636 



INDEX. 



Food, digestion of, in intestines, 238 



in stomach, 214 



eggs, an example of mixed, 201 

 fatty elements of, changes of, 252, 



265 



general purposes of, 199 

 of herbivorous animals, 202 

 liquid, absorption of, 226. 271 

 of man, 202 

 milk, a natural, 200 

 mixed, the best for man, 205-207 

 mixture of, necessary, 199-202 

 nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous, 



199, 200 

 oleaginous principles of, changes 



in stomach, 230 

 passage of through alimentary 



canal, 207 

 into stomach, 213 

 relation of to carbonic acid pro- 

 duced, 176 



to excretion, 205-207 

 to heat of body, 197 

 to muscular action, 474 

 of gastric fluid, 219 

 of saliva, 210 



relation of to urea, 360, 361 

 to urine, 357 

 phosphates in, 365 

 sulphur in, 365 

 saccharine principles of. changes 



in stomach, 230 

 solid, action of gastric fluid on, 



226 



swallowing of, 213 

 time occupied in passage of, 274 

 vegetable, contains nitrogenous 



principles, 202 

 changes of in digestion, 225 

 Foramen ovale, 601 

 Form of bodies, how estimated, 515 

 Fornix, office of, 424 

 Fourth ventricle, 404, 419 



cerebral nerve, 426 

 Fovea centralis, 501, 504 

 Freezing, effect of on blood, 63 

 Frequency of heart's action, 108 

 Functions of parts, discharge of, at- 

 tended with impairment of 

 tissue, 299, 300 

 growth from undue exercise of, 



312 



Fundus of uterus, 562 

 Fungiform papillae of tongue, 548, 549 



Galactopborous ducts, 613 

 Gall-bladder, passage of bile into and 



from, 262 

 Ganglia, mode of action. See Nervous 



Centres 



Ganglia, cerebral or sensory, func- 

 tions of, 411 



of spinal nerves, 391, 444 

 of the sympathetic, 445 

 structure of, 447 

 action of, 450 



as co-ordinators of involun- 

 tary movements, 451 

 in heart, 114 



in substance of organs, 451 

 Ganglion, Gasserian, 428, 445 



corpuscles, 375, 447. See Nerve- 

 corpuscles. 



Ganglionic fibres, 391 

 Ganglionic nervous system. See Sym- 

 pathetic Nerves. 



Gases, absorption of by blood, 296 

 absorbed by the skin, 348 

 in blood, 81 



in stomach and intestines, 274 

 in urine, 367 

 Gastric fluid, 219 

 acid in, 222 



action of on albuminous prin- 

 ciples, 229 

 on food, 226-230 

 favored by division, 226 

 nature of, 225 



on saccharine and amylace- 

 ous principles, 230 

 artificial, 224 

 characters of, 221 

 composition of, 222 

 digestive power of, 222 

 experiments with, 223-224, 226- 



230 



pepsin in, 222 

 quantity of, 220 

 secretion of, 220 



how excited, 220, 221 

 influence of nervous system 



on, 235 



Gastric veins, blood of, 79 



Gelatinous substances, 21 



Gelatin, digestion of, 229 



insufficient as food, 202 



properties of. 21 



Generation and development, 559 

 Generative organs of the female, 560 

 Genito-urinary tract of mucous mem- 

 brane, 317 

 Germinal area, 581 

 matter, 27 

 membrane, 581 

 spot, 565 



development of, 565 

 vesicle, 565 



development of, 566 

 disappearance of, 579 

 Gizzard, action of, 231 

 Gland, pineal, 424 



