INDEX. 



Absorption 272 



by blood-vessels 272 



by the mucous membrane of the mouth.. . 272 



by the stomach 272 



by the intestinal mucous membrane 273 



by lacteals 285 



by parts not connected with the digestive 

 system 286 



by the skin 286 



by the respiratory surface 287 



by closed cavities, reservoirs of glands etc. 288 



of fats and insoluble substances 288 



variations and modifications of 290 



of fluids of greater density than the blood. 290 



of curare, venoms etc 290 



of substances which disorganize the tissues 291 



influence of the condition of the blood and 



of the vessels upon 291 



influence of the nervous system upon 291 



passage of liquids through membranes (see 



Endosmosis) 292 



Accelerator nerves of the heart 55 



Accommodation of the eye for different degrees 



of illumination 702 



for different distances 708 



Addison's disease 421 



Adipose tissue 442 



Adolescence 849 



Adult age 849 



^Esthesiorneter 656 



After-images 716 



Ages (infancy, childhood, youth, adult age, mid- 

 dle age and old age) 848 



Agminated glands of the small intestine 239 



Agraphia 621 



Air, composition of 135 



in the veins (see Veins) 98 



proper allowance of, in hospitals, prisons 



etc 137 



Air-cells of the lungs 114 



Air-swallowing 210 



Albumin 170 



Albuminates 227 



Albuminates in the blood 23 



Albuminoids, characters of 170, 437 



in the body 437 



Albuminose (peptones) 226 



Alcohol, action of, in alimentation and nutri- 

 tion... .. 175 



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Alcohol, elimination of 176 



influence of, upon endurance, the power of 



resistance to cold, etc 177, 450 



formation of, in the body 440 



heat- value of 454 



Alcoholic beverages, influence of, upon the ex- 

 halation of carbon dioxide 144 



Aliment (see Food) 169 



Alimentation 164 



Allantois, formation of 807 



villosities of 807 



Alternate paralysis 551 



Amo2boid movements 460 



Ammonia, exhalation of, by the lungs 149 



Amnion, formation of 803 



villosities of 803 



enlargement of ,. . 805 



Amniotic fluid 805 



origin of 806 



antiseptic properties of 806 



Amniotic umbilicus 803 



Amphioxus lanceolatus, an animal without a 



brain 617 



Amylopsine 246 



Andersch, ganglion of 665 



Anelectrotonus 535 



Angle alpha of the eye 691 



Animal heat 444 



quantity of heat produced by the body, 



estimated in heat-units 444 



limits of variation in the normal tempera- 

 ture in man 446 



variations of, with external temperature. . 446 



variations of, in different parts of the body 447 



variations of, at different periods of life. . . 448 



variations of, at different times of the day, 



etc. 



relations of defective nutrition to 449 



in inanition 449 



influence of alcohol upon 449 



influence of exercise etc. upon 450 



influence of mental exertion upon 451 



influence of the nervous system upon. 451, 641 



centres of 451 



mechanism of the production of 452 



relations of non-nitrogenized and nitrogen- 



ized food to 454 



equalization of 456 



Antihelix of the ear ... 780 



