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INDEX. 



Expiration, how effected, 437 



Extractives, various, of spleen pulp, 583 ; 

 of the thymus, 602 ; their value in diet, 

 631, 662 



Eye, the, nature of movements caused by 

 stimulation of cortex, 790; general 

 structure, 835; development of, 838; 

 changes in during accommodation, 851 ; 

 sclerotic coat, 837; choroid coat, 837; 

 lens, changes, of curvature of, 844; 

 humour of vitreous, 837, 974 ; aqueous 

 humour, 839, 972 ; diagrammatic, 842 



, accommodation of, 846-853; for far 



and near objects, 846 ; changes during, 

 855; mechanism of, 854; mechanism, 

 nervous, 868 ; associated movements in, 

 869 ; imperfections of, 870 



, constrictor influences on, 857-862; 



dilator influences on, 863-866; emme- 

 tropic, 849, 870; myopic, 850, 870; 

 hypermetropic, 850, 870; presbyopic, 

 850 



, pupil, changes of, 857-869; constric- 

 tion and dilation of, 857; nerves sup- 

 plying, 859; constriction of, a reflex 

 act, 860; changes in through action 

 of cervical sympathetic, 862 ; nature of 

 dilating mechanism, 863; action of 

 drugs and other agencies in, 866 



, retina, development of, 835 ; a part 



of the brain, 837 ; rods and cones, 1111 ; 

 function of, 925; possible differences 

 between, 927 ; rods, presence of visual 

 purple in the, 924 ; pigment epithelium, 

 926 ; stimulation of, by other agencies 

 than light, 884; visual areas of, 889; 

 intrinsic light of, 904 ; colour blindness 

 of periphery, 913; blind spot of, 916, 

 960; photochemistry of, 922; corre- 

 sponding or identical points, 942, 9J57 ; 

 lines of separation, 944 



, retinal structures, fatigue of, 919; 



retinal processes, electric currents 

 developed by, 928; muscles, ocular, 

 948 ; nutrition of, 969-975 ; arrangement 

 of blood vessels, 969; vaso-motor 

 changes in, 970 ; lymphatics and lymph- 

 spaces, 970; protective mechanisms, 

 976; eyelids and their muscles, 976; 

 conjunctiva and its glands, 977; Mei- 

 bomian and lachrymal glands, 978 ; eye 

 in old age, 1153 



Eyeball, rotation of, 939, 945; move- 

 ments of, 944; primary position of, 945, 

 946; muscles of, 948; simultaneous 

 movements, 952 



Faeces, composition of, 396 



Fainting, a result of cardiac inhibition, 



253, 302 

 Fallopian tube, 1112-1123; reception of 



ovum by the, 1112 



Falsetto voice, 1089 



Faradization, 63 



Fat, its presence in chyle, 402 ; amount 

 absorbed during digestion, 413; mode 

 of absorption, 417; formation of, 571, 

 606, 628 ; history of, 604-609 ; increase 

 of, in cell-substance, 604; disappear- 

 ance of, from cells, 605 ; nature of, in 

 adipose tissue, 606 ; limits to construc- 

 tion of, 609; its potential energy as 

 food, 633 



Fat-cells, structure of, 604 



Fatigue, its effect on muscular irrita- 

 bility, 122, 129, 259; sense of, its na- 

 ture, 129; retinal, negative images 

 produced by, 935 : auditory, 1002 " 



Fats in white corpuscles, 40; in blood, 

 47 ; in nerve tissue, 105 ; in food-stuffs, 

 312; in chyle, 403; action of gastric 

 juice on, 321, 388; of bile, 358; of pan- 

 creatic juice, 362; em unification of, 

 during digestion, 358, 391,417; course 

 taken by, in digestion, 413, 417 ; change 

 of, in the lacteal radicle, 418 ; various, 

 melting-points of, 606 ; various, of milk, 

 613; as food, metabolism lessened by, 

 616, 627 



Fattening, aids to, 668 



Feet, sweating in dogs and cats only 

 present in the, 556 



Fehling's fluid, as test for dextrose, 315 



Fenestra ovalis and fenestra rotunda of 

 ear, 985, 986 



Ferment, fibrin, efficient cause of coagu- 

 lation, 24; its action on fibrinogen, 

 26 ; the amylolytic, in saliva, 318 ; the 

 amylolytic, destroyed by gastric juice, 



. 321 



Ferments, organized and unorganized, 

 (footnote) , 318 ; their presence in urine 

 519 



Fever, metabolism heightened by, 649 



Fibres, muscular, see Muscle 



nerve, see Nerves 



of brain, see Brain 



Fibrin, of the blood, 15; its development 

 during clotting, 16 ; its proteid nature, 

 17 ; structure, 18 ; causes of its appear- 

 ance, 20; action of gastric juice on, 

 323, 326; in clotting lymph, 400 



Fibrin-ferment, 24, 26 



Fibrinogen, its precipitation from 

 plasma, 23; its conversion into fibrin, 

 25, 26, 29, 30 



Fick, spring-manometer of, 219, 220; his 

 pneumatograph, 430, 431 



Fingers, clubbed, in phthisis, 656 



Flatulence, 390 



Flavours, sense of smell appealed to by, 

 1029 : localization of seat of perception 

 of, 1033 



Flourens, ' noeud vital ' of, 473 



