INDEX. 



955 



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Decidute, formation of 907 



Defalcation 296 



conditions which precede the desire for 297 



muscular action in 297, 298 



Deglutition, uses of the epiglottis in 117 



action of the tongue in 204, 219 



influence of the saliva upon 214 



physiological anatomy of the parts concerned in . 215 



mechanism of 218 



first period of 218 



effects of section of the sublingual nerves upon. . 219 



in cases of absence of the tongue 219 



second period of 219 



action of the constrictors of the pharynx in the 



second period of 220 



protection of the posterior nares during 220 



protection of the opening of the larynx dur- 

 ing 220, 224 



relations of, to respiration 220 



action of the epiglottis in 221 



influence of the sensibility of the top of the 



larynx in protecting the opening during 221 



study of, by autolaryngoscopy 223 



third period of 224 



action of the oesophagus in 224 



length of time occupied in 224 



character of the movements of 225 



in the inverted posture 225 



of air 225 



influence of the pneumogastric nerves upon 252 



influence of the spinal accessory nerves upon . . . 631 



influence of the sublingual nerves upon 634 



influence of the superior laryngcal branches of 



the pneumogastrics v, pon 651 



influence of the inferior laryngeal branches of the 



pneumogastrics upon 653 



Demours, membrane of 771 



Dental bulb 925 



follicle 925 



Dentine 199, 925 



Depressor-nerve of the circulation 78, 655 



Derivative circulation 108 



Derma (see Skin) 881 



Descemet, membrane of 771 



Development of the embryon (see Embryon) 911 



afterbirth 945 



Dextral preeminence 944 



Dextrine 182 



Diabetes, artificial 405, 470, 663 



Diaphragm 121, 123 



action of, in inspiration 124 



influence of contraction of, upon the size of the 



opening for the oesophagus 125 



development of 921 



Diaphragmatic hernia, congenital 921 



Diastase 182 



animal, action of, upon starch 214 



Dicrotism of the pulse 73, 74 



Diet (see Food) 191 



regulation of, in hospitals, etc 192 



influence of, upon the development of power 



and endurance 493 



variations in. in different climates 512 



in arctic regions 512, 518 



Diffusion of liquids , 324, 826 



Digestion, influence of, upon the proportion of leuco- 

 cytes in the blood 15 



influence of, upon the pulse 52 



influence of, upon the exhalation of carbonic acid. 148 



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Digestion, general considerations 195 



duration of 195 



general view of the organs of 195 



successive action of the various digestive fluids 



in 242 



action of the saliva in (see Saliva) 206 



action of the gastric juice in (see Gastric juice). . 242 



of nitrogenized alimentary principles. . . 243, 267, 277 



duration of, in the stomach 249 



circumstances which influence 251 



influence of exercise upon 251 



influence of sleep upon 251 



influence of haemorrhage upon 251 



influence of inanition upon 251 



influence of age upon 251 



in the small intestine 257, 267, 273 



action of the intestinal juice in (see Intestinal 



juice) 



267 



action of the pancreatic juice in (see Pancreatic 



juice) 273 



action of the bile in (see Bile) 277 



influence of, upon the quantity of lymph 329 



influence of, upon the flow of bile 441 



influence of, upon the glycogenic function of the 



liver 469 



influence of, upon the volume of the spleen 477 



influence of, upon animal heat 508 



Digestive fluids in the foetus 921, 944 



Digitalis, want of action of. upon the heart, after sec- 

 tion of the pneumogastrics C54, 665 



Dilator tubse muscle 821 



Disassimilation (see Urine, Faces, Sweat, and Mech- 

 anism of Excretion) 846 



Discords 833 



Discus proligerus 863 



Dissepiments of the placenta 910 



Diurnal variations in the urine 427 



Dorsal plates 913, 915 



Double vision 802 



Dreams... 744 



Drinking, mechanism of 197 



Drinks ... 184 



influence of, upon the urine 427 



Duct of Miiller, development of, into the Fallopian 



tube 927 



Ductless glands 472 



enumeration of 478 



Ductus arteriosus 932, 933 



closure of 988 



venosus, closure of 938 



Duodenum 257 



glands of 260 



Dupuytren, brain of 703 



Dura mater 667 



first appearance of 916 



Ear, glands of 860 



uses of the hairs at the opening of. 390 



disease of the semicircular canals of 71S 



lobule of. 817 



Ear, external 817 



uses of. 885,849 



muscles of. 813 



Ear, middle, general arrangement of the parts in .... 818 



arrangement of the ossicles of 819 



fenestra ovalis and fenestra rotunda of. 819 



muscles of 820 



arrangement of the tympanic membrane in (see 



Tympanic membrane) 835 



