INDEX. 



1037 



Peptozym, 468 



Pericardial liquid, 450 



Perimeter, 342 



Peripheral field of vision, 342 

 resistance in circulation, 514 



Peristalsis, 725 



Peroxidases, 962 



Perspiration. See Sweat. 



Pettenkofer's reaction, 816 



Pflliger's law of stimulation, 88 

 tetanus, 90 



Phagocytes, 444 



Phenolsulphuric acid, 855 



Phenomenon of conditioned reflexes, 

 190 



Phenylalanin, 794, 1009 



Phlorhizin diabetes, 912 



Phosphatids, 78 



Phosphoproteins, 1016 



Phrenology, 192 



Phrenosin, 79 



Physical heat, regulation, 954 



Physiological diplopia, 373 

 oxidations, theories of, 959 



Lavoisier's work, 641, 944 

 point (vision), 344 

 saline, 423 



Physostigmin, action of, on iris, 328 



Pilocarpin, action of, on heart, 589 

 on iris, 328 



on salivary glands, 253 

 on sweat glands, 864 



Pineal body, 884 



Piqiire, 909 



Pituitary body, structure and func- 

 tions of, 880, 883 

 effects of removal of, 882 

 extracts of anterior lobe of, 882 

 posterior lobe of, 881 



Placenta, functions of, 979 



Plain muscle, 55 



Plasma of blood, composition of, 447 



Pleonectic blood, 679 



Plethysmography, 604 



Pneumogastric nerve. See Vagus. 



Pneumograph, 651 



Pneumothorax, 661 



Poikilothermous animals, 945 



Polar bodies of ovum, 975 



Polypeptid, 796, 1010 



Positive electrical variation in heart, 

 590 



Posterior funiculi, descending tracts 



of, 177, 180 

 tracts of, 169 

 root, cells of, origin of, 83 

 ganglia, type of cells in. 131 

 termination in cord, 168 



Postganglionic nerve-fibers, 252 



Potassium ferricyanide method of de- 

 termining oxygen, 671 

 salts, action of, on heart, 570, 601 



Potential energy of food, 935 

 Precipitins, 1011 

 Predicrotic pulse-wave, 525 

 Preganglionic nerve-fibers, 252 

 Pregnancy, changes in, 981 

 Prepyramidal tracts, 180 

 Presbyopia, 316, 321 

 Press- juice, 746 

 Pressor nerve-fibers, 611 

 Pressure of gases in solution, 674 



sense, deep, 279 

 distribution of, 283 

 localizing power, etc., 283 

 Primary proteoses, 780 

 Principal axis of lens, 307 



focal distance, 307 



Projection system of fibers (brain), 185 

 Prolamines, 1014 

 Prolin, 795, 1009 

 Propeptone, 780 

 Prostate gland, 989, 992, 993 

 Protalbumoses, 780 

 Protamins, 990, 1014 

 Protanopia, 355 

 Proteases, 747 

 Protective enzymes, 748 

 Proteins, absorption of, in intestine, 

 805 



adequate, 901 



as glycqgen formers, 825 



circulating, 896 



classification of, 1013 



definition and structure of, 1009 



diffusion of, 1021 



excretion of nitrogen of, 845, 846 



general reactions of, 1011 



in blood-plasma, 449 



inadequate, 901 



necessary amount of, in diet, 898 

 938, 939 



normal metabolism in body, 895 



nutritive value of, 901 



of muscle, 61 



osmotic pressure of, 1020 



putrefaction of, in large intestine, 

 808 



specific dynamic action of, 905 



storage, 896 



synthesis of, in body, 805 

 Proteolytic enzymes, 747 

 Proteoses, 1016 



general properties of, 781 

 Protopathic sensations, 279 



sensibility, 278 



Proximate principles of food, 738 

 Psychophysical law, 275 

 Ptomaines, 809 

 Ptyalin, 755 



action of, in stomach, 724, 766 



digestive action of, 765 



effect of various conditions upon, 

 766 



