INDEX 



References to the Practical Exercises are in black figures. 



ABDOMINAL breathing, 230 



muscles in expiration, 229 

 Abducens, or sixth nerve, 926 

 Aberration, chromatic, 1027, 1063, 1106 



spherical, 1027, 1063, 1106 

 Absorption, 426 



and lipoid solubility, 437 



coefficient of gases, 247 



comparative physiology of, 431 



factors concerned in, 435 



from the peritoneal cavity, 439 



from the stomach, 433 



gas exchange in intestine, 436 



in large intestine, 451 



intra- and inter -epithelial, 446 



of bile-constituents in jaundice, 384 



of cane-sugar, 436, 464 



of carbo-hydrates, 445 



of fat, path of, 443, 463 



of gases in blood, 250 



of iron, 447 



of light, 1012 



of proteins, 447 



of the food, 431 



physical introduction to, 426 

 theories of, 433-436 



of water and salts, 422, 446 



osmosis and diffusion in, 435 



parenteral, 446 

 Acapnia and blood -pressure, 184 



and mountain sickness, 298 



and shock, 192 

 Acceleration of heart by sipping water, 



171,210 

 Accelerator nerves of heart, 157, 162, 



166, 197, 199 

 Accessory auditory nucleus, 928 



dietetic factors, 617 



vagus nucleus, 929 

 Accommodation, 1020 



mechanism of, 1022 



pupil in, 1023 

 Acerebral tonus, 942, 955 

 Acetaldehyde, 544, 562 

 Acetone, 562 



and katabolism of fatty acids, 567 



Acetone in diabetes, 529, 555 



in urine, 529 

 Aceto-acetic acid, 562, 567 



in diabetes, 555 

 A.C.E. mixture, 63 

 Acetic acid, 556 

 Acid albumin, 352, 458 

 Acidity of gastric juice, 350, 417 

 Acidosis, 24, 282, 555 

 Acrolein, 12 

 Action currents, 823, 824, 830, 842 



and functional activity, 825 



diphasic. 825 



double conduction of, 792 



electromotive force of, 827 



in polarized nerves, 831 



in voluntary contraction, 762 



monophasic, 825 



of central nervous system, 838 



of eye, 839 



of glands, 838 



of heart, 88, 833-838, 844 



of muscle, 823, 843 



of phrenic nerves, 827 



of skin, 838 



of spinal cord, 838, 849, 895 



of vagus, 828 



of veratrinized muscles, 829 



propagation of, 824 



rate of propagation of varia- 

 tion, 827 



reflex, 913 



theories of, 828 



Adamkiewicz's reaction of protein, 8 

 Adaptation of digestive juices to food, 



371, 398, 405, 409- 4i4 

 of retina, 1047, 1058 

 Addison's disease and adrenals, 655 

 Adenin, 481, 592, 593 

 Adequate stimuli, 901, 1007 

 Adipocere, 564 

 Adiposophilia, 569 

 Adrenal bodies, 655 



epinephrin content of, 664 



relation of, to coagulation, 45 



secretory nerves of, 661 



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