INDEX. 



ABERRATION, spherical, 328, 329 ; chroma- 

 tic, 328, 329 

 Abducens nerve, 248 

 Abnormal forms of nutritive process, 606 



610 



Abortion, 300, 753 

 Abscess, 608 

 ABSORPTION 



Nutritive, general account of, 86 ; by in- 

 testinal surface, 461 463 ; by lacteals, 

 462 ; f by blood vessels, 463 ; by general 

 surface, 464469; by skin, 464 466 ; 

 by lungs, 550 



Interstitial, by lymphatics, 467469 ; by 

 veins, 469 



Of gases by lungs, 550, 551 

 Abstinence, cases of, 473 

 Acini, of liver, 655 a 

 Actinia, 129, 130 

 Activity, varying, of nutritive processes, 



602605 

 Adaptiveness of movements, no proof of 



sensation, 106, 180 

 Addison, Mr., referred to, 525, 554, 577, 



579 



Adhesion, 595597 

 Adipose tissue, see Fat-cells 

 Aeration, see Respiration 

 Afferent nerves, 113, 119, 162 

 Albumen, composition of, 457; properties 



of, 552 ; a product of digestion, 454, 459 ; 



conversion of into fibrin, 553, 567, 578, 



579: diminution of in blood, 591 a, 715; 



predominance of in tubercular deposits, 



610, 714. 



Albuminous principles, 431, 457 459 

 Albuminuria, 591 d 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



Alison, Dr., referred to, 173, 385, 397, 480, 

 512, 588 



Allantois, origin and uses of, 764 



Anaemia, 591 c 



Anatomy of nerves, important in determin- 

 ing their functions, 120, 121 



Andral, M., on amount of carbonic acid ex- 

 creted, 534, note , on buffy coat, 589 ; on 

 pathological changes in blood, 590, 591 



Animal Heat, see Heat 



Animal kingdom, primary subdivisions of, 17 



Animal magnetism, 296 note 



Animals, distinguished from Plants, 1316 

 early development of, 15 



Anterior roots of spinal nerves, 123 

 Aplastic deposits, 609, 610 

 Aplysia, 25; nervous system of, 138 

 Apoplexy, decrease of fibrin in, 591 b 

 Arciform fibres of medulla oblongata, 171 

 Area pellucida, 759 

 Areolar tissue, 611, 637 

 Areas, comparative, of arteries, 476 

 Arnott, Dr., on stammering, 418 n, 419; on 



the venous circulation, 515 

 Art, connection of, with Science, 3 5 

 Arteries, distribution of, 476; area of, 476; 

 ramifications of, 477, 479 ; structure and 

 properties of, 500, 639; elasticity of, 501 ; 

 their contractility, proofs of, 502, 503 ; its 

 influence, 504 ; regulates the circulation, 

 504; their tonicity, 503; influence of 

 nerves upon, 209, 423, 504 

 Articulata, 17, 27 30; segmental division 

 of, 27; animal powers of, 28; nutrition 

 of, 29; bi-lateral symmetry of, 27 ; respi- 

 ration and heat of, 29 ; nervous system 

 of, 142155 

 Articulate sounds, 413 419 ; vowels,414 



416; consonants, 417 419 

 Alcock, Dr., his experiments on nerves of I Asphyxia, nature of, 546; phenomena of, 



taste, 228 



Alcohol, use of in supporting heat, 730, note 

 Aliment, causes of demand for, 84 ; see 



Food 

 Alimentary materials, 714; see Food 



547, 548; referred to, 211, 389, 391, 489, 



508, 512, 543 

 Assimilation, 561 



Associations of muscular actions, 398 

 Asthma, spasmodic, 300, 527 



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