INDEX. 



NOTE : Eeferences to the appendix have an italic a after them. 



An asterisk attached to a number denotes that a diagram will be found 

 at the page indicated. 



Abducens nerve, 649 



Absorption of the products of digestion, 



301 



,, from alimentary canal, 306 

 ,, by diffusion, 310 

 by the skin, 390 

 Accelerator nerves, 189, 190 

 Accommodation, power of, possessed by 



the eye, 493 

 limits of, how determined, 



494 



mechanism of, 497 



,, associated with move- 



ments of the pupil, 505 

 Acetic acid, 735a 

 Acetic acid series, 734a 

 Achroo-dextrin, 235 

 Acid-albumin, characters of, 704a 

 Acid, reaction in rigid muscle, 66 

 Acidity of gastric juice, 240 

 Acids, 



acetic series, 734a 

 ,, bile series, 761a 

 glycolic series, 739a 

 ,, oleic series, 737a 

 oxalic series, 741a 

 Acoustic apparatus, 556 

 Adipose tissue, 426 

 Adult, composition of, 684 

 After images, 532 

 Air in respiration, 326 

 complemental, 315 

 residual, 315 

 stationary, 314 

 supplemental, 315 

 tidal, 314 



changes of, in respiration, 326 

 inspired and expired, composition of, 



327 



,, effects of deficient, 375 

 Air, effect of increased supply of, 380 

 ., effect of changes in composition 

 of, 380 



Air, effects of changes in pressure of 



breathed, 381 

 Albuminates, 704a 

 Albumin, 'tests for, 701a 

 Albumins, native, 702a 

 ,, derived, 704a 

 Alimentary canal, changes which the 



food undergoes in the, 292 

 Alkali-albumin, characters of, 706a 

 Allantoin, 753a 

 Amosba, features of, 1 

 Amphibia, renal circulation in, 405 

 Anacrotic pulse, 166, 168, 173 

 Animal Body, composition of, 443 

 Anti-albumate, 719a 

 Anti-albumid, 719a 

 Anti-albumose, 719a 

 Anti-peptone, 718a 

 Antiseptic qualities of bile, 250 

 Apnoea, 361, 380 



Apparent size, appreciation of, 539 

 Aristotle's experiment, 580 



Arterial blood, 



Arterial flow, intermittent, converted 



into a continuous, 128 

 Arterial pressure, tracing of, with a 

 Mercury manometer, 



121* 



features of, 121 



,, methods of estimat- 



ing, 122 

 amount of, in various 



animals, 123 

 Arterial tone, 200 



Arteries, as factors in circulation, 116 

 blood velocity in, 124, 127 

 ,, changes in calibre of, 197 

 ,, rhythmic pulsations in, 197 

 Artificial respiration, effects on blood- 

 pressure, 370 

 Asparagine, 757a 

 Aspartic acid, 757a 



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