INDEX 



1221 



Blood- pressure, estimation of the arterial, 



210, 213 



**f actors which maintain, 116 

 fall of, in sleep, 986 

 hydrostatic and hydrodynamic ele- 

 ments, 190 



in capillaries, 130, 131 

 influence of respiration on, 289 

 in man, influence of exercise on, 115, 

 measurement of, by stetho- 

 scope, 113, 213 

 in pulmonary artery, 116 

 in right and left ventricles, 116, 138 

 mean arterial, 109, 112 

 measurement of, 109, 211 

 permanent element in, in 

 systolic and diastolic, 113 

 tracings, 165, 184, 186, 187, 188, 191, 



210, 213, 216, 237, 279, 280 

 Blood-pump, 249 



Blood-serum, freezing-point of, 386 

 Blood-supply, regulation of, 189 

 Bloodvessels, anastomosis of, 1144 



rhythmically contractile, 8 1, 175, 180 

 structure of, 82 

 tone of, 184, 996 

 Body, composition of, 601 

 Bohr, on blood-gases, 254, 261, 264 

 Bolometer, 675, 783 

 Bone-marrow and blood-formation, 20, 



'22 



action of extracts of, 671, 673 

 Bones, composition of, 601, 621 

 influence of pituitary on, 670 



of testicles on, 642 

 Boot ' electrodes, 842 

 Brain, anemia of, 986 

 chemistry of, 991 

 circulation in, 989 

 condition of, isolated, 975 



in sleep, 913 

 development of, 849 

 functions of, 931 

 heat-production in, 689 

 influence of, on spinal reflexes, 910, 



IOOI 

 respiratory changes in volume of, 



295 



resuscitation of, 990 



size of, at different ages, 988 

 and intelligence, 988 



temperature of, 712 



volume, respiratory variations in, 



295 



Bread, 720 



Breast-feeding, superiority of, 1140 

 Breath, holding, 234 

 Broca's area, 971, 974 



aphasia, 970 

 Bronchi, 223 



movements of, in respiration, 231 



nerves of, 287 



Bronchial breathing, 231 



muscles, innervation of, 287 



Bronchoscope, 231 



Brownian motion, 454 



Brown-Sequard's syndrome, 894 



Brunner's glands, 380, 383 



' Buffy ' coat, 39 



Burdach's tract, 866 

 connections of, 870 



Burdon-Sanderson on negative variation, 

 825, 826 



Burns, superficial, death from, 299 



Buttermilk diet, 422 



Butyric acid, 562 



fermentation, 423 



Cachexia strumipriva, 648 

 Cajcum, nerves of, 332 

 Caffeine, 481, 583, 594, 632 



as diuretic, 509 

 Caisson disease, 297 

 Calcium and bone formation, 621 



deficiency of, 621 



relation of, to heart-beat, 152, 20O 

 Calorimeter, air, 679 



differential micro-, 680 



respiration, 240, 676, 678, 721 

 Atwater's, 676 



water equivalent of, 721 

 Calorimetric method for blood- flow in 



hands, 219 



for vaso-motor reflexes, 188, 221 

 Calorimetry, 675,721 

 Campbell, visuo-psychic area of, 966 

 Cancer, gastric juice in, 350 

 Cane-sugar, absorption of, 435, 445, 464 



inversion of, 10, 339 



by gastric juice, 356 



tests for, n 

 Cannula, three-way, 212 



gastric, 459 



to put into an artery, 63 

 trachea, 202 

 vein, 215 

 Capillaries, blood- pressure in, 131 



changes of calibre of, 173 



circulation in, 120, 129, 193 



pulse in, 131 



resistance in, 120, 130 



total cross-section of, 130 



velocity of blood in, 130 

 Capillary electrometer, 728, 729, 842 

 Caproic acid, 566 



Capsule, internal. See Internal capsule 

 Carbo-hydrates, absorption of, 445 



amount of, in standard diet, 623, 625 



assimilation limits, 540, 551, 637 



composition of, i, 3 



constitution of, 3 



intermediary, metabolism of, 542 

 in diabetes, 553 



metabolism of, 533 



