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INDEX 



Protoplasm, power of adaptive re- 

 sponse in, 46. 

 Protozoa, adaptive reactions of, 46. 



Quinin and urea hydrochlorid, use of, 

 255. 



Rage and fear, effect of, on liver and 



adrenin, 144. 

 effect of, on coagulation, 115. 



Receptor mechanisms in brain, 304. 

 organs, 67. 



Reflex arcs, definition of, 57. 



Reproduction, energy conversion for, 

 263. 



Respiration, rapid, cause of, in shock, 

 7. 



Respiratory rate, indicative of me- 

 chanical injury, 83. 

 system, function of, 157. 



Response to trauma, determination 

 of, 91. 



Rest, therapeutic value of, 12. 



Restlessness in shock, cause of, 7. 



Robertson, 357. 



Rogers, 340. 



Romanes, 99. 



Rubner, 265. 



Sedatives, use of, 242, 246. 

 Self-defensive mechanisms in head 



and neck, 86. 



Sherrington, 60, 70, 77, 119. 

 Shock, chronic, 213. 



continued, result of, 213. 



etiology of, 6, 8. 



kinds of, 212. 



kinetic theory of, 6. 



prevention of, 5, 288. 

 Shock-producing areas of body, 88. 

 Skin, sensitive areas of, 84. 

 Sleep, definition of, 311. 



effect of, 9. 



Smell, protective function of, 79. 

 Sodium bicarbonate, effect of, on in- 

 halation anesthesia, 345. 

 kinetic system, 291. 



chloride, result of exclusion of, from 



diet, 374. 



Specialized pathway for stimuli, 45. 

 Specific response of pain, 81. 

 Spencer, Herbert, 4, 125. 

 Spermatozoa, action of, 46. 

 Splanchnic nerves, effect of division 

 of, 147. 



Stability, effect of, on evolution, 23. 

 Starling, 187. 



Stimulants, effect of, in exhaustion, 8. 

 Stimuli, order of succession of, 61. 



specialized pathway for, 45. 

 Stimulus, adequate, function of, 56. 



first stage of reaction to, 55. 

 Strychnin, effect of, on kinetic system, 



285. 



Summation, definition of, 62. 

 Sweating in shock, cause of, 7. 

 Symbiosis and parasitism, 98. 



Taste, protective function of, 79. 

 Testicles, result of excision of, 374. 

 Thirst in shock, cause of, 7. 

 Threshold, definition of, 61. 

 Thrombo-angiitis obliterans, etiology 



of, 237. 

 Thromboplastin, distribution of, 115. 



function of, in coagulation, 115. 



neutralizing power of, 112. 

 Thymus, result of excision of, 374. 

 Thyroid deficiency, result of, 189, 192. 



excess, result of, 189, 193. 



function of, 10, 183, 197. 



pacemaker of kinetic system, 195, 

 232. 



reaction of, to distance ceptor 

 stimulation, 140. 



relation of, to brain, adrenals, 

 thyroid and muscles, 198. 



result of excision of, 373. 



seasonal effect on, 162. 

 Tickle, reflex origin of, 74. 

 Tickling, prolonged, effect of, 75. 



relation to laughter, 77. 

 Ticklish areas, 75. 

 Toxins, cause of exhaustion, 8. 



of pregnancy, defense against, 97. 

 Transformer of energy, man a, 44. 



Unicellular organism, response of, 



45. 

 Urea and quinin hydrochlorid, use of, 



255. 

 Urinary system, function of, 157. 



Vaughn, 163. 



Venus' Fly-trap, action pattern of, 58. 



adaptive reaction of, 71. 



compared with man, 301. 



mechanism of, 51. 



nervous system of, 300. 

 Vitamin, result of removal from rice, 

 374. 



