INDEX 



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Adrenal cortex, function of, 665 

 Adrenalin, action of, on artery rings, 66, 



216 



on coagulation time, 45, 656 

 on heart, 655 



on nerve-endings, 182, 655 

 on pupil, 656, 

 on sympathetic, 655, 1005 

 on vaso-motors, 173, 179. 655 

 on veins, 181 



action of small doses of, 660 

 arterio-sclerosis, 660 

 artificial, 665 

 assay of, 453, 656 

 biological tests for, 46, 656 

 chemistry of, 664 

 formation of, 665 

 function of, 657 

 glycosuria, 550 

 secretory influence of nerves on, 



661 



Adsorption, 430 

 Aerotonometer, 258 

 /Esthesiometer, compasses, 1115 



Prey's hair, 1080, 1114 

 Afferent impulses, decussation of, 894 

 paths, 892 



scheme of, 880 



After -brain (myelencephalon), 850. 

 After-images, 1055, nil 

 Agglutination, 30,71 



by foreign serum, 71 

 Agglutininogens, 31 

 Agraphia, 970 

 Alanin, 2, 360, 574. 59 



formation of dextrose from, 538 

 Alanyl-glycyl-tyrosin, 449 

 Albinos, intravascular clotting in, 43 

 Albuminates or derived albumins, 9 

 Albuminoids, 2 

 Albumins, 2, 9 



heat -coagulation of, 9 

 in urine, 488, 497, 499, 524, 525 

 Albumoses, 3 



action of, on blood -pressure, 173,215 



on coagulation, 37, 45 

 in peptic digestion, 352 

 tests for, in urine, 525 

 Albumosuria, 489, 525 

 Alcohol, 630 



action of, on respiratory centre, 191, 



631 



on gjastric secretion, 630 

 in diet, 630 

 poisoning, blood -pressure curve in, 



191 



precipitation of proteins by, 8 

 Alcohols, relation of, to carbohydrates, 3 

 Aldehydase, 272 

 Aldehydes, relation of, to carbo-hydrates, 



3, 543. 544- 545. 5^1 

 Aldohexoses, 543 



Aldol, 562 

 Algometer.ioSg 



Alimentary canal, anatomy of. 319 

 length of, 320 

 time of passage through, 334 



glycosuria, 540, 717 

 Alkali-albumin, 10, 461 

 Alkalinity of blood, etc., titratable. 25 

 Alkaptonuria, 483, 581 

 Allantoin, excretion of, 596 

 Allantois, 1128 

 4 All-or-nothing ' law, 154 

 Alloxuric bodies, 481 

 Alveolar air, partial pressure of gases in, 



241, 263 



Amblyopia after occipital lesion, 966 

 Amboceptors, 28,73 

 Amide-nitrogen in proteolysis, 360 

 Amino-acetic acid, 2 

 Amino-acids, i, 360, 352, 417, 562 



absorption of, 449, 450 



changes in liver, 584 



chemical nomenclature of, 360 



conversion of, into glycogen and 

 dextrose, 536, 538, 590 



formation of, from tissue-proteins, 



578 



of urea from, 582, 584, 586, 588, 

 624 



in blood, 574 



in liver diseases, 586 



in phosphorus poisoning, 563 



in urine, 481,488 



metabolism of, 582 



synthesis of, by bacteria. 618 

 Amino-bodies, deaminization of, 588 

 Amino-succinic acid, 360 

 Amino-valerianic acid, 360 

 Ammonia, action of, on muscle, 759 



impermeability of lungs for, 240 



in proteolysis, 360 



in the blood, source of, 585, 588 

 after Eck's ftstula, 585 



in urine, 480, 521 



reflex in hibition of heart by, 170. 



210 



Ammonium salts, formation of urea 



from, 584, 588 

 sulphate, precipitation of proteins 



by, 8, 525 

 Amnesia, 970 

 Amnion, 1128 

 Amniotic fluid, 1128, 1134 

 Amoeba, 6, 16, 732 

 Amoeboid movements, 732 

 Ampire, 725 

 Amylase, 345, 346 



pancreatic, 358, 362,461 

 salivary, 346, 417,455 

 Amyi nitrite, action on pulse, 106 



formation of methgemoglobi.i 

 by, 53 



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