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INDEX. 



Asphasia, 674 



Asphyxia, phenomena of, 375 



,, stages of, 376 



,, in new-born animal, 376 



,, effects of, on circulation, 378 

 Aspirates, 659, 661 

 Astigmatism, 507 

 Atropin, effect of, on heart, 186 



,, action on the pupil of the eye, 



503 



Anelectrotonus, 78 

 Auditory judgments, 565 



nerve, 649 



,, sensations, 559 

 Auriculo-ventricular valves, mechanism 



of, 142 

 Automatic actions, 107 



,, ,, in spinal cord, 595 



Avalanche, theory of nervous impulse, 



Bacteria, in intestine, 298 



Basilar membrane of the ear, uses of, 



562 



Benzoic acid, 759<x 

 Bile, composition of, 247 

 ,, pigments of, 248, 764a 

 ,, pigments, in connection with red 



corpuscles, 31 

 action on food, 249 

 tests for, 249 

 ,, antiseptic qualities of, 250 

 ,, nervous mechanism of secretion of, 



264 



,, action of, in intestine, 297 

 ,, the nature of the act of secretion, 



279 



Bile-acid series, 761a 

 Bile-salts, 248 



,, ,, preparation of, 248 

 Bile-secretion, 279 

 Bilirubin, 31, 764a 



,, in bile, 248 

 Biliverdin, 248, 764a 

 Binocular vision, 541 

 Bladder urinary, tone of, 411 



,, ,, movements of, 413 



Blind Spot, the, 512 



filling up of, 537 

 Blindness, psychical, 631 

 Blood, 134 



,, an internal medium, 12 

 ,, phenomena of coagulation, 13 

 why fluid in living blood- vessels, 19 

 origin of fibrin-factors from cor- 

 puscles of, 22 

 composition of, 24 

 the corpuscles, 26, 27, 28 

 ,, quantity in body, 33 

 distribution in body, 34 

 influence of supply on irritability 



of nerve and muscle, 94 

 ,, changes in quantity of, 224 

 respiratory changes in the, 329 

 venous and arterial, nature of, 330 

 gases of, 330 



Blood, gases of, method of obtaining, 330 

 ,, relations of oxygen in, 332 

 ,, venous and arterial, colour of, 



338 



,, causes of change of colour of, 338 

 ,, relations of carbonic acid in, 342 

 ,, ,, ,, nitrogen acid, 343 



,, entrance of oxygen into, 344 

 ,, oxygen in, relations to pressure, 



344 



,, exit of carbonic acid from, 346 

 ,, oxidation in, 351 

 Blood-pressure, apparatus for investi- 

 gating, 120* 



,, in arteries, 123 

 ,, in veins, 128 

 ,, ,, in capillaries, 120 

 ,, ,, relation of heart's-beat 



to, 193 



effect of cardiac inhibi- 

 tion on, 194* 



influence of stimulation 

 of sensory nerves on, 

 205 



,, ,, effects of changes in 

 quantity of blood on, 

 224 



,, ,, curve, respiratory undu- 

 lations of, 364 



,, ,, curve and curve of intra- 

 thoracic pressure, 364* 

 ,, ,, effects of artificial respi- 

 ration on, 370 

 Blushing, 203 

 Body, the metabolic phenomena of the, 



415 



,, changes in, during starvation, 444 

 ,, energy of the, 457 

 ,, temperature of, 463, 465 

 Brain, visual areas in the, 523 

 ,, movements of, 644 

 ,, circulation in the, 645 

 ,, weight of, 684 



Breath, causes leading to the first, 679 

 Brunner's gland, secretion of, 255 

 "Buffy coat" in blood, 14 

 Butyric acid, 735a 



Calibre of the minute arteries, changes 



in the, 197 

 Capillaries, as factors in circulation, 



116 



,, velocity of flow in, 118 

 ,, plasmatic or inert layer, 118 

 ,, blood-pressure in, 120 

 ,, changes in, 219 

 Capillary walls, action of, 222 

 Capric acid, 736a 

 Caproic acid, 736a 

 Caprylic acid, 736a 

 Carbohydrate food, a source of fat, 472 



effects of, 453 



Carbohydrates, 728a 

 Carbolic acid, 761a 

 Carbonic acid in the blood, 342 



exit from blood, 346 



