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INDEX. 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



329; defects of, 331 ; optical powers of, 

 332, 333 ; consensual movements of, 251 

 256 



Falsetto notes, how produced, 410 



Faraday, Mr., optical illusion discovered 

 by, 344 



Farre, Dr. A., discovery of Spermatozoa in 

 Ovum, 733 



Fat-cells, 618, 619; contents of, 618; uses 

 of, 619, 730; formation of, 433 



Feathers, 47 



Fever, state of blood in, 591 b 



Fenestra ovalis, 351, 358 



rotunda, 351, 358 



Ferneley, Mr., on areas of arteries, 476 



Fibres of Vegetable tissue, origin of, 556 



Animal tissues, origin of, 554, 



555, 611, 613; white, 637,638; yellow, 

 637, 638; mixture of in areolar tissue, 

 637; in serous and synovial membranes, 

 639 ; in mucous membrane and skin, 641 



Muscle and Nerve, see Muscular 



Fibre, and Nervous tissue 



Fibrin, composition of 457, 553; properties 

 of, 553555 ; coagulation of, 553555 ; 

 in chyle, 564, 567; in blood, 582, 583; 

 increase of, in inflammation, 591 a, 606, 

 717 ; diminution of, in fever and hemor- 



. rhagic diseases, 591 b ; imperfect elabo- 

 ration of, in strumous diathesis, 610, 714; 

 formed at expense of albumen, 554, 567 

 579; effusion of, 607; organization of, 

 554, 555, 560, 607 



Fibro-cartilage, 625 



Fibrous tissues, 637, 638; origin of, 613 



Fifth Pair of Nerves, 225; ophthalmic 

 branch of, 226; superior maxillary branch 

 of, 226; inferior maxillary branch of, 

 226; lingual branch of, 228; develop- 

 ment of, 243; influence of, on organic 

 processes, 425 



^'^65,37,38; skeleton of, 37; respiration 

 of, 38; air-bladder of, 38, 351 ; kidneys 

 of, 37; encephalon of, 213 215; circu- 

 lation in, 499 



Fluids, absorption of, by intestinal surface, 

 461463 ; by general surface, 464466 ; 

 by veins, 463, 466 ; by lacteals, 461, 462 ; 

 by lymphatics, 466, 469 



Fostus, table of development of, 766 ; circu- 

 lation in, 766 ; brain of, compared with 

 that of lower animals, 214, 215, 217 



Follicles of Lieberkiihn, 705 



Food, causes of demand for, 84; different 

 kinds of, 430434; destination of, 431 

 432; desire for, 440442; relative di- 

 gestibility of different kinds of, 451,452 ; 

 mechanical reduction of, 436 ; entrance 

 of, into stomach, 244; passage of, into 

 intestine, 445; passage of, through intes- 

 tinal canal, 446, 447 ; mode of solution 



of, 448 460; proximate principles con- 

 tained in, 457; production of albumen 

 from, 456 ; smallest quantity of, on which 

 life can be supported, 473; greatest quan- 

 tity that can be devoured, 474; supply of 

 required by Man, 470 474: sufficiency 

 indicated by satiety, 470 ; allowance of, 

 in Navy, 471 ; in Milbank Penitentiary, 

 472; in Edinburgh House of Refuge, 

 472 ; in convict-ship, 472 



Form, mode of acquiring knowledge of, by 

 touch, 317; by sight, 339, 340 



Fourth pair of nerves, 244, 246, 247 



Fourth ventricle, 164, 216 



Foville, Dr., his observations on brain, 115, 

 282 



Fremy, M., his analysis of nervous matter, 

 643 



Frog, 42 



Functions, 75; division of, into organic and 

 animal, 76, 77; connection of, 7782, 

 97; of Animal life, 78-80, 100105 ; of 

 Organic life, 8399 



G 



Gall-bladder, 654 



Ganglia, 111; of Nervous System of Ra- 

 diata, 129; of Mollusca, 132, 136; of Ar- 

 ticulata, 143, 144, 148; of special sense 

 in Vertebrata, 258, 261265, 294; of 

 Sympathetic, 110, 111 



Ganglionic globules, 111 



Gangrene, 608 



Gases, poisonous, action of, 550, 551 



Gasteropoda, Nervous System of, 133 138 



Gastric fluid, secretion of, not dependent on 

 nervous influence, 235; properties of, 

 448, 449, et seq. 



Gelatin, composition of, 615 



, of cartilage, 625; of bone, 630 



Gerber, Prof., referred to, 519, 569 

 Germinal mass, 758 



membrane, serous layer, 751 



mucous and vascular layers, 759 



spot, 739, et seq. 



vesicle, 739, et seq. 



Gestation in Mammalia, 56; signs of, 752; 



ordinary duration of, 754 ; protracted, 755 



shortest period of, 756 

 Gills, respiration by, 523 

 Globules of Chyle and Lymph, 563-568; of 



Blood, red, 570576; colourless, 577, 579 

 Globulin, composition of, 573 

 Glosso-pharyngeal nerve, functions of, 192, 



193, 228; development of, 243 

 Gluttony, cases of, 474 

 Glycerine, composition and properties of, 



618 

 Goodsir, Mr., his researches on the Teeth, 



625; on Absorption, 461, 462; on Secre- 

 tion, 631 ; on milk-cells, 683 b 

 Gouty diathesis, 714 



