INDEX 



1219 



Atropine, action of, on salivary secre- 

 tion, 392, 396, 457 

 Attraction sphere, 5, 851, 1079 



in nerv-celts, 851 



Auditory centre, 928, 966 



nerve, 927, 1069 



cochlear division of, 928 

 vestibular branch of, 928 

 ossicles, 1066, 1069 

 path, scheme of, 927 

 Auerbach's plexus, 319, 330 

 Augmentation of heart-beat, 157, 172, 



199 



nature of, 167 

 primary, 159 

 secondary, 159 

 Augmentor nerves, effect of, on quiescent 



heart, 168 

 Aura, 973 

 Auricular canal, 81 

 fibrillation, 151 

 nutter, 151 

 pressure curve, 98 

 Auriculo-ventricular bundle, 81, 135, 



- 138- 147 



pulse-tracings in disease of, 149 

 junction, stimulation of, 198 

 node, 81, 147 

 valves, 89,206 



moment of opening of, 96 

 Auscultation of breath-sounds, 231, 304 

 of heart-sounds, 207 

 of lungs, 304 



Auto-digestion of stomach, 389, 465 

 Autogenetic theory of nerve regenera- 

 tion, 80 1 

 Autolysis, 578 



Automatic actions of spinal cord, 916 

 Autonomic nervous system, 892, 1003 



functions of, 1005 

 Avalanche theory, 785 

 Aviator's sickness, 299 

 Axial strand fibrils, 80 1 

 Axis-cylinder or axon, 781, 852, 855 

 bifurcation of, 802 

 fibrils in, 851 



growth of, in cultures, 803 857, 

 Axon-reflexes, 400, 792, 913 



Babinski's sign, 915 



Bacteria and digestion, 422, 423 



in faeces, 424 



in intestine, 343, 423, 618 



synthesis of amino-acids by, 618 

 Bactericidal action of gastric juice, 356 

 Balloon ascents, deaths in, 298 

 Baryta, absorption of carbon dioxide by, 



240 

 Basal ganglia. 932 



metabolism, 686 

 Basilar membrane, 1067, 1070 

 Bat's wing, contractile vessels of, 81, 180 



Batteries, 197, 724 



Beats (hearing), 1113 



Beaumont on digestion, 349 



Bcchterew's nucleus, 928 



Btfckmann's apparatus, 427, 529 



Bellows recorder, 302 i 



Bell's experiments on nerve-roots, 891 



Belt recorder for respiration, 233 



Benedict estimation of blood sugar, 717 



Benzoic acid, 481, 580 



Beri-beri caused by polished rice, 632 



thymus in, 633 

 Bert on double conduction in nerves, 792 

 on effects of oxygen at high pres- 

 sure, 297 

 Betz cells, 848, 875, 959 

 Bichromate cell, 197 

 Bidder's ganglia, 141 

 Bile, 363-370 



absorption of, 384, 412 

 acids, 365, 462 



circulation of, 412 

 formation of, 384 

 Hay's test for, 462 

 Pettenkofer's reaction, 366, 462 

 adaptation of, to food, 413 

 and absorption of fat, i6g 

 and pancreatic juice, adjuvant 



action of, 367 



and surface tension, 369, 462 

 as an excretion, 424 

 composition of, 363 

 curve of secretion of, 413 

 digestive functions of, 367 

 formation of, 384, 385 

 freezing-point of, 387 

 gases of, 267, 366 

 in emulsification of fats, 367 

 influence of nerves on secretion of, 



411 



inhibition of heart by, 172 

 mucin, 364 



pigments, 364, 385, 462 

 circulation of, 412 

 Gmelin's test for, 365, 462 

 production of, in liver, 385 

 relation of, to spleen, 672 

 precipitation of gastric digest by, 



370 



quantity of, 367 

 rate of secretion of, 413, 419 

 reactions of, 462 

 reinforcing action of, 368 

 salts, 365 



action of, on blood, 28, 70 

 decomposition of, 365 

 in urine, Hay's test, 528 

 'influence of, on secretion of 



bile, 413 

 secretion of, influence of nerves on, 



411 

 influence of secretin on, 408, 412 



