INDEX. 



ABDOMINAL, muscles, influence on 

 vomiting, ii. 3 13, action of, in defeca- 

 tion, 266 ; respiration, 398 



Absorbents, minute anatomy of, ii. 

 272 ; contractility of, 273 ; contents 

 of, 279 ; function of, 288 ; viewed as 

 a glandular system, 289 ; of lacteal 

 glands, 627 



Absorption, ii. 269 ; influenced by 

 motion of the fluid, 287 ; by pres- 

 sure, 286 ; by porous solid, 284 ; by 

 quality of fluids, 283 ; mechanism 

 of, 283 ; of chyle by vffli, 230 ; of 

 gum, sugar, alcohol, etc., 230 ; of 

 tissues, 270 ; by blood-vessels, 279; 

 by the stomach, 210, 241 ; and se- 

 cretion in the skin, i. 427 



Acalephse, ii. 528 ; renal organs of, 

 482 ; reproduction of, 532 



Acervulus, i. 278 



Acetic acid, action of ; upon wall of, 

 Pacinian corpuscles, i. 397 ; upon 

 epidermis, 414 



Achromatism of eye, ii. 50 



Acids, effect of indigestion, ii. 202 ; 

 nature of, in gastric juice, 204 ; 

 lactic, in gastric juice, 205 



Action of heart, ii. 343 



Adaptation of eye to vision at different 

 distances, ii. 47 



Addison, Dr. W., on fibrin of blood, ii. 

 297 ; on lobular passages, 392 ; on 

 supra-renal capsules, 519 



Adipose tissue, i. 80 ; vesicles, 81 ; 

 blood-vessels of, 81 ; development 

 of, 85 ; subcutaneous, 405 



Admirault on taste, i. 443 



Aerial capacity of lungs, ii. 403 



After-tastes, i. 447 



Age, influence of, upon animal tem- 

 perature, ii. 420 ; upon quantity of 

 carbonic acid expelled, 408 



Aggregate glands, ii. 235 



Air, accumulation of in stomach, ii. 

 211; amount breathed, 403; changes 

 of, in respiration, 405 ; expired, vo- 

 lume of carbonic acid in, 405 ; re- 

 sidual, 403; respired, temperature 

 of, 405 



Air-cells, ii. 388 



Albinus, on the muscular coat of the 

 small intestines, ii. 223 



Albinos, light painful to, ii. 53 



Albumen, i. 35 ; acted on by gastric 

 juice, 207; digestion of, ii. 201 



Albuminous aliment, ii. 152 



Alcock, Dr., his experiments on taste, 

 i. 444 ; on glosso-pharyngeal, 445 ; 

 on sensation in tongue, 445 



Alcohol, its influence on respira- 

 tion, ii. 406 ; on retarding diges- 

 tion, 211; its action on gastric 

 juice, 204 



Alexis, St. Martin, ii. 209 



Alimentary canal, development of, 

 ii. 606 ; mucous membrane of, 162; 

 compartment of pharynx, 185 



Allantoic fluid, ii. 622 



Allantoin, ii. 622 



Allantois, ii. 590, 620; development 

 of, 603 



Allen and Pepys ; on the quantity of 

 carbon removed from the body, ii. 

 413 ; on the proportion of carbonic 

 acid in expired air, 409 



Alto voice, ii. 443 



Alveolus, ii. 167, 173 ; of lung, 391 



Amaurosis, ii. 52 



Ammoniacal salts in urine, ii. 502 



Amnion, formation of, ii. 588, 616 



Amphibia, generative organs of, ii. 

 535 ; organ of hearing of, 65 



Amphioxus lanceolatus, nervous sys- 

 tem of, i. 308 



Ampullae, ii. 74 



Amylaceous substances not digested 

 by stomach, ii. 242 



Analysis, of blood, quantitative, ii. 

 308 ; of blood of dog under the in- 

 fluence of venesection, ii. 312 ; of 

 milk, 629 ; of ox-gall, 253 



Anastomosis, of arteries, ii. 323 ; of 

 Jacobson, 69 ; of nerves, i, 218 ; of 

 third nerve, ii. 101 



Anderson, Dr., experiments on vomit- 

 ing, ii. 213 



Andersch, on the ganglion petrosum, 

 ii. 116 



