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GENERAL INDEX. 



Nucleus, (continued.) 



the corpuscle of lymph and of the 

 thyraus fluid considered as, 254. 



wanting in the blood-disc of mam- 

 mals, 222-3, except in young em- 

 bryos, 222. 



seen to escape from the vesicle, 226. 



effects of water and of acetic acid on, 

 224, 253. 



shape of in the blood-disc of birds, 

 compared with the lymph-cor- 

 puscle, 225, 253. 



mode of showing, 232. 



how seen in the vesicle like a pea in 

 a bladder, 274, 288. 



adhesion between the envelope and 

 nucleus, 275. 



temporary in mammals, and perma- 

 nent in lower vertebrata, 275. 



of the blood-disc and the lymph- 

 corpuscle of birds compared, 253, 

 279. 



of the blood-discs of fishes, 234. 



the lymph-corpuscles considered as 

 nuclei or immature cells, 254, 281. 



in the red corpuscle of a bird's splenic 



blood, 283. See Corpuscles. 

 Nutrition and growth, use of fat in, 88. 



importance of fat in, 280. 



concern of the thymus and lymphatic 

 glands in, 281. 



agency of cells in,' 179. 

 Nutritious qualities of fat, 87. 



(Edema of lower limbs connected with ob- 

 struction of veins by coagulated 

 blood, 24, 174-5. 



(Esophagus, villi described in, 188. 



OESTERLIN considers the globules of the 

 thymus fluid as nuclei, 254. 



Oil, absorption of, supposed to cause 

 milky serum, 86, 87. See Fat and 

 Serum. 



coagulation of blood covered with, 20. 

 increase of in olives after fermenta- 

 tion, 86. 

 increases in the liver and muscles of 



fishes after death, 86. 

 may probably be formed from al- 

 bumen, 86, 88. See Fat. 

 conversion of into a protein com- 

 pound, 88. See Fat. 



OLDENBURG, account by, of a bitch that 

 had her spleen cut out, 273. 



Olives, increase of oil in after fermenta- 

 tion, 86. 



Ophidian reptiles, shape of the red cor- 

 puscles of the blood of, 312. 



Orifices, old notion of their agency in ab- 

 sorption, 172, 179. 



Orifices, (continued.) 



supposed open ones in the lacteals 



in the villi, 181, 189, 192-4. 

 ORRED, Mr., note by, from Dr. MONRO'S 

 lectures on lymphatics in birds, 

 102. 



Ovary, fluid of in dropsy, 198. 

 Oviparous vertebrata, controversy as to the 



discovery of lacteals in, xxii. 

 commendations of HEWSON'S papers 

 on the lymphatic system in, xxiii-iv. 

 nucleus of the red corpuscles of the 

 blood of, xlvi. See Nucleus, and 

 Corpuscles. 



on the discovery of the lymphatic 

 system in, 91. See Lymphatic 

 System. 



supposed by some to be entirely des- 

 titute of a lymphatic system, 177-8. 

 fissures in the blood-discs of, 226. 

 nucleus of the red corpuscles of the 



blood a permanent part, 275. 

 formation of lymph-corpuscles in 



lymphatic vessels of, 278. 

 OWEN, Professor, his incorrect claims for 



Mr. HUNTER, xliv-v, 32, 222. 

 Owl, snowy, its blood-discs a narrower 

 ellipse than those of its con- 

 geners, 213. 



Ox, coagulation of the blood of, 24. 

 villi of intestines of, 187. 

 cavities in the intestinal villi of, 187. 

 fluid in the pericardium of, 198. 

 size of the red corpuscles of the 

 blood of the, 2 18. See Corpuscles. 

 Oxide, nitrous, effect of on coagulation, 20. 

 Oxygen, effects of on the colour of the 



blood, 8, 9, 10. See Blood, 

 discovery of, 11. 

 effect of on coagulation of the blood, 



20. See Coagulation. 

 red corpuscles of the blood supposed 

 to be carriers of, 235. 



PA GET, Mr., on the disposition of the 

 parts of the blood in clots or po- 

 lypi of the heart, 24. See Polypi, 

 referred to on the intestinal villi, 181. 



Painting of the early members of the Me- 

 dical Society, xix. 



Paleness of the blood of very young em- 

 bryos of vertebrata, xliv-v, 222. 



PALFYN, his case of emphysema from an 

 abscess in the lungs, 301. 



PALMER, Mr., on the blood of hyber- 

 nating animals, 52. 



Pancreas and spleen, lymphatics of, 133. 



Papillae of the true skin, 193. 



Paracentesis thoracis, publication of HEW- 

 SON'S paper on, xxi. 



