INDEX. 



639 



The Numbers refer 



Perennibranchiate Batrachia, 43 



Peristaltic movements of intestines, 446; 

 independent of nervous agency, 200; in- 

 fluenced by spinal cord through sympa- 

 thetic, 200, 201 



Peyerian glands, 705, 707 



Philip, Dr. Wilson, his experiments on the 

 Par Vagum, 233236; on connection of 

 nervous system with heart, 481 ; with ca- 

 pillaries, 513 



Phosphorus, an element of food, 434; in 

 protein compounds, 458 ; oxidation of, in 

 system, 677 



Photophobia, 222 



Phrenological doctrines regarding Cerebel- 

 lum, 274278 ; regarding Cerebrum, 292, 

 293 



Physiology, objects of the science, and mode 

 of pursuing it, 1 ; science of normal life, 

 2; its relation to Hygiene, 6; to Patholo- 

 gy, 7~9 



Pigment-cells, 617 



Placenta, 54, 55 ; formation and structure of, 

 748 



Placental souffle, 750 



Plants, see Vegetables 



Plethora, increase of blood-corpuscles in, 

 591 c 



Plica Polonica, 624 



Poisseuille, M., his experiments on the cir- 

 culation, 492, 501, 503, 587 



Polypes, 18, 130; circulation in, 498; re- 

 production of parts in, 593 



Porrigo favosa, 562 



Portal circulation, 500, 517, 655; in kid- 

 neys, 669 



Posterior roots of spinal nerves, 123 



Pregnancy, signs of, 751,752, see Gestation 



Presbyopia, 351 



Primitive trace, 759 



Protein, composition and properties of, 457 



Proteus, 43 



Prout, Dr., his classification of alimentary 

 substances, 430; his observations on di- 

 gestion, 460 ; on amount of carbonic acid 

 excreted, 535 ; on watery exhalation from 

 the lungs, 549; on urine, 675 ; on general 

 disorders of secretion, 718 



Pulsation of heart, 482486 



arteries, 501 



Pulse,average frequency of, at different ages, 

 493; variations of, with sex and posture, 

 493; with muscular exertion, 516; diur- 

 nal variation of, 494 ; respiratory, 516 



Pupil, action of, 205, 222, 249, 330 



Purkinje, optical experiment of, 348 



Pus, production of, 601, 609 



Pyramids, anterior and posterior, 168172 



Quadrumana, 61 

 Quickening, 752 



to the Paragraphs. 



Quetelet, M., his researches on relative mor- 

 tality at different seasons, 729 ; on length 

 and weight of infants at birth, 779; on 

 relative viability of males and females, 

 772; on comparative heights of males 

 and females, 772 



R 



Raciborski, his researches on conception, 



742 



Radiafi, 17; general structure of, 1820; 

 affinity with vegetables, 18, 19; symmetry 

 in, 20; reproduction of parts in, 21 ; ner- 

 vous system in, 128 131 

 Recti muscles of orbit, 245, 248, 249 

 Reeds, vibrating, laws of, 407 409 

 Reflex action, 130,146, 162, 173, 175 



ases of, in Man, without sensa- 



tion, 176180, 194 

 Regeneration of parts, in lower Animals. 



21, 593 



Reid, Dr., J., his researches on glosso-pha- 

 ryngeal nerve, 123, 192, 193, 228; on 

 pneumogastric, 184, 199, 230 238; on 

 laryngeal nerves, 188 ; on spinal acces- 

 sory, 239, 240; on muscular contracti- 

 lity, 38 1385; on irritability of heart, 480; 

 on Asphyxia, 489, 548; on capillary cir- 

 culation, 512; on mucous membrane of 

 uterus, 748 ; on structure of placenta, 749 

 Reparative processes, 594 605 ; Dr. Ma- 

 cartney's views of, 594, 595, 598, 599 ; 

 union by first intention, 595 ; process of 

 organization of liquor sanguinis, 596 ; 

 organization of blood, 597; modeling 

 process, 598 ; causes favourable to, 599 ; 

 granulation, 600, 601 

 Repetition of parts, 21 

 REPRODUCTION, 

 General account of, 98, 99 ; in Plants, 



732; in Animals, 733 

 History of, in Male, 734 738 ; sperma- 

 tic fluid, 734; evolution of spermato- 

 zoa, 735 ; power of, 736, coitus, 738 

 History of, in Female, 739 756 ; general 

 account of ovum, 739; first develop- 

 ment of, 740; maturation of, 741 ; men- 

 struation, 742 ; aptitude for conception, 

 742 ; coitus, 743 ; escape of ovum, 744 ; 

 corpus luteum, 744; first change in 

 ovum, 745, 746; addition of chorion, 

 747; formation of decidua, 748; for- 

 mation and structure of placenta, 749 ; 

 sound of, 754; increase of tissue of 

 uterus, 751 ; quickening, 752; parturi- 

 tion, 753 ; ordinary duration of gesta- 

 tion, 754 ; protracted gestation, 755 ; 

 shortest term of gestation, 756 ; super- 

 fcetation, 756 



Development of embryo, see Embryo 

 Reptiles, 3943 ; respiration and circulation 

 in, 39, 42; different orders of, 40; con- 

 nected with Fishes by Batrachia, 42, 



