GENERAL INDEX. 



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Paracentesis thoracis, (continued.) 



on Dr. MONRO'S claim to proposing, 



for emphysema, 92. 

 for air in the chest, HEWSON'S 



paper on, 291. 



best place for performing the ope- 

 ration, 301. 

 PARSONS, Dr., on HEWSON'S paper on 



emphysema, 94. 



Particles, red, of the hlood, on the figure 

 and composition of, 21 1. See Cor- 

 puscles, 

 central, in the fluid of the lymphatic 



glands, 276. See Corpuscles, 

 in the lymphatic vessels, 277. 

 central, xlviii. See Corpuscles of the 

 Blood, Corpuscles of Lymph, and 

 Nucleus. 



Passenger pigeon, its blood-discs a nar- 

 rower ellipse than those of its con- 

 geners, 313. See Corpuscles. 

 Passy, visit of Mrs. HEWSON to, xx. 

 PECQUET, Dr. J., on the thoracic duct, 



119-20. 



Pellea crusta, xxvi. 

 Pellicle on the blood when coagulation 



begins, 59, 63, 73. 

 on heated serum and water, and on 



milk, 80. 



Pelvis, lymphatics of, 131. 

 Penis, argument from the structure of, for 



absorption by veins, 174. 

 PEPYS, Dr., on HEWSON'S paper on em- 

 physema, 94. 



Pericardium, the fluid in, old view of the 

 nature of, 157 ; properties of, xxvi, 

 158-60. 

 coagulates at the heat of the air when 



mixed with serum of blood, 158. 

 quantity of the fluid in four human 



subjects suddenly killed, 158. 

 coated with coagulated lymph, 162, 



and not ulcerated, 162. 

 pus in, without ulceration, 164. 

 coagulated fluid in, 198. See Fluid. 

 Peritoneum, the fluid in, old view of the 

 nature of, 157 ; properties of, 158- 

 60. See Fluid. 

 PETIT, on the coagulation of the blood, 



xxx, xxxix-xl. See Coagulation, 

 on the disposition of the parts of the 

 blood in the heart after death, 24. 

 PETTIGREW, Mr., his life of Dr. LETTSOM 



referred to, xiii. 

 Pheasant, chyme of the, 87. 

 Philadelphia, Mrs. HEWSON removed to, 



xxi ; her son a physician at, xxi. 

 Phlebitis commonly confounded with sof- 

 tening of fibrin, 24. 



Picture of the early members of the Me- 

 dical Society, xix. 



Pigeon, passenger, its blood-discs a nar- 

 rower oval than those of its con- 

 geners, 313. See Corpuscles. 

 Pike, shape of the blood-corpuscles of, 234. 

 Piles or rolls of the red corpuscles of the 



blood, xh-i, 221,228. 

 Pineal gland not a lymphatic gland, 139. 

 PITCAIRN, Dr., cited on white serum, 83. 

 Pituitary gland not a lymphatic gland, 139. 

 Placenta, as to absorption in the, 175. 

 PLATES, description of the, 303-19. 

 Plethora, coagulation of the blood may be 



retarded in, 59. 

 supposed connexion of reabsorption 



of fat with, 89. 

 Pleura, old notion of the nature of the 



fluid in, 157. 

 properties of, 158-60. 

 pus in, without ulceration, 164. 

 on wounds of the, 291. 

 Pleuritic crust, see Buffy Coat of the 



Blood. 

 Poison, absorption of by branches of the 



portal vein, 180. 



venereal, sometimes enters the con- 

 stitution without producing a bubo, 

 203. 



effects of absorption of on lymphatic 

 glands, 199, 200, 202, and treat- 

 ment of, 202-3. 

 how absorbed without inflaming 



lymphatic glands, 248. 

 POLLI, Dr., on deferred coagulation of 



the blood, 69. 



Polypi of blood in the heart, 23-24, 37. 

 structure of by MALPIGHI, xxvi. 

 supposed to be formed of coagulated 



serum, xxvi. 

 COLLINS on, xxvii. 

 PETIT on the disposition of the 



lymphatic and red parts of, xxx. 

 Mr. PAGET on, 24. 

 of fibrine, formation of, 23-4, 163-4. 

 Pores, hypothetical account of, in serous 



membranes, 194. 

 Porpoise, size of the red corpuscles of the 



blood, 218. See Corpuscles. 

 Portal vein, on the blood of the, 269. 

 Portrait of HEWSON noticed, xix. 

 PRATER, Mr., on the effect of heat on 



coagulation of blood, 4, 27. 

 on the effects of salts on coagulation 

 of blood and contraction of muscle, 

 12-13. 



on the effect of agitation on the co- 

 agulation of the blood, 16. 

 on the effect of serum on the coagu- 

 lation of the blood, 44. 

 Pregnancy, bufly blood during, 40, 41, 48. 

 lymphatic vessels of the womb en- 

 larged during, 131. 



