INDEX 



385 



Metabolism, an example of chemical 



adaptation, 96. 

 effect of excessive glucose, etc., on, 



265. 



Metchnikoff, 103. 

 Michaelis, 279, 346. 

 Modern environment, diseases pro- 

 duced by, 11. 

 Morphin, control of adrenals and liver 



by, 205. 



effect of, 9, 186, 345, 370. 

 See also Opium. 



Multicellular animals, adaptive re- 

 actions of, 46. 



Muscles, function of, in energy con- 

 version, 10, 184, 191. 

 relation of, to adrenals, liver, brain, 



and thyroid, 198. 

 result of excision of, 373. 

 Muscular exertion, purpose of, 121. 



Nephritis, etiology of, 218. 



Nernst's law, 357. 



Nervous reactions, man's mode of 



adaptation, 38. 

 of protoplasm, 46. 

 system, effect of excision of, 48. 

 first rudiment of, 49. 

 man's mechanism of adaptation, 



45. 



specific qualities of, 51. 

 Nervousness, postoperative or post- 

 traumatic, 257. 

 Neurasthenia, etiology of, 10. 

 Nitrous oxid, advantages of, over 



ether, 249. 



dangers in use of, 251. 

 effect of administration of, 9, 293. 

 histologic changes due to, 172. 

 Novocaine, use of, 251. 



Obliteration of color and form, 28. 

 Omentum, protective function of, 111. 

 Opium, action of, 286. 



effect of, on adrenals, 205. 



kinetic system, 286. 

 use of, in exophthalmic goitre, 289. 

 shock, 289. 



technic of anociation, 288. 

 value of, 11. 

 See also Morphin. 

 Osterhaut, 141, 357. 

 Ovaries, result of excision of, 374. 



Pain areas, distribution of, 82, 91. 

 biologic utility of, 318. 

 2c 



Pain, freedom from, 323. 

 mechanism of, 318. 

 postoperative, prevented by anocia- 

 tion, 326. 

 site of, 322. 



specific response of, 81. 

 Painful scar, etiology of, 256. 

 Pancreas, result of excision of, 374. 

 Parathyroids, result of excision of, 



374. 



Paths, receptor, conductor and ef- 

 fector, 120. 



Patterns of action. See Action pat- 

 terns. 



Pawlow, 301, 307. 

 Peritoneum, protective mechanism of, 



109, 110. 



Peritonitis, kinetic theory of, 253. 

 protective nature of, 321. 

 use of opium in, 12. 

 Phagocytes, action of, 102. 

 Phagocytic defense against infection, 



319. 



Phagocytosis, definition of, 103. 

 response to local infection, 97. 

 Philogenetic association, law of, 6. 

 memory, 7. 

 origin of emotions, 125. 



specific reflexes, 77. 

 tendencies, 218. 

 Philogeny, definition of, 63. 



interpretation of, 93. 

 Photochemical action, law of, 47. 

 Phototropism in animals, 47. 

 Physical and mental exhaustion, 



similarity of, 129. 

 Physiologic expression of emotion, 



217. 

 Physiological phenomena of emotion, 



136. 

 Plasticity, basis of man's adaptation, 



31. 

 Pneumonia, postoperative, etiology 



of, 259. 

 Postoperative gas pain, kinetic theory 



of, 253. 

 morbidity records, results shown 



in, 251. 



or posttraumatic nervousness, 257. 

 Pregnancy, effect of, on adrenals, 

 277. 



brain, 275. 

 liver, 279. 

 muscles, 279. 

 thyroid, 278. 

 vomiting, etiology of, 282. 



