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GENERAL INDEX. 



Blood, buffy, of women far advanced in 

 pregnancy, 40, 44. 



from different vessels, 44. 



viscidity of, increased by cold, 50, 

 51, 52 ; and by faintness, 57. 



thickened by cold, 64, 65, 72. 



sometimes does not coagulate, 68. 



of the spleen, clots in, 69. 



brightening of by air, 71. 



effects of neutral salts on, 71. 



sometimes florid in the veins, 71. 



properties of, recapitulation of the 

 chief facts on, 71. 



its coagulation retarded by cold, 72 ; 

 but promoted by air, 20, 72. 



properties of, affected by the action 

 of the vessels, 72, 76. 



state of the fibrin in, 73. See Fibrin. 



its properties affected by vascular 

 action, 65, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76. 



serum of, and the milk-like serum, 78. 



fluid mixture of, with salts, at what 

 heat coagulated, 82. 



circulation of, without a heart, 1 24-25. 



transudation of, see Transudation. 



absorption of, when injected into 

 serous sacs, 172. 



white, said to have been seen in the 

 mesenteric veins, 173. 



supposed to dissolve bone, 183-4. 



on the figure and composition of the 

 red particles of, 211. See Cor- 

 puscles, and Measurements. 



colourless in the amphioxus, 234. 



of the spleen, properties of, 269. 



of the spleen, on the coagulation of, 

 283, 289. See Coagulation. 



coagulation of, see Coagulation. 



buffy coat of, see Buffy Coat. 

 Blood-clot, see Crassamentum. 

 Blood-corpuscles, see Corpuscles. 



development of, in the animal series, 

 212. 



function of, 212. 



of insects, 211, 288. 

 Bloodletting, use of small cups in, 45. 



buffy coat appearing at different times 

 during, 42. See Buffy Coat. 



properties of the blood changed dur- 

 ing, 42, 44, 45. See Blood. 



not always necessary when there is a 

 buffy coat, 48, 56, 57. 



increases the disposition to coagula- 

 tion in the blood and thickens it, 

 59. See Coagulation, and Coagu- 

 lable Lymph. 



effect of the orifice and stream of 

 blood on its coagulation, 60) 65. 



improper when there is an excess of 

 serum in the blood, 1. 



Bloodletting, (continued.} 



effects of, on coagulation and on the 

 buffy coat, see Coagulation, and 

 Buffy Coat. 

 Blood-vessels, effect of, in retarding the 



coagulation of the blood, xxxviii. 

 their effect on the blood, 44-6, 48. 

 their action said to affect the coagula- 

 tion of the blood, 65, 68, 70. 

 their .effect on the properties of the 



blood, 72, 74, 75. 



when acting strongly, said to thin the 

 lymph and retard coagulation, 76. 

 on irritability in the coats of, 124. 

 BLUNDELL, Dr., on coagulation of blood 



of dogs, sheep, and oxen, 24. 

 Boa, its blood-discs differ in shape from 



those of the slow-worm, 312. 

 BOERHAAVE, HERMANN, on the fibrous 



part of the blood, xxvii. 

 on the coagulation of the blood, xxix. 

 his opinion of three series of arte- 

 ries, 157. 

 on the supposed series of globules in 



animal fluids, 182. 

 BOERHAAVE, KAUW, his experiments on 



absorption, 176. 

 BONNET and LISTER, on animals frozen 



and revived by thawing, 19. 

 BORDENAVE, entertained the hypothesis 

 that the buffy coat of the blood is 

 formed of the colourless part of the 

 red corpuscles, xxviii, xli, 2. 

 BORELLI, JOH. ALPH., on the coagulation 



of the blood, xxvi. 

 neglect of his accurate observations 



on the blood, xxxix. 

 BOSTOCK, Dr., on the effect of agitation 



on coagulation of the blood, 15. 

 on white serum, 86. See Serum, 

 on the use of the microscope, 213. 

 referred to, on the serosity, 79. 

 BOUSSINGAULT, on the formation of fat in 



animals, 87. 



BOWMAN, Mr., referred to, on the Mal- 



pighian bodies of the kidney, 190. 



his researches on cells referred to, 



170. 

 BOYD, Dr., his observations on the weight 



of the thymus, 261-2. 

 on the size and weight of the spleen, 



265. 



on the weight and size of the lym- 

 phatic glands at different ages, 246. 

 BOYLE, the Hon. Robert, on the coagula- 

 tion of the blood, xxvi. 

 on the effect of heat, spirit of wine, 



and sublimate, on serum, xxvi. 

 BOYLE and LOWER, on milk-like blood or 

 serum, 85. See Serum. 



