INDEX 



1237 



Perimetry, 1048 



Periodic breathing, production of, 287, 



300 



Peripheral reflex centres, 912 

 Peristalsis, 324, 326, 329, 330 

 Peritoneal cavity, absorption from, 439 

 Peroxydase, 76 



Persistence theory (vision) 1050 

 Perspiration, visible and invisible, 512 

 Pettenkofer's test for bile acids, 366, 462 

 Phagocytosis, 59 



Phakoscope, Helmholtz's, 1021, 1103 

 Phenol, excretion in starvation, 604 

 Phenyl-alanin, 2, 352, 360 

 Phenyl-hydrazine test for sugar, 525 

 Phlebogram, 101 

 Phlorhizin glycosuria, 551, 717 

 Phloroglucin reaction for pentoses, 528 

 Phosphocarnic acid, 767 

 Phosphates, estimation of, 516 

 Phosphate triple, sediments, 479, 531 

 Phosphatides, 571, 794 

 digestion of, 421 

 metabolism of, 571 

 synthesis of, 597, 607 

 Phospho-proteins, 2 

 Phosphorus in degenerated nerve, 797, 



798 



in milk, 621 



poisoning and fat migration, 563 

 Photo-electric reaction of eye, 839 

 Phrenic nerves and respiration, 275 

 afferent fibres in, 284 

 anastomosis of, with sympa- 

 thetic, 801 



Phytosterins, 366, 570 

 Pia mater, 861 

 Pilocarpine, action of, on nerve-endings, 



182 



effect of, on heart, 166, 199 

 on salivary secretion, 457 

 on pupil, 1026 



Pilo-motor nerves, 180, 913, 1004 

 Pineal gland, 671, 933 

 Piotrowski's test, 8 

 Piston recorder, 233 

 Pitch, 310 

 Pithing a frog, 193 

 Pitot's tubes, 121 

 Pituitary body, 666, 933 



action of extracts of, 668 

 functions of, 6/0 

 removal of, 667 

 Pituitrin, testing for, 670 

 Placenta, exchange of materials in, 1129 

 Plantar reflex, 915 

 Plasma, proteins of, 49 

 Plasmine of Denis, 34 

 Plasmolysis, 428 

 Platelets and coagulation, 37 

 Plethysmograph, 128 

 Plethysmographic tracings, 129, 210 



Pleural cannula, 234 



Poikilothermal animals, production of 

 carbon dioxide in, 244 



heat in, 693 

 Poiseuille's laws of flow, 85 



space, 15, 193 



Polar stimulation, law of, 741 

 Polarimeter, 528 



Polarization of muscle and nerve, 829 

 Polygraph, 103 



tracings, 209 



Polymorphonuclear leucocytes, 17 

 Polypeptides, 2, 352, 361, 578 

 Polysaccharides, 3, 347, 348, 535, 537 

 Pons, 932 



connections of, 883 



grey matter of, 883 

 Post-central gyrus, 963 

 Posterior longitudinal bundle, 885 

 Posterior root ganglia, development of, 



850 



Post-sphygmic interval of heart, 97 

 Postural reflexes, 917, 1000 

 Potassium in muscle, 767 



salts, influence of, on heart-beat, 153, 



200 



Potential, electrical, 735 

 Precentral gyrus, 963 

 Precipitins, 31 

 Prepyramidal tract, 867 

 Presphygmic interval of heart, 97 

 Pressor nerves, 173 



bases, 672 

 Pressure sensations, 1041, 1081, 1114 



blood-, measurement of arterial, 109- 



112, 2IO 



in man, 113-116, 213 

 influence of exercise, 115 

 Primary colours, 1053 

 Prisms, 1010 



Proferment, 343, 351, 358, 376, 382 

 Prolamins, 615 

 Prolin, 352, 360 

 Propionic acid, 556 



transformation into dextrosej 



538 

 Proprio-ceptive fields, 914 



spinal fibres, 868 

 Pro-secretin, 408 

 Protamins, 2 



and coagulation, 44 

 Proteins, i 



absorption of, 447 



' building stones ' of, 576 



cleavage of, and absorption, 448 



products of, 360 

 colour reactions of, 8 

 complete and incomplete, 613 

 consumption determined by supply, 



607 



digestion of, 351, 359, 361, 370, 417 

 formaldehyde reaction, 8 



