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INDEX 



Eye, reduced, 1019 

 refraction in, 1017 

 retinal fatigue, 1055, 1 1 12 

 structure of, 1014, IIOI 

 visual acuity, I III 



Facial nerve, 926 



union of, with accessory, 976 

 palsy, 926 

 Facilitation of reflexes, 909 



in motor cortex, 954 

 Faeces, action of extracts of, 424 

 bacteria in, 424 

 composition of, 423 

 microscopical examination of, 463 

 odour of, 424 

 Fasting men, metabolism in, 604 



hunger sensations in, 1096 

 Fat, absorption of, 441, 463 



influenced by bile, 369 

 amount of, in standard diet, 623, 625, 



627 



chemistry of, 556 

 composition of, i 

 excretion of, into intestine, 443 

 formation of, from carbo-hydrates, 



560 



protein, 561 



intermediary metabolism of, 565 

 melting-point of, 12 

 metabolism of, 556 

 liver and, 567 

 migration of, 557, 563, 568 



in phosphorus poisoning, 563 

 mobilization of, 565 

 non-nutritive function of, 568 

 passage out of, intestinal epithelium, 



442 



storing of, 558 

 synthesis of, in intestinal mucosa?, 



443i 444 

 Fatigue, changes in nerve cells, 859, 



983 



influence of, on muscular contrac- 

 tions, 749, 813 

 on muscle-curve, 813 

 muscular, cause of, 751 

 of muscle-nerve preparation, seat of 



exhaustion in, 752, 813 

 seats of, in voluntary contraction, 



753 

 Fats, constitution of, 3, 556 



tests for, II 

 Fatty acids, absorption of, 443 



and glycogen formation, 538 

 decomposition of, in body, 566 

 formation of, from carbo-hy- 

 drate, 561 



synthesis of, to fat, 444 

 tests for, 12 

 Fechner's law, noo 

 Fehling's solution, 526 



Fehling's solution, Benedict's modifica- 

 tion of, 527 



test for sugar, 525 



Ferment action, quantitative estimation 

 of, 342, 453 



cellulose-dissolving, 423 



mode of action of, 339, 341 



reversible action of, 339 

 Fermentation, butyric acid, 423 



lactic acid, 423 

 Ferments, 336 



autolytic, 599 



in the liver, %>o 



intracellular, 337 



list of, 345 



specificity of, 340 

 Fever, aseptic, 707 



caused by cocain, 704 

 by xanthin, 707 



changes in urine in, 703 



derangement of heat regulation in, 

 705 



metabolism in, 706 



nervous, 708 



production of heat in, 704 



' puncture," 701 



' retention theory,' 706 



significance of, 708 



vaso-motors in, 706 

 Fibrillary contraction, 151, 205 

 Fibrin-ferment, 34. See Throinbin 



formation of, 35 



preparation of, 65 

 Fibrinogen, 34 



production of, in liver, 35 

 Fibrino-globulin, 47 

 Pick's theory of fusion of visual stimuli, 



1050 



Fillet, 874, 881 ' 

 Flavour, 1078 

 Flechsig's developmental cortical zones, 



961 



Flexion reflex, 903, 997 

 Flour, 719 



Flow of liquids, with intermittent pres- 

 sure, 85 



Fluoride plasma, clotting of, 38 . 

 Fluorides, action of, on coagulation, 



37,64 



Foetal heart, 1135 

 Folin's method of estimating ammonia. 



521 



creatinin, 524 

 indican, 518 

 uric acid, 523 

 Food substances, 320 

 Foods, isodynamic relations of, 773 



specific dynamic action of, 686 

 Foramen of Monro, 850 

 Forced movements, 944 

 Fore brain, 850 

 Formaldehvde reaction for proteins, 8 



