INDEX. 



633 



Development of nervous system, 603 

 of organs of sense, 603 

 of respiratory apparatus, 608 

 of teeth, 53 



of vascular system, 597 

 of vertebral column and cranium, 



594 



of Wolffian bodies, urinary appa- 

 ratus and sexual organs, 609 

 Dextrin, formation of in digestion, 230 

 Diabetes, 269, 359 

 Diaphragm, 88 



action of on abdominal viscera, 



182 



in inspiration, 162 

 in various respiratory acts, 180, 



184 



in vomiting, 232, 233 

 Dicrotous pulse, 129 

 Diet, influence of on blood, 76 

 Diffusion of gases in respiration, 171 



of impressions, 385 

 Digestion, general nature of, 199 

 of food in the intestines, 238 

 of food in the stomach, 214, 222, 



223 

 influence of nervous system 



on, 234 



of stomach after death, 236 

 See Gastric Fluid, Food, Stomach. 

 Digestive fluid. See Gastric Fluid, 

 artificial, 224 



tract of mucous membrane, 317 

 Direction of sounds, perception of, 544 



of vision, 515 

 Discus proligerus, 564 

 Disease in relation to assimilation and 



nutrition, 307 



in relation to beat of body, 191 

 Diseased parts, assimilation in, 310 

 Diseases, alteration of blood produced 



by, 307 

 maintenance of alterations by, 



310 



reflex acts in, 400 

 Distance, adaptation of eye to, 510 



512 



of sounds, how judged of, 544 

 Distinctness of vision, how secured, 



508 



Dorsal laminse, 582, 595 

 Dorsum of tongue, 548 

 Double hearing, 545 



vision, 521 



Dreams, phenomena of, 422 

 Dropsy, serous fluid of, contains albu- 

 men, 22 



Drowning, cause of death in, 187 

 Duct, cystic, 252, 262 

 hepatic, 252, 257 

 thoracic, 279, 286 



Duct, vitelline, 584 



Ductless glands, 325 



Ducts of glands, arrangement of, 319 



contraction of, 324 

 lactiferous, 613 

 Ductus arteriosus, 601 

 venosus, 601 



closure of, 602, 603 

 Duodenum, 239 



Duration of impressions on retina, 517 

 Duverney's glands, 563 

 Dysphagia, absorption from nutritive 

 baths in, 348 



Ear, 527 



bones or ossicles of, 529 

 function of, 538 



development of, 605 



external, 527 



function of, 534 



internal, 529 



function of, 541 



middle, 527 



function of, 536 



Ectopia vesicse, observations on, 355 

 Efferent nerve-fibres, 376 



lymphatics, 286 



vessels of kidney, 352 

 Eggs as articles of food, 201 

 Eighth cerebral nerve, 435 

 Elastic cartilage, 43 



coat of arteries, 115 



fibres, 39 



recoil of chest and lungs, 165 



tissue in arteries, 115 

 in bronchi, 156 



tissues, heat developed in, 190 

 Elasticity, of arteries, 116 



employed in expiration, 165 

 Electricity, effect on nerves, 378 

 Electro-magnetism, effect on arteries, 

 120 



on rigor mortis, 466 



on voluntary muscles, 464 

 Elementary substances in the human 

 body, 18 



accidental, 26 

 Embryo. See Development and Foetus. 



formation of blood in, 81 

 Emission of semen a reflex act, 399 

 Emotions, connection of with cerebral 



hemispheres, 420 

 Enamel of teeth, 51, 52 

 End-bulbs, 337, 373 

 End-plates, motorial, 373 

 Endolyrnph, 530, 533 



function of, 541 

 Endosmometer, 294 

 Epidermis, 35, 333 



development, <fcc. , of, 304 



