GENERAL INDEX, 



ABERNETHY, Mr., on the acquisition of 

 our knowledge of the absorbent 

 system, xxii. 



on the parts of the blood, xliii. 

 on the mesenteric glands of the 



whale, 250. 



Absorption, supposed discovery that the 

 lymphatic vessels are the exclusive 

 agents of, xxii. 

 by lymphatics, 142. 

 may occur independently of them, 142. 

 whether performed by veins, 171, 



172, 177, 180. 



supposed to take place by small ori- 

 fices, 172, 179, 194. 

 in the placenta, 175. 

 KAUW BOERHAAVE'S experiments 



on, 176. 



agency of cells in, 179. 

 independently of blood-vessels or 



lymphatics, 179, 182. 

 on the manner in which it is per- 

 formed, 187. 



hypothetical account of, 194. 

 arguments that it is performed by lym- 

 phatics and not by the veins, 199-204 

 of pus, and of the fluid of dropsy, 171. 

 of water injected into the body, 171. 

 of blood so injected, 172. 

 Acetic acid, effect of, on the nucleus of 

 the red corpuscles of the blood, 225, 

 and on lymph-corpuscles, 253-4. 

 Acid, carbonic, effect of, on the coagula- 

 tion of the blood, 20. 

 Acids, effects of on the blood-discs, 230-31. 

 Acini of glands, 191. 

 ADDISON, Mr., referred to, 14. 

 Adhesions from inflammation, Dr. HUN- 

 TER'S description of the matter of, 

 xxxvii. 



Aggregation of the blood-discs of man in 



health, 221 ; further in buffy blood 



of man, and in the horse's blood, 



221. See Buffy Coat. 



Agitation, effect of, on the coagulation of 



the blood, xxxiii, 15, 16. 

 Air, effect of, on the coagulation of the 

 blood, xxxiii, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 

 61, 64, 72. See Coagulation. 



Air, effect of, on the colour of the blood, 

 7, 9, 10, 71. See Blood. 



effect of on the blood-corpuscles of 

 the lobster, 234. See Corpuscles. 



in the chest, HEWSON'S paper on, 291. 



escape of from chest not always a 

 proof of a wound in the lungs, 299. 



hypothesis of nitre in the, 11. 

 AJLBINUS, considered villi not existing in 

 the large intestine, 188. 



on the papillae of the tongue, 193. 

 Albumen, distinguished by the want of 

 fibres from fibrin, xlv. 



and fibrin probably isomerical sub- 

 stances, 30 ; but said to differ in 

 their elements, 31. 



liquid, said to be a salino-alkaline 

 solution of fibrin, 31. 



probably convertible into fatty mat- 

 ter, 86. See Fat. 



supposed conversion of into fibrin 

 by the red corpuscles of the blood, 

 235. See Fibrin. 



ALISON, Dr., on the fibres of fibrin as dis- 

 tinguishing it from albumen, xlv. 



on buffy blood, 34. See Buffy Coat. 



on the effect of serum on the coagu- 

 lation of blood, 44. 



Alkalies, action of, on lymph -corpuscles 

 and pale cells, 254 ; and on the red 

 corpuscles of the blood, 230-31. 

 America, Mrs. HEWSON goes to, xxi ; her 



children there, xxi. 



Amphibia, lymphatic system in, reading 

 of HEWSON'S papers on, xxiii. 



on the discovery of the lymphatic 

 system in, 91. See Lymphatics. 



lymphatics of, 121. 



description of the lymphatic system 

 of, 147. 



size of the blood-corpuscles of, 219. 



formation of the corpuscles of lymph 

 in the lymphatic network of, 278. 



sizes of the corpuscles of the blood 



and lymph of. See Measurements. 



Amphioxus, colourless blood of, 234, 273. 



Ampullula of the lacteals in the villi, 181 ; 



of intestinal villi, 187, 189, 190, 



191, 192. 



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