INDEX. 



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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 j 



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 



functions of chloride of sodium in 21 



functions of other inorganic salts in 21 



organic saline principles in 21 



organic non-nitrogenized principles in 21 



excreinentitious matters in 21 



fats and sugars in 22 



organic nitrogenized principles in 22 



plasnaine, fibrin, metalbumen, and serine in 22 



peptones in 23 



coloring matter of the plasma of 23 



coagulation of. 24 



clot and serum of 24 



: J'ormation of the clot in 24 



proportions of clot and serum 24 



characters of the clot of 25 



characters of the serum of. 25 



coagulatory 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 tha 



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 tire leech ... 30 



fibrillation of fibrin in coagulation of 30 



non-coagulation of, in the renal and hepatic veins 



and in the capillaries 30, 472 



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 . . . 320 



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 Blood, influence of the composition and pressure of, 



upon secretion , . . 34(5 



changes of, in passing through the kidneys 4C6 



changes in the albuminoid and corpuscular con- 

 stituents of, in passing through the liver 472 



changes in, in passing through the spleen 477 



relations of, to muscular irritabilit/ 587 



Blood-corpuscles, development of, in the ovum 631 



Blood-vessels, absorption by ,. . . 301 



first formation of, in the blastodermic layers 930 



Bones, action of the gastric juice upon 249 



anatomy of 543 



fundamental substance of 544 



Haversian rods of 544 



Haversian canals of 544 



Iacuna3 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 



Botal, foramen of 934 



Boys, voice of 556 



Brain, circulation in 100 



contraction and expansion of, with the acts of 



respiration '. 107, 668 



peculiarity of the small vessels of 107, 583, 668 



lymphatics of 306 



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 690 



specific gravity of 690 



some pouits in the physiological anatomy of 690 



directions of the fibres in 601 



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 piueal gland, pituitary body, corpus callosurn, 



septum lucidum, ventricles, and hippocampi of 728 



rolling and turning movements following injury 



of certain parts of 728 



Branchial arches 33 



Bread, made from gluten 179 



Bread,' digestibility of 251 



Breathing capacity, extreme 187 



846 

 121 

 866 

 118 

 922 



Breschet, perilymph and endolymph of. 



Bronchial arteries 



mucus 



tubes 



tubes, development of. . . 



Bronzed skin 481 



Brunner, glands of 260, 267 



Buccal glands 209 



Buccinator nluscle, action of, in mastication 205 



Bursae mucosae 351 



synovial 851 



Butter 1S3 



composition of 874 



Butyrine 375 



Byron, brain of 702 



Cadaveric rigidity 946 



Caecum 280 



development of 920 



Caffeine 189 



Calorification (see Animal heat) 596 



