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INDEX. 



of clot, 16; relations of, with the 

 plasma, 27 



Corpuscles of blood, cartilage, presence of 

 glycogen in, 574; colostrum, 614 



, red and white, relative proportions, 



36; composition, 37-48 



, red, microscopic appearance, 31; 



structure, 32; chemical composition, 

 32; method of counting, 34; their life 

 and death, 35; their destruction in 

 the liver, ib. ; as oxygen bearers, 32, 

 34, 36; formed in red marrow of bones, 

 35; their passage through the capil- 

 laries, 2d0; diapedesis of, 293; propor- 

 tion of in total blood, 1125 



■ , white (see ulso Leucocytes), their 



connection with clotting, 29; appear- 

 ance and structure of, 36, 37; composi- 

 tion of, 37, 48 ; type of all living tissue, 

 39, 42 ; amoeboid movements, 40, 137, 

 290, 292; origin, 42; work, 44; granu- 

 lation in, 45; behaviour in inflamma- 

 tion, 292-294; their migration, 292 



Cortex, see Brain, cortex 



Corti, organ of, 1008, 1016; rods of, 1011, 

 1014; inner and outer, 1011; cells of, 

 1012 



Coughing, 512 



Cowper, glands of, 1115 



Cramp, abolished by anelectrotonus, 117 



Crassamentum, or clot, 15 



Cream, 613 



Cretinism, 601 



Crico-arytenoid muscle, the posterior, 

 1079 



Crico-thyroid muscle, 1079 



Cricoid cartilage, 1079 



Croaking of frog, connection of, with 

 corpora quadrigemina, 815 



Crying, 512 



Curd, 330; curdling of milk, phenomena 

 of, ib. 



Currents of action, in a muscle, 102; in 

 a nerve, 107 ; as started by excitation 

 of cortex, 748 



of rest, in a muscle, 98; in a nerve, 



107; in electrotonus, 115 



, electrical, constant and induced, 



56, 57 ; interrupted or Faradaic, 62, 63; 

 electrotonic, 114 



Curves, mode of measuring (footnote), 

 186 



Cutaneous sensations, see Sensations, 



cutaneous 

 Cyanogen compounds, their relation to 



urea, 516, 598 

 Cycle, cardiac, described, 182, 212; dura- 

 tion of phases, 214 



Death, a gradual process, 1 ; slow clot- 

 ting of blood after, 27 ; of blood corpus- 

 cles, 36, 44; from failure of heart's 



action, 301; from high temperature, 

 phenomena of, 650; phenomena of, 

 1158 



Decidua, formation of, 1120; reflexa, 

 1120; absorption of, 1121; vera, 1120; 

 absorption of, 1121; serotina, 1120; 

 its transformation into the placenta, 

 1120; expulsion of, after parturition, 

 1139 



Decussation of the pyramids, 758; of 

 optic fibres, 784 



Defalcation, how effected, 381 



Degeneration of severed nerve, 126; of 

 muscle after severance of nerve, ib.; 

 of constrictor prior to dilator fibres in 

 severed nerve, 270; of nerve fibres in 

 mixed nerve, 679 ; calcareous and fatty, 

 1152 



Deglutition, how effected, 372; different 

 stages of, 374 ; a reflex act, 375; move- 

 ments of oesophagus in, 376 



Dentition, temporary, 1149; permanent, 

 1149 



Depressor nerve, 281 



Despretz signal, 70, 71 



Dextrins, characters of, 315 



Dextrose, reactions of, 315; appearance 

 of, in liver after death, 562; as food of 

 muscle, 652 



Diabetes, natural and artificial, 575 



Diapedesis of red corpuscles, 293 



Diaphragm, method of recording move- 

 ments of, 431 ; its movements during 

 respiration, 434; tetanus of, produced 

 by stimulation of vagus, 478 



Diastole of heart's action, 182, 185 



Dicrotic wave, origin of, 232-236 



Dicrotism in pulse tracings, 230; causes 

 of, 232 ; less marked in rigid arteries, 234 



Diet, average, 633; normal, composition 

 of, 658; need of the three classes of 

 food-stuffs in, 660 ; value of alcohol in, 

 662 ; vegetable, physiological value of, 

 664, 666; modifications of, with regard 

 to size of body, 667 ; to climate, 668; to 

 labour, 669; to mental work, 671 



" Differential capacity, extreme," 428 



Differential manometer of Hiirthle, 204, 

 205 



Diffusible substances, absorption of, 420 



Diffusion, laws of, 421 ; passage of gases 

 in the tissues by, 424; in air of lungs, 

 425 



Digestion, tissues and mechanisms of, 

 311-313; of living tissues, 353; muscu- 

 lar mechanisms of, 371; effects on, of 

 presence of bacteria, 361, 393; main 

 products of, 412; course taken by pro- 

 ducts of, 413 



, gastric, 321; circumstances affect- 

 ing, 327; gross effect of, 388; time 

 needed for, 389 



