INDEX 



329 



Patent medicines, composition of, 

 39. 



use of, 108. 

 Pectoral girdle, 169. 

 Peculiarities of human skeleton, 



192. 

 Pelvic girdle, 170. 



bones, 170. 

 Pelvis of kidney, 248. 

 Pepsin, 89. 

 Peptone, 91. 

 Pericardium, 130. 

 Perilymph, 310. 

 Perimysium, 197. 

 Perineurium, 262. 

 Periosteum, 174. 

 Peritoneum, 92. 

 Peritonitis, 92. 

 Perspiration, 239. 

 Perspiratory glands, 238. 

 Phalanges, 160, 162. 

 Phosphorus, 5, 13. 

 Physical properties, 12. 

 Physics, 4. 

 Physiology, 3. 

 Pia mater, 257, 273. 

 Pigment spots, 235. 



of eye, 301. 



Pitch of sound, 314, 318. 

 Pivot joints, 182. 

 Plants, cells of, 25 n. 



manufacture of food by, 47. 



organs of, 47. 

 Plasma of blood, 26, 120. 

 Pleura, 216. 

 Pleurisy, 225. 

 Pneumonia, 223. 

 Poison, 62. 



alcohol as a, 69. 

 Pons Varolii, 275. 

 Pores of sweat glands, 223. 

 Portal system, 145. 

 Posterior, 21. 

 Premolar teeth, 78. 

 Pressure, on bones, 183. 



of the atmosphere, 12. 

 Primitive sheath, 259. 

 Processes of vertebrae, 165. 

 Proteids, 18. 



amount needed each day, 56. 



digestion of, 91, 97. 



in protoplasm, 28.. 



Proteids Continued. 



manufacture of, by plants, 50. 



tests for, 44. 



uses of, 50. 

 Protein, 42 n. 

 Protoplasm, 25, 39. 



chemical composition of, 28, 50, 

 51. 



functions of, 40. 



properties of, 2832. 

 Proventriculus, 115. 

 Psalterium, 116. 

 Ptyalin, 84. 

 Pulmonary artery, 133. 



circulation, 142. 



veins, 134. 

 Pulp cavity, 81. 

 Pulse, 137. 



absence in capillaries and veins, 



141. 



Pupil of eye, 300. 

 Pure food laws, 46. 

 Pus, 122. 

 Pylorus, 88. 

 Pyramids of kidney, 248. 



Quality of sound, 314, 318. 



Rabbits, organs of, *22. 



teeth of, 110. 

 Racemose glands, 83, 97. 

 Radial artery, 144. 

 Radius, 160. 

 Rectum, *76, 96. 

 Reflex action, 265, 278. 

 Refuse of foods, 42. 

 Renal arteries, 144, 250. 



veins, 250. 

 Rennin, 89 n. 

 Repair in body, 29. 

 Reproduction, of amceba, *31. 



of bacteria, 33. 



of yeast, 37. 

 Reptiles, brain of, *289. ' 



circulation of, 157. 



locomotion of, 207. 



skin of, 244. 



Resonating chambers, 315, 317. 

 Respiration, 209-231. 



calorimeter, *55. 

 Respiratory region of nose, 297. 

 Rest, necessity of, 204, 285. 



