630 



INDEX 



The Numbers refer 



Atrophy, 604, 605 



Attention, effects of, on sensations, 313, 

 314 



Auditory nerve, 223 ; terminations of, in 

 ear, 352 



Automatic actions, 249, 285 



Azote, absorption and exhalation of, 536 ; 

 excretion of, in urine, 93, 670, 679 ; re- 

 spiration in, 539 



B 



Barry, Dr. M., his researches on the blood- 

 corpuscles referred to, 574, 578, 627; his 

 embryological researches referred to, 424, 

 559, 733, 739, 747 



Barry, Sir D., his experiments on the ve- 

 nous circulation, 516 



Basement membrane, 612 



Bat, peculiar sensibility of, 320 



Batrachia, 42, 43 ; metamorphosis of, 43 



Beaumont, Dr., his experiments and obser- 

 vations on digestion, 438 440,443446, 

 449453, 470 



Becquerel on the heat of Plants, 723 ; on 

 the heat of Animals, 726; on the heat of 

 muscle, 726 



Bee, perfection of instinct of, 155, 279; 

 uneducability of, 279; temperature of, 

 725 



Bell, Sir C., his discoveries, 162, 167, 173; 

 referred to, 113, 120, 121, 185, 196 note, 

 225, 240, 247, 257 



Bell, Mr. T., on the development of the 

 teeth, 635 * 



Bellinger!, on the Spinal Cord, 163, 167 



Bile, secretion of, 660 665 ; composition 

 of, 662; amount of, 663; formed from, 

 venous blood, 660 ; effects of non-elimi- 

 nation of, 661, 664; purposes of, 446, 

 664, 665 



Birds, 4452; skeleton of, 48, 49; respi- 

 ration and heat of, 44 46 ; covering of, 

 47; instinctive powers of, 50, 280; nu- 

 tritive system in, 51 ; bi-lateral symmetry 

 in, 51; development of young in, 52; 

 blood-corpuscles of, 572 c,- braifi of, 217 



Blake, Mr., his experiments on the Circula- 

 tion, 491 



Blind persons, acuteness of touch in, 319 



Blood, 



Physical and vital properties of, 570 

 589 ; composed of liquor sanguinis and 

 corpuscles, 570 



Structure of red corpuscles, 570 ; form of 

 corpuscles, 571; size of corpuscles, in 

 Mammalia, 572 a , in Birds, 572 b ,- in 

 Batrachia, 572 c,- chemical constitu- 

 tion of corpuscles, 573; origin of, from 

 each other, 574 ; first production of, in 

 embryo, 575; purposes of, in animal 

 economy, 576 

 Colourless corpuscles, 577; their uses in 



to the Paragraphs. 



the economy, 578, 579 ; white matter 

 in blood, 580 ; milky serum, 580, 714 

 note 



Peculiarities of blood in different parts, 

 580 ; proximate elements of, in health, 

 581 ; quantity of, in body, 490, 581 

 Coagulation of, 582 ; due to fibrin alone, 

 582 ; an act of vitality, 583; causes in- 

 fluencing, 584; proportions of serum 

 and clot, 585 ; serum, composition of, 

 586; influence of changes in propor- 

 tion of constituents, 587; buffy coat, 

 causes of, 588,589; artificially produc- 

 ible^}' retarding coagulation, 589 

 Pathological changes in, 590 592 ;, nor- 

 mal proportion of chief constituents, 

 590; importance of accurate analysis, 

 590, 591 ; increase of fibrin in inflam- 

 mation, 591 a, 606. 717; deficiency of 

 fibrin in fever and hemorrhagic diseases, 

 591 b,- increase of corpuscles in pletho- 

 ra, 591 c,- diminution in chlorosis, anae- 

 mia, &c., 59 1 e ; decrease of albumen in 

 Bright's disease, 591 d; general depra- 

 vation of, 592 ; imperfect elaboration of 

 in tuberculous cachexia, 610, 714 

 Changes produced in, by respiration, 538 

 554 ; difference of arterial and venous 

 blood, 538 ; excretion of carbonic acid 

 from, 539; comparative analysis of ar- 

 terial and venous blood, 540 ; gases ex- 

 tracted from, 541 ; change of colour, 

 causes of, 542 ; aeration of, by general 

 surface, 543 ; general action of respira- 

 tion on, 544 

 Organization of, 597 



Movement of through vessels, see Circu- 

 lation 

 Blood-vessels, see Arteries, Capillaries, 



Veins 



Bone, structure of, 629; formation of, 630 ;" 

 chemical composition of, 630; growth of, 

 631 ; regeneration of, 632 

 Bowman, Mr., his observations on muscu- 

 lar fibre, 367 374, 384 ; on mucous mem- 

 brane, 640 ; on structure of the kidney, 

 667, 668 



Brain, see Encephalon, Cerebrum, Cerebel- 

 lum, &c. 



Brewster, Sir D., his law of visible direc- 

 tion, 336 



Bright's disease of kidney, 591 d 

 Brodie, Sir B., his experiments on the Par 



Vagum, 236; on animal heat, 725 

 Bronchial tubes, contractility of, 527, 528 

 Brunner's glands, 706 

 Buchanan, Dr., referred to, 714 note, 715 

 Budd, Dr. W., referred to, 175, 590 n, 717 

 Buffy Coat, 554, 588, 589 

 Bulb, of hair, 623 



Cacoplastic deposits, 609, 610 



