123* 



INDEX 



Proteins, formation of glycogen from, 536 

 of sugar from, 538 



general reactions of, 7 



Heller's test for, 524 



in nutrition, relative value of dif- 

 ferent, 612 



living and dead, 576 



metabolism of, 572 



necessary amount of, 623, 624 



of tissues, specificity of, 321, 575 



parenteral absorption of, 33 



precipitation reactions of, 8 



specific dynamic action of, 686 



synthesis of, 573, 612 



temperature of coagulation, 9 

 Protein-sparing action of fat, 606 



of carbo-hydrates, 606 

 Proteoses, 3 



action of, on coagulation, 37, 63 

 on clotting, 44 



(and peptones), influence on blood- 

 pressure, 173, 215 



formed in gastric digestion, 352, 458 

 action of erepsin on, 371 

 of trypsin on, 362 



in blood and tissues, 574 



in urine, 489, 525 



secondary', 13 



tests for, 10 

 Prothrombin, 36 

 Protoplasm, structure of, 4 

 Prozymogen, 343, 351, 358, 382 



granules, 376 

 Pseudo-globulin, 49 



-podia, 17 



reflexes, 904 



Psychical secretion, 399, 404, 1099 

 Ptyalin, 346, 416, 455 

 ' Puberty gland,' 642 

 Pulmonary catheter, 259 



circulation, 223 



ventilation, 235 



regulation of, 281 

 Pulse, anacrotic, 106 



arterial, 101 



curve, variation in form of, ijofr 



effect of amyl-nitrite, 208 

 exercise on, 208 



frequency of, 107, 210 



tracings, 103, 209 



venous, 99, 100, 101, 131, 209 



wave, rate of propagation of, 108 

 Pulsus altemans, 155 



bigeminus, 155 

 Pulvinar, 923, 933 

 ' Puncture ' fever, 701 



glycosuria, 547 



Pupillo-dilator fibres, 1023, 1025, I no 

 Purin bases in urine, 481 



metabolism of, 592 



bodies, chemistry of, 593 



excretion of, 594 



Purkinje fibres of heart, 147 

 Purkinje's figures, 1042, 1113 

 Putrefaction in intestine, 422, 588 



of proteins, action of products of, 



672 



Pyloric sphincter, relaxation of, 327, 418 

 Pyramidal cells, 853, 875, 958, 959 



development of, 854 



path in internal capsule, 878, 882 



tracts, 866 



connections of, 875 

 in different animals, 877 

 Pyramids, decussation of, 869, 875, 878 

 Pyrimidin bases, 593, 595, 597 

 Pyruvic acid, 544, 545, 546 



Quadratus lumborum, action of, in 

 respiration, 227 



Radiation from the skin, 68 1, 683 

 Radiometer, 681 

 Raffinose, 340 



Rarefied air, effects of breathing, 295, 298 

 Rations, soldiers', 623, 627 

 Reaction of blood, 24 

 of degeneration, 804 

 of gastric juice, 420 

 of intestinal contents, 419 

 of milk, 1139 

 of urine, 479 



' Receptive ' substances, 182, 739 

 Receptor in reflex action, role of, 900 

 Receptors, 898 



Reciprocal relation of vasomotors, 186 

 Recurrent sensibility, 892 

 Referred pain, 891 



Reflex action, anatomical basis of, 898 

 extensor thrust, 904 

 flexioTr, 903, 904, 997 

 inhibition in, 903 

 irradiation of, 905 

 of spinal cord, 897 

 scratch, 901, 902, 997 

 arc, fatigue~of, 902 



isolated conduction of impulses 



\ in, 899 



peculiarities of conduction in, 



902 



properties of, 902 

 refractory state in, 9.03 

 cardiac death, 171 

 centres in cord, 915 

 peripheral, 912 

 inhibition of heart, 170, 210 

 time, 914 



Reflexes, axon, 803, 913 

 common path of, 899 

 co-ordination of, 908 

 effect of strychnine on, 899 

 tetanus toxin on, 899 

 facilitation of, 909 

 in disease, 914 



