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INDEX. 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



Motion of Blood in Veins, 514516; 

 structure and properties of veins, 514; 

 causes of flow of blood through, 515, 

 516 



Peculiarities of circulation, in lungs, 517, 

 525; in portal system, 517; in cranium, 

 418; in erectile tissue, 519; in foetus, 

 early state of, 763: subsequent condi- 

 tion of, 766 



Disorders of circulation, 716, 717 

 Clot, of Blood, see Crassamentum 



, organization of, 554, 597 



Coagulable lymph, see Liquor Sanguinis 

 Coagulation, of blood, 582; due to fibrin 

 alone, 582; an act of vitality, 583; cir- 

 cumstances influencing, 584; proportion 

 of serum and clot, 585; of chyle, 563, 

 564; of lymph, 565; of fibrin, 553, 554 

 Coathupe, Mr., his experiments on respira- 

 tion, 532, 534; on products of combustion 

 of charcoal, 551 note 

 Cochlea, 359 

 Cockchafer, 30 

 Coecilia, 42 

 Coition, act of, in Male, 738; in Female, 



743 



Cold, degree of, endurable by Man, 721; in- 

 fluence of, on young animals, 728, 729 

 Coloured particles in blood, see Corpuscles 

 Colourless globules in blood, 566, 577 579 

 Colours, impressions made by, 345; com- 

 plementary, 345; deficiency of power of 

 distinguishing, 346 



Combe, Dr. A., quoted from, 428, 449, 768 

 Commissures of Brain, 216 2 18; deficiency 



of, 286 



Complementary colours, 345 

 Conchifera, nervous system in, 133 

 Concussion of brain, effects of, 386, 425 

 Consciousness, 100, 289; double, 296 

 Consensual movements, 250 257 

 Contractility, of Muscle, 105, 366; not de- 

 pendent on nervous agency, 380 385 

 but influenced by it, 386 388; of arte- 

 ries, 500,502 504; of capillaries, 510; o:' 

 bronchial tubes, 527, 528 

 Contraction, of Muscle, mode of, 371, 372 

 causes of, 378, 379; alternates with re 

 laxation, 377; after death, 389391; de- 

 pendent on arterial blood, 392; power of 

 the same at different degrees of extension 

 394; energy of, in Man, 395; in Insects 

 396; rapidity of, 397 

 Convolutions of Brain, 313 318 

 Convulsive diseases, 298301 

 Cooling power of cutaneous exhalation, 731 

 Cooper, Sir A., his experiments on circu 

 lation through cranium, 118; his re 

 searches on Mammary gland and its 

 secretion, 427, 683 688; on Thymus 

 gland, 711 

 Coral, 18 

 Corallines, 18 

 Cornea, structure and nutrition of, 626 



Corpora Malpighiana, 666 668 



Olivaria, 168172 



Pyramidalia, 168 172 



Quadrigemina, 214, 215, 265 



Restiformia, 168 172 



Striata, 169172, 214 



Wolffiana, 37, 667 c, 699 



/orpus Callosum, 216, 218 

 Luteum, 744 



Corpuscles, red, of Blood, structure of, 570; 

 form of, 571; size of, in Mammalia, 572 a; 

 in Birds, 572 b; in Reptiles, 572 c; chemi- 

 cal constitution of, 573; production of, by 

 each other, 574; first formation of, in em- 

 bryo, 575; large in foetus, 575; uses of, 

 in animal economy, 576; increase of, in 

 plethora, 591 c; diminution of, in chlo- 

 rosis, 591 c 



, colourless, of Blood, 566, 577; 



uses of, 578, 579 



of Chyle, 564, 566 



of Lymph, 565 



of Spleen, 580, 708 



of Supra-Renal Capsules, 580, 710 



Cortical Substance, of Brain, 281 



-, of Kidney, 666, 667 



Cranium, circulation in, 517 

 Crassamentum of Blood, 582 585 

 Croup-like convulsion, 300 

 Crowing inspiration of infants, 300 

 Crusta petrosa of teeth, 634 

 Cruveilhier, M., his observations on heart, 



482 486; on purulent deposits, 665 

 Cryptogamia, reproduction in, 732 

 Crystalline lens, 627 

 Currie, Dr., case of dysphagia related by, 



464 

 Cuttle-fish, nerves of arms in, 139, 140; 



ejection of ink by, 141, 262 

 Cytoblast, 557 



Dartos, contractility of, 375 



Davy, Dr. J., his researches on animal heat, 

 720 



Death, somatic and molecular, 644 ; death 

 of individual cells, 645 ; by asphyxia, 546, 

 548 ; by syncope, 210, 386 ; by necraemia, 

 592; by retention of secretions, 649, 661, 

 570 



Decidua, formation of, 748 



Decomposition, continual, in living beings, 

 83, 84, 92, 467, 644 



Decussation, of optic nerves, 338 



Defecation, 202 



Degeneration, of nervous structure, 222 ; of 

 muscular fibre, 381, 382; of elements of 

 blood into pus, 608, 609 ; intotubercle, 610 



Deglutition, 433; a reflex action, 191; 

 nerves concerned in, 192, 193; actions 

 preceding, 195197; in Polypes, 130 



Dental groove, 635 



Dentine, 634 



