INDEX. 



951 



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Blood, action of the red corpuscles of, as respiratory 



organs , 13 



leucocytes, or white corpuscles of 13 



situations in which leucocytes are found 14 



appearance and characters of leucocytes 14 



quantity of leucocytes as compared with that of 

 the red corpuscles 14 



variations in the proportions of leucocytes 14 



proportion of leucocytes in the blood of the 



splenic veins 15 



specific gravity of the leucocytes of 15 



development of leucocytes 15 



elementary corpuscles of 15 



composition of the red corpuscles of 16 



analysis of 19 



table of composition of the blood-plasma 19 



proximate principles of. 20 



inorganic principles of 21 



functions of water in . 21 



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functions of chloride of sodium in 



functions of other inorganic salts in 



organic saline principles in 



organic non-nitrogenized principles in 



excrementitious matters in 



fats and sugars in , 



organic nitrogenized principles in 



plasmine, fibrin, metalbumen, and serine in. . . 



peptones in 23 



coloring matter of the plasma of 23 



coagulation of. 24 



clot and serum of 24 



formation of the clot in 24 



proportions of clot and serum 24 



characters of the clot of 25 



characters of the serum of. 25 



coagulating principle of 25 



circumstances which modify coagulation of, out 



of the body 26 



influence of temperature, chemicals, etc., upon 



the coagulation of 26 



coagulation of, in the organism 26 



coagulation of, in animals killed by lightning or 



hunted to death 26 



coagulation of, in the heart and vessels 27 



coagulation of, in the serous cavities and in the 



Graafian follicles 27 



office of the coagulation of, in the arrest of 



haemorrhage 27 



cause of the coagulation of 28 



theory that coagulation of, is due to the evapora- 

 tion of ammonia 28 



other theories of the coagulation of 28 



decomposition of plasmine into fibrin and metal- 

 bumen 29 



non-coagulation of, when drawn by the leech.. . 80 



fibrillation of fibrin in coagulation of 80 



non-coagulation of, in the renal and hepatic veins 

 and in the capillaries 80 



circulation of (see Circulation) 31 



function of, in respiration 115 



changes in, in respiration (see Respiration) 155 



difference in color between arterial and venous.. 155 



absorption of oxygen by the red corpuscles of. . 156 



gases of. 156 



nitrogen in 1 60 



condition of the gases in 160 



general differences in the composition of arterial 



and venous 161 



influence of the condition of, upon absorption . . . 820 



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Blood, influence of the composition and pressure of, 



upon secretion 346 



changes of, in passing through the kidneys 406 



supposed changes in the albuminoid and corpus- 

 cular constituents of, in passing through the liver. 472 



changes in, in passing through the spleen 477 



relations of, to muscular irritabilit/ 537 



Blood-corpuscles, development of, in the ovum 931 



Blood-vessels, absorption by 301 



first formation of, in the blastodermic layers 980 



Bones, action of the gastric juice upon 249 



anatomy of 543 



fundamental substance of 544 



Haversian rods of 544 



Haversian canals of 544 



lacunae of 545 



osteoplasts and canaliculi of 545 



marrow of 546 



blood-vessels of 547 



periosteum 547 



regeneration of, by transplantation of periosteum 547 



Bone-corpuscles 545 



Bntal, foramen of 934 



Boys, voice of 556 



Brain, circulation in 106 



contraction and expansion of, with the acts of 



respiration 107, 668 



peculiarity of the small vessels of 107, 583, 668 



lymphatics of 806 



variations in the quantity of blood in 667 



' ganglia of 688, 690 



weight of different parts of 6S9 



difference in the weight of, in the sexes 689 



differences in the weight of, at different ages. . . . 689 



specific gravity of. 690 



directions of the fibres in 691 



fissures and convolutions of. 6DI 



table of weights of, in white and black races. ... 702 



table of weights of, in various individuals 702 



state' of knowledge concerning the functions of 



the pineal gland, pituitary body, corpus callosum, 



septum lucidum, ventricles, and hippocampi of 728 



rolling and turning movements following injury 



of certain parts of 728 



Branchial arches 983 



Bread, made from gluten 179 



Bread, digestibility of 251 



Breathing capacity, extreme 137 



Breschet, perilymph and endolymph of. 846 



Bronchial arteries 121 



mucus 856 



tubes 118 



tubes, development of. 922 



Bronzed skin 481 



Brunner, glands of 260, 267 



Buccal glands 209 



Buccinator muscle, action of, in mastication 205 



Bursae mucosae 851 



synovial 851 



Butter 1 *:' 



composition of 874 



Butyrine 875 



Byron, brain of 704 



Cadaveric rigidity 946 



Caecum 280 



development of 920 



Caffeine 189 



Calorification (see Animal heat) 505 



