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INDEX 



Bacteria, beneficial to man, 100. 



gaso-genetic, 100. 

 Balance, law of, 24. 

 Beebe, 183. 

 Benedict, 265. 

 Beri-beri, etiology of, 374. 

 Blood coagulation, as a chemical re- 

 action, 111. 



distribution of protective me- 

 chanisms of, 115. 

 mechanism of, 112. 

 Blood-pressure, effect of injuries on, 



84. 



low, result of, 113. 

 Bose, 55, 357. 

 Brachiopod, 70, 71. 

 Brain, as a creative agent of electric 



force, 363. 



cells, affinity of, for adrenin, 200. 

 effect of excision of adrenals on, 



200. 



development of, 49. 

 effect of opium on, 287. 



pregnancy on, 275. 

 function of, 9, 116, 190, 197. 

 histologic changes in, 6, 168. 

 relation of, to adrenals, liver, 



thyroid, and muscles, 198. 

 result of excision of, 372. 

 Bright's disease, etiology of, 10, 240. 



Cannon, 115, 144, 147, 287. 

 Cardiovascular disease, etiology of, 



10, 213, 234. 

 treatment of, 234, 235. 

 Carrel, 273. 



Ceptor mechanisms, location of, 73. 

 Ceptors, absence of, 73. 



chemical, defensive action of, 



against infection, 97. 

 definition of, 69. 

 distribution of, 71, 108. 

 physiological action of, 71. 

 specific adaptation of, 105. 

 classification of, 68. 

 contact, function of, 106. 

 distance, distribution of, 118. 

 result of stimulation of, 69. 

 effector, function of, 303. 



influence of impulses on, 303. 

 effects of stimulation of, 60. 

 Changes in iodin content, 140. 

 Chemical differences of individuals, 274. 

 purity, effect of kinetic system on, 



275. 

 maintenance of, 265. 



Chemicals, effect of lack of, 374. 

 Circulatory system, function of, 157. 

 Clark, Alonzo, treatment, 12, 255, 



289. 



Clotting. See Coagulation. 

 Coagulation, effect of adrenin on, 

 115. 



intravascular, 112. 



mechanism of , 112. 



protective function of, 112. 

 Cold and heat, adaptation to, 80. 

 Colon bacillus, 101. 

 Color obliteration, of animals, 28. 

 Compromise, law of, 20. 

 Consciousness, definition of, 311, 316. 

 Conservation of energy, applied in 

 anociation, 11. 



effect of, 13. 



law of, 44. 



relation of, to adaptation, 12. 

 Contact ceptors. See Ceptors, con- 

 tact. 



Conversion of energy, for reproduc- 

 tion, 263. 



Cortex and medulla, antithetic rela- 

 tion between, 344. 

 Craemer, 374. 



Crehore and Williams, 121, 359. 

 Crozier, 340. 

 Curare, effect of, 187. 



Darwin, 1, 4, 21, 38, 51, 99, 122, 136, 



328. 

 Death, acidosis the ultimate cause of, 



355. 

 Degree of shock, determined by type 



of trauma, 84. 

 Diabetes, cause of, 10, 218. 

 effect of emotion on, 147. 

 suggested treatment of, 215. 

 Digestive system, function of, 157. 

 tract, lack of protective mechanism 



in, 79. 



Disease, definition of, 1. 

 origin and control of, 3. 

 relation of, to life, 4. 

 result of disturbed symbiosis, 101. 

 Diseases of modern environment, 



11. 



Distance ceptors. See Ceptors, dis- 

 tance. 



Disturbed symbiosis and disease, 101. 

 Drosera, 37. 

 Drugs, classified according to effect on 



kinetic system, 285. 

 DuBois, 265, 271, 351. 



