spermatozoa after, 

 1119 



Cold, its influence on clotting, 16, 21; on 

 irritability of muscle and nerve, 127, 

 128; on vaso-constrictor action, 304; 

 on skin action, 541 ; great, lowering of 

 metabolism by, 650; terminal organs 

 for sensation of, 1045; sensations of, 

 due to changes of skin temperature, 

 1041 



Colostrum, composition of, 614 



Colour sensations, many kiuds of, 891 ; 

 mixing of, 892, 894, 898; characters of, 

 895 ; Young-Helmholtz's theory of, 898 ; 

 due to metabolic changes, 901 ; in rela- 

 tion to intensity of stimulus, 913; un- 

 equal change of, under diminishing 

 light, 914 



Colour vision, variations in, 906 



blindness, 906 ; different kinds of, 



907 ; dichromic in nature, 907 ; Young- 

 Helmholtz's theory of, 908 ; Hering's 

 theory of, 909 ; absolute, 912 



Colours, complementary, 89(5; primary, 

 898; of arterial and venous blood, 443- 

 457 



Combustion of various foods, rates of, 

 compared, 633 



Commissure, inferior optic, 785 



Cones of retina, approximate dimensions 

 of, 889 



Conjunctiva, structure of, 977 



Connective tissue, action of gastric juice 

 on, 330; in relation to lymphatic ves- 

 sels, 398 



Constant current, its action, 110 ; as com- 

 pared with induction shock, 118 



Consonants and vowels, 1093; manner of 

 formation, 1096; classification of, 1097 



Constriction of arteries, 265 ; of pupil a 

 reflex act, 860 



Constrictor fibres, 270 



Contractile tissues, the, 51-138 



Contractility, 53 



Contraction of muscle, movements of 

 body due to, 51; simple and tetanic, 

 55; graphic method of recording, 55; 

 simple, phenomena of, 65; tetanic, 75- 

 80 ; of skeletal muscles, tetanic in char- 

 acter, 79 ; wave of, 83 ; optical changes, 

 85; chemical changes due to, 94; ther- 

 mal changes due to, 95; electrical 



changes during, 104; 'making and 

 breaking,' 110, 111 ; influenced by 

 nature of stimulus, 119; isometric and 

 isotonic, lb. ; prolonged, of red muscle, 

 122; as influenced by load, 123; idio- 

 muscular, 125; exhausting effects of 

 the products of, 130; of plain muscle, 

 131-134; spontaneous, 133; tonic, 134; 

 relation of to amoeboid movements, 

 137, 138; of heart, 216; features of 

 heart contraction, 243, 244; of villus, 

 420 



Contractions, peristaltic, in plain, mus- 

 cular tissue, 133; of ureter, 532, 544; 

 of bladder, 546; of the stomach, 377; 

 of the intestine, 383 



, rhythmical, of spleen tissue, 580; of 



the uterus during pregnancy, 1136; 

 during 'labour,' 1137; after parturi- 

 tion, 1139 



of the abdominal walls, 383, 1138 



Contrast visual, simultaneous, 932; suc- 

 cessive, 933 



Conus medullaris, 689 



Convulsions, anaemic, how produced, 492 



Coordination of movements, machinery 

 of, in birds, 730; in mammals, 731; in 

 man, 733; parts of middle brain con- 

 cerned in, 737 



of ocular movements, 952 ; nervous 



mechanism governing, 956 



Cord, spinal, 139,675-718; diagrammatic 

 metamere of, 140; ganglia of the, 143; 

 reflex actions manifested by the, 144; 

 general features, 681 ; white matter, 

 structure, 693; white matter, tracts of, 

 delimitation of, 686; neuroglia, 690; 

 grey matter, 691 ; nature of, 693; 

 ascending and descending degenera- 

 tion, 686; special features of the sev- 

 eral regions, 689-695; variation in 

 sectional area of white matter, 690; of 

 grey matter, 691 ; course of pyramidal 

 tracts in the, 686 ; cerebellar tract, 689 ; 

 reflex actions of, 144, 696-710; com- 

 plexity of, 700 ; reflex actions of, in 

 man, 704; inhibition of, 707; time re- 

 quired for, 709; automatic actions of, 

 711-718; action in disease, 717; hypo- 

 thetical segmentation of, 777 ; motor 

 mechanisms of, 806 ; lymphatic arrange- 

 ments of, 824 



Cornea, blood-supply to, 969 



Cornu, anterior, of cord, 681, 687; con- 

 nection of efferent fibres in, 144 



Corpora Arantii, 184 



geniculata, 786; quadrigemina, 



connection of with vision, 786; con- 

 siderations touching the, 814; corpora 

 cavernosa, 1115, 1116 



Corpus spongiosum, 1115 

 [ Corpuscles of blood, not an essential part 



