INDEX. 



The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



of, with nervous system, 91; simplest 

 form of, 88; not dependent upon ner- 

 vous agency, 424; but influenced by 

 it, 425 



Essential nature of, 551 et seq.; organ- 

 izable principles, composition and pro- 

 perties of, 552554; albumen, 552; 

 fibrin, 553; its coagulation, 554, 555 

 Origin of cells, 560562; predominance 

 of, in Vegetable structures, 556; mode 

 of origin, 557, 558 ; corresponding phe- 

 nomena in Animals, 559, 560; growth 

 of, by assimilation, 561; parasitic 

 growths, 562 



Origin of fibres, 554, 555, 611 

 Fibrin the chief organizable principle, 

 554; production of in chyle and lymph, 

 563569 ; characters of crude chyle, 

 563; changes during passage through 

 lacteals, 564, 567 ; characters of lymph, 

 565 ; source of globules in, 566 ; nature 

 of fluid in thoracic duct, 568 ; tabular 

 view of elaboration of chyle, 569 ; 

 blood, physical and vital characters of, 

 570589 (see Blood); pathological 

 changes in, 590592 

 Origin of solid tissues, 593601 ; repro- 

 duction of parts in lower Animals, 593 ; 

 reparative processes, 594,595; union 

 by first intention, 596; organization of 

 liquor sanguinis, 596; organization of 

 blood, 597; modeling process of Dr. 

 Macartney, 598; circumstances favour- 

 able to, 599; granulation, 600, 601 

 Formation of tissues, 611 646; general 

 modes of transformation, 612; produc- 

 tion of fibres, 613; composition and 

 properties of gelatin, 615; cellular 

 structure in Animal bodies, 616; pig- 

 ment-cells, 617; fat-cells, 618, 619 ; epi- 

 dermic tissues, 620622; hair, 623, 

 624; cartilage, 625, 626; humors of 

 the eye, 627; mode of their nutrition, 

 628; bone, 629632; teeth, 633 636; 

 fibrous tissues, 637 641 ; areolar tis- 

 sue, 637; elastic tissue, tendons, liga- 

 ments, &c., 638; serous and synovial 

 membranes, 639 ; skin and mucous 

 membranes, 640, 641 ; muscular tissue, 

 642; nervous tissue, 643 

 Death of tissues, 644; term of existence 

 of cells, 645 ; variation of, at different 

 periods of life, 646 



Varying activity of nutritive processes, 

 602605 ; hypertrophy, 603 ; atrophy, 

 604, 605 



Abnormal forms of Nutritive processes, 

 606610; inflammation, 606608; 

 suppuration, 609; tubercular deposit, 

 610 



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Oblique muscles of orbit, 245 247 



Octopus, nerves of, 115 



Odours, sensibility to, 220 



Oesophagus, descent of food through, 194 



Oleaginous principles, 430, 432, 460, 567, 

 618 



Oleine, composition and properties of, 618 



Olfactory lobes, in Fishes, 213, 214; in Rep- 

 tiles, 216; in Birds, 217; in Mammalia, 

 218 



Olfactive nerves, functions of, 220 



Olivary bodies, 168172 



Omphalo-meseraic vessels, 762, 764 



Optic lobes, in Fishes, 213, 214; in Rep- 

 tiles, 216; in Birds, 217; in Mammalia, 

 218; in Human embryo, 214, 215, 217; 

 functions of, 265 



Optic Nerve, 221; an exciter of motion, 

 222 ; decussation of, 338 ; termination of 

 in papillae, 332 



Optic Thalami, 214-218 



Orang outan compared with Man, 62 70 



Orbicularis muscle, reflex action of, 204 



Orbit, motor nerves of, 244 249; muscles 

 of, 245, 246 



Organic fibres of nervous system, 110, 424, 

 425 



Organization, connection of, with vital pro- 

 ties, 561 ; incipient, in chyle, 86, 564; of 

 liquor sanguinis, 554; of blood, 597 



Organs of Sense, their mode of operation, 

 103, 104 ; see Ear, Eye, &c. 



Ornithorhyncus, 55 



Ostrich, 47, 52 



Ovarium, origin of ova in, 740, 741 ; corpus 

 luteum in, 744 



Ovum, parts of, 739 ; origin of, 740; matu- 

 ration of, 741 ; arrival of spermatozoa at, 

 733, 743; discharge of, from ovary, 744; 

 first changes in, 745, 746 



Owen, Mr., on blood-corpuscles of Siren, 

 570 n; on formation of teeth, 634 



Pancreas, structure of, 693; secretion of, 

 695 



Papillae, of skin, 316; of tongue, 321; of 

 optic nerve, 322: of auditory nerve, 352 



Paralysis of Spinal Cord, 176179, 261 



agitans, 300 note. 



Parturition, 203, 753 



Par Vagum, the excitor of respiratory move- 

 ments, 1 84, 185 ; influence of, on pharynx, 

 193; influence of, on stomach, 198; chief 

 exciter of sense of hunger, 199; effects of 

 section of, on lungs, 230233 ; on diges- 

 tion, 234236; on heart, 238 



Pathology, the science of abnormal life, 2 ; 

 connection of with physiology, 7 9; 

 connection of, with therapeutics, 10; mode 

 of advancing it, 11, 12 



Pepsin, 455, 456 



Perception, 288, 289 



