780 



INDEX. 



New-born infant, psychical characters of, 



687 



Nitrate of urea, 746a 

 Nitrogen in the blood, 343 

 Nitrogenous equilibrium, 150 

 Nitrogenous Fats, 743a 



,, metabolism, 449 



,, metabolites, 746a 



, , non-crystalline bodies allied 



to Proteids, 723a 

 Non-polarisable electrodes, 58* 

 Nuclein, 727a 

 Nutrition, 233 



,, statistics of, 443 

 ,, influence of the nervous 

 system on, 470 



Ocular spectra, 538 



Oculo-motor nerve, 648 



(Esophagus, movements of, 284 



Old age, characteristics of, 689 



Oleic acid series, 737a 



Olein, 738a 



Olfactory nerve and sensation of smell, 



567 



Olfactory nerve, 648 

 Oncograph, 399* 

 Oncometer, 398* 

 Optic axis, the, 491 

 ,, lobes, inhibitory of reflex action, 



591 



nerve, 648 



Thalami, functions of, 636 

 Ossicles, auditory, uses of, 557 

 Otoliths, 563 



Output and income, method of deter- 

 mining, 446 

 Ovum, descent of, into Fallopian tube, 



669 



,, impregnation of, 672 

 Oxalate of urea, 747a 

 Oxalic acid series, 741a 

 Oxidation in blood, 351 

 Oxygen in the blood, 332 



entrance of, into blood, 344 



,, tension of, in blood and lungs, 



345 



,, influences respiratory centre, 362 

 Oxyhaemoglobin, spectrum of, 335 



,, ,, and Hasmoglobin, dif- 



ference in colour of, 

 338 

 Oxyntic glands, 278 



Pain, 573 



Palmitic acid, 736a 



Palmitin, 738a 



Pancreas, histological changes during 



activity and rest, 267* 

 Pancreatic digestion, characters of, 252 

 juice, characters of, 250 

 action on food, 251 

 action on proteids, 251 



fats, 254 

 ,, starch, 254 

 act of secretion of, 265 



Paraglobulin, 16, 25; characters of, 



710a 



Parapeptone, 243, 719a 

 Parotid glands during secretion, 274* 

 Parturition, 681 

 Pathetic nerve, 648 

 Pendulum Myograph, 44* 

 Peristaltic contractions, 284, 286 

 Pepsin, action on proteids, 246 

 Pepsinogen, 273 

 Peptic action, theories of nature of, 



720a 



Peptic digestion, 252 

 Peptone, characters of, 243 



,, proteids converted into, by 



pepsin, 246 



characters of, 716a 

 ,, theories as to nature of, 717a 

 Perfusion Cannula, 179* 

 Peripheral Eesistance, 118 



,, what affected by, 



229 



,, sense-organ, 488 



Perspiration, amount of, 385 



sensible and insensible, 385 



,, characters of, 386 



secretion of, 387 



,, nervous mechanism of, 388 



Pettenkofer's test for Bile acids, 762a 

 Phakoscope, 498 

 Phases of Life, 684 

 Phenol, 769a 

 Pherjylic acid, 761a 

 Photo-chemistry of the retina, 515 

 Physical electrotonus, 82 

 Physiological electrotonus, 82 

 Physical phenomena of circulation, 116 

 Pigments of Bile, 764a 



,, ,, Urine, 767a 

 Pilocarpin, effect of, on heart, 187 

 Placenta, respiratory function of, 675 



,, nutritive functions of, 676 

 Plasmine, 16 

 Pneumogastric nerve, 650 



,, ,, in respiration, 355 



Poisonous gases, 381 

 Poisons, effect of, on heart, 186, 187 

 Polycrotic pulse, 166 

 Pons Varolii, functions of, 641 

 Predicrotic pulse-wave, 168 

 Presbyopic eye, its features, 496, 506 

 Pressure of air breathed, effects of 



changes in, 381 

 Pressure-sensations, characters of, 575 



,, ,, localization of, 579 



Pressure and temperature sensations, 

 separate nerves and nerve endings for, 

 577 



Propionic acid, 735a 

 Protagon, 744a 



Proteid diet, general features of, 475 

 Proteids, in serum, 25 



red corpuscles, 26 



,, action of gastric juice on, 241 



,, ,, ,, pancreatic juice on, 



251 



