INDEX. 



631 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



Callus, formation of, 632 



Calorification of Animals, see Heat 



Cancer, 90, 561 



Capillary vessels, distribution and size of, 



477; origin of, 477; properties of their 

 walls, 510; absent in some tissues, 479; 

 independent action of, 495, 499; proofs 

 of, 505507; motion of blood in, 478; 

 continues after death, 506; in acardiac 

 foetus, 507; stagnation of. in Asphyxia, 

 &c., 508; influence of local excitement 

 on, 509; laws regulating, 511, 512; con- 

 nection of, with nervous influence, 513 

 Carbonic acid, excretion of, 92, 520, 533; 

 amount of, 534, 535; conditions of, 537; 

 contained in venous blood, 538 541; ex- 



with intelligence, 279, 280; with the will, 

 288; phrenological account of, 292, 293; 

 peculiar conditions of, in sleep, somnam- 

 bulism, &c., 295297 



Ceruminous glands, 703 



Chsetodon rostratus, 290 



Change, involved in idea ofjife, 72, 73 



Cheselden's case of cataract, 334, 339 



Chiasma of optic nerves, 338 



Chimpanzee, 62 70 



Chlorosis, 591 c 



Chondrin, composition and properties of, 



625 



Chorda dorsalis, 760 

 Chordae vocales, 402 408 

 Chorion, production of, 747 



piration of, in hydrogen, 539; existence Chossat, his experiments on inanition, 472, 

 of, shown by analysis, 540; extracted by 



air-pump, 541; exchanged for oxygen, 

 544; effects of its retention in the system, 

 546548 



-, absorption of, by lungs, 551 



Cartilage, structure of, 625; composition 

 of, 625; nutrition of, 626; functions of, 626 

 Catamenia, 742 



Ce/&,86,88 91,98; compose bulk of fabric 

 of Vegetables, 556; origin of, 556, 557; 

 similar origin of in Animals, 558, 559; 

 individual growth of, 561; transforma- 

 tions of, 556,560,611; individual life 

 of, 644, 645; death of, 644, 645; vary- 

 ing duration of, 645, 646 

 Functions of, general, 86, 88 91, 98; in 

 Absorption, 461, 462; in Assimilation, 

 578, 579; in Secretion, 622, 651; in 

 Reproduction, 698, 735 

 Persistence of in certain tissues, 616; in 

 pigment, 617; in fat, 618, 619; in epi- 

 dermis and epithelium, 620 622; in 

 cartilage, 625, 626 



Replacement of by Fibres, 613, 627643 

 Cellular Plants, 88, 556 

 Cellular tissue, see Areolar tissue 

 Cellulose, vegetable, 612 

 Cementum of teeth, 634 

 Cephalic nerves, functions of, 219 242; cha- 

 racter of, 243; embryological development 

 of, 243 



Cerebellum, 158, 161, 294; of Fishes, 213; 

 of Reptiles, 216; of Birds, 217; of Mam- 

 malia, 218; of Human embryo, 214, 217; 

 relative dimensions of, 266, 267; experi- 

 ments on, 268, 269; connection of, with 

 motor power, 270, 271; with sexual in- 

 stinct, 274 278; pathological changes in, 

 272, 273, 275; phrenological account of, 

 274278 



Cerebrum, 158, 161, 294; general structure 

 of, 281; of Fishes, 213; of Reptiles, 217; 

 of Birds, 217; of Mammalia, 218; of 

 Human embryo, 214, 217; functions of, 

 279 293; relative dimensions of, 283- 

 285; experiments on, 286; pathological 

 changes in, 281, 282, 287; connection of, 



730 



Chyle, 86; formation of, in intestines, 446; 

 absorption of, 461, 462; analysis of, 467; 

 elaboration of, 563569; aspect of, 563; 

 changes of, in progress through lacteals, 

 564, 567; globules contained in, their 

 nature and source, 566; their destination, 

 577: chyle from thoracic duct, 568; rela- 

 tive constitution of, 569 

 Chyme, formed by digestive process, 444- 



446 

 Chymification,448 460; a chemical action, 



454460 

 Cicatricula, 759 

 Cilia, 621 



Cineritious matter, 111 

 CIRCULATION, 



General account of, 87; objects of, 475; 

 course of, in Man, 476; arterial trunks, 

 476; capillaries, 477; veins, 477; move- 

 ment of blood in, 478; absence of ves- 

 sels in some tissues, 479 

 Action of Heart, 480; connection of with 

 nervous system, 209, 238, 481; rhyth- 

 mical movements of, 482, 483; sounds 

 O f f 484486; course of blood in, 487; 

 differences of two sides, 488, 489; 

 quantity of blood impelled by, 490, 

 491; force of contractions, 492; num- 

 ber of contractions, 493, 494 

 Action of Vessels, proofs of its indepen- 

 dent existence, 495 499; circulation in 

 Plants, 496, 497; in Lower Animals, 

 498, 499 



Action of Arteries, 500 504; their elas- 

 ticity and contractility, 500; influence 

 of their elasticity, 501; proofs of their 

 contractility, 502, 503; their tonicity, 

 503; influence of their contractility, 

 504 



Independent motion in capillaries, 505; 

 proofs of, 506, 507; stagnation in, 508; 

 influence of capillaries in regulating 

 amount of flow, 509; contractility of 

 capillaries, 510; general principles of 

 their action, 511513; influence of 

 nerves on capillary circulation, 513 



