INDEX. 



969 



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Pregnancy, influence of, upon subsequent offspring.. . 894 



enlargement of the uterus in 938 



enlargement of the heart in 939 



duration of 939 



multiple 941 



extra-uterine 942 



Prehension of solids and liquids 197 



Prepuce, smegnia of 862 



Presbyopia 789 



Primitive trace of the embryon 899, 900 



Prisms, action of, upon light 786 



Progressive muscular atrophy 742 



Prostate 883 



Prostatic fluid, uses of 888 



Protagon 29, 584, 585 



Protoplasm 522 



Proximate principles 20 



Ptosis (see Blepharoptosis) 611, 812 



Ptyaline 211 



action of, upon starch 214 



Puberty, influence of, upon the exhalation of carbonic 



acid in the female 148 



period of 874, 945 



Pulmonary artery, pressure of blood in 109 



development of 932, 933 



Pulmonary circulation 109 



Pulmonary mucus 356 



Pulmonic semilunar valves 88, 48 



safety-valve function Of. 48, 109 



Pulp-cavity of the teeth 199 



Pulse, frequency of, at different ages 52 



in the sexes 52 



influence of digestion upon the frequency of 52 



influence of muscular exertion upon the fre- 

 quency of. 52, 53 



comparative frequency of, in sitting and standing 52 



influence of temperature upon the frequency of. 53 



influence of sleep upon the frequency of 53 



production of, and locomotion of the arteries;. . . 70 



investigation of, by the finger 71 



gradual delay of, receding from the heart 71 



pathological varieties of 71, 74 



form of. 71 



movements of, in the foot when the legs are 



crossed 71 



traces of 72, 73 



influence of temperature upon the form of. ... 73, 74 



dicrotism of ' 73, 74 



in the veins 99, 106 



relation of the frequency of, to the respiratory acts 132 



influence of menstruation upon 876 



Punctum ca3cum of the retina 792 



Pupil 774, 919 



Pupillary membrane 775. 919 



Purgatives, want of action of, after section of the 



pneumogastrics 66 



Purkinje, vesicle of. 870 



Pus-corpuscles 13 



Putrefaction of the body after death 947 



Pyloric muscle 227 



Quickening 911 



Quince-seeds 182 



Rape-seed oil 183 



Receptaculum chyli 302, 307 



Rectum, muscular coat of. 290 



physiological anatomy of 291 



development of 920 



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Recurrent laryngeal nerves (see Pneumogastric) 652 



Recurrent sensibility 590 



Reflex action in respiration 166, G60, 727 



Reflex action, time occupied by 599 



definition of 683 



of the spinal cord 684 



conditions necessary to the manifestations of. . . 686 



exaggeration of, by poisoning with opium or 



strychnine 6S6 



abolition of, by anaesthetics 687 



examples of. 687 



operating through the sympathetic system 740 



in the foetus 919 



Refraction (see Light and Eye) 787, 798 



Reil, island of. 705 



Reissner, membrane oT 844 



Remak, fibres of. 568, 735 



Renal veins, color of the blood in 5 



non-coagulation of the blood of. 30 



Reproduction (see Generation) 852 



Reserve air 186 



Residual air 186 



Resonators of Helmholtz 881 



Respiration, relations of the blood-corpuscles to 13 



influence of, upon the action of the heart 54, 110 



voluntary arrest of, with arrest of the action of 



the heart 55 



influence of, upon the arterial pressure 78 



relations of, to the capillary circulation 89 



relations of, to the venous circulation 105 



general considerations and definition of 114 



function of the blood in 115 



essential conditions in 115 



physiological anatomy of the organs of. 116 



movements of. -121 



ribs, arrangement of. 122 



table of muscles of, used in inspiration 123 



auxiliary muscles of, used in inspiration 127 



table of muscles of, used in expiration 130 



action of the abdominal muscles in 131 



types of 131 



differences in types of, in the sexes and at differ- 

 ent ages 132 



frequency of the movements of 132 



relations of the frequency of the movements of, to 



the pulse 132 



influence of age upon the frequency of the move- 

 ments of 132 



relations of inspiration and expiration to each 



other 133 



arrest of, in straining, etc 133 



stethoscopic sounds of. 133 



extreme breathing capacity 137 



relations in the volume of the expired to the 



inspired air 138 



diffusion of gases in 189 



of pure oxygen 141 



consumption of oxygen 141 



variations in the consumption of oxygen with 



muscular activity, external temperature, and diges- 

 tion 142 



variations in the consumption of oxygen, sleeping 



and waking 143 



variations in the consumption of oxygen with 



age 143 



variations in the consumption of oxygen in lean 



and fat animals 143 



relations of the consumption of oxygen to the 



production of carbonic acid 143, 152 



