INDEX. 



ACETYL choline in ergot, 63. 



Acids produced in putrefaction, 8. 



Addison's disease, 81, 89. 



Adrenal gland, see Suprarenal Gland. 



Adrenaline, 81-105. 



Agmatine, 16, 29, 129. 



/3-Alanine, 34, 36, 135. 



Alkaloid, definition of, 6. 



Amanitine, 65. 



Amphicreatinine, 70. 



Amino-acids, behaviour of, in putrefaction, 



7-io, 33. 



7-Amino-butyric acid, 34, 135. 

 e-Amino-caproic acid, 35. 

 Amino-ethyl alcohol, 58, 59, 155. 



disulphide, 13. 



glyoxaline, see Iminazolyl-ethyl- 



amine. 



indole, see Indolethylamine. 



8 -Ami no- valeric acid, 35, 136. 



Amylamines, 13, 126. 



Anaphylactic shock, 30, 31, 80. 



Aporrhegmata, 3. 



Arginine fraction of bases, 121. 



Arterenol, 86, 87, 91. 



Arteriosclerosis, 27, 97. 



Aurichlorides of abnormal composition, 123, 



137, 143, 145, 147. 

 Autolysis, difficulty of securing sterility in, 



io, 15, 77. 



BACILLUS aminophilusintestinalis,?, 25, 133. 



botulinus, 5. 



liquefaciens, 12. 



putrificus, 8. 



vulgatus, 12. 

 Bacterium prodigiosum, 11, 12. 



sepsinogenes, 114. 

 Base, definition of, 5. 



Betaine, 12, 40-43, 77, 78, 141-143, 150-152. 



Betaines, general properties of, 39, 40. 



Betonicine, 44, 144. 



Bilineurine, 54. 



Blood pressure, action of adrenaline on, 96, 



97, 98, 102. 

 of amines on, 26-32. 



of choline and neurine on, 62-64. 

 of pituitary extracts on, no. 



persistent high, 25, 27. 



Botelus edulis, bases in, io, 13, 15, 19, 45. 

 Bronchioles, affected by adrenaline, 99. 



affected by j8-iminazolyl-ethylamine, 29 



32. 



Bufo agua, adrenaline in, 94. 

 Butylamine, 12, 126. 

 7-Butyrobetaine, 39, 49, 147, 148. 



CADAVERINE, 14-16, 126-128. 

 Carnitine, 50, 51, 148, 149. 

 Carnosine, 36, 137, 138. 

 '.phalopoda, p-hydroxy-phenyl-ethylamine 

 in salivary gland of, 20, 28. 



creatine absent from, 71. 



creatinine absent from, 72. 

 Cerebro-spinal fluid, alleged choline content 



of, in disease, 56. 

 Cheese, bases in, 16, 19. 

 Choline, n, 12, 54-64, 78, 150-155. 



physiological action, 61-63. 



of acetic acid ester, 63, 68. 



of nitrous acid ester, 68. 



nitric acid ester, 68, 153, 156. 

 Chromaffin or chromophil tissue, 94. 

 Chromogen of suprarenal gland, 81. 

 Chrysocreatinine, 70. 



Cod liver oil, bases in, 12, 13, 18. 



Colamine, 58. 



Collidine, 17. 



Crangitine, 107. 



Crangonine, 107. 



Creatine and creatinine, 69-78, 157-163. 



Creatosine, 107. 



Curare action, 49, 65. 



Cyclic vomiting, 25. 



Cystine, amine from, 13. 



Cystinuria, 15. 



DEAMINIZATION, 8, 33, 35. 

 Decarboxylation, conditions favouring, 7, 9, 

 12, 14, 16, 25. 



by bacteria, 7, 8, io. 



by ferments, io. 

 Dimethylamine, n, 124, 125. 

 Dimethylguanidine, 80, 165. 

 Dissociation constant, of amino-acids, 33. 

 of creatine, 158. 



of creatinine, 159. 



Dragendorff's reagent, 121. 



EPINEPHRIN, see Adrenaline, 81. 

 Epinephrin hydrate, 82, 83. 

 Epinine, 87, 91. 



Ergamine, see #-iminazolyl-ethylamine. 

 Ergot, io, 13, 15, 16, 19, 28, 46, 63. 

 Ergotoxine, cause of vaso-motor reversal, 98. 

 Estimation of adrenaline, colorimetri , 92. 

 physiological, 101-105. 



of amino- ethyl alcohol, 58. 



of betaine in the presence of choline, 150, 



151- 



in crude sugar and molasses, 141. 



in plants, 141. 



of carnosine, 138. 



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