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INDEX. 



testinal canal of, 219 ; heart of, 332 ; 

 organ of hearing, 65; sympathe- 

 tic in, 131 ; uric acid in allantoic 

 fluid of, 622 ; vessels of lung of, 395 ; 

 villi of, 227 ; vocal organs of, 432 

 Bjrth, ii. 623 



Bischoff, on the amnion, ii. 616 ; on 

 formation of corpora lutea, 566 ; on 

 formation of blastodermic vesicle, 

 574 ; on impregnation of ovum, 

 569 ; on stellate cells of zona pel- 

 lucida, 571 ; on the development of 

 the eye, 600 ; tunica media of, 594 ; 

 and Vogt on the pulsations of the 

 heart before the formation of mus- 

 cular fibres, 604 

 Bishop, on the production of falsetto 



notes, ii. 442 

 Bladder, ii. 505 ; development of, 621 ; 



formation of, 594 



Blagden, Sir Charles, experiments on 

 the effects of a high temperature 

 on the body, ii. 422 

 Blainville, De, on the perilymph, ii. 



76 

 Blake, on the heart's force, ii. 363 ; on 



the rate of the circulation, 382 

 Blastodermic vesicle, ii. 515 ; forma- 

 tion of, 574 

 Blindness, coincident with disease of 



corpora quadrigemina, i. 354 

 Blondlot, on acidity of gastric juice, 

 ii. 204 ; on escape of bile, 252 ; on 

 use of bile, 258 



Blood, ii. 290 ; analysis of, 308 ; arte- 

 rial and venous, 291, 310 ; buffing 

 and cupping, 295 ; changes in, from 

 respiration, 411; coagulation of, 

 291; density, 310; of dog after ve- 

 nesection, 31 2; fibrin of, 297; quan- 

 tity of, 293 ; red corpuscles of, 297 ; 

 serum of, 296 ; specific gravity of, 

 290 ; in ansemia and after haemor- 

 rhage, 295 ; increase of fibrin in,312; 

 in intermittent fever, 313 ; in gout, 

 313 ; in rheumatic fever and pneu- 

 monia, 313 ; physical analysis of, 

 290 ; temperature of, 310 ; urea in, 

 500 ; of spleen, changes in, 516 ; of 

 vena portse, 310 



Blood corpuscles, aggregation of, ii. 

 298 ; colourless, 301 ; development 

 and decay of, 306 ; generation of in 

 the liver, 263 ; of birds, 299 ; of 

 camelidae, 299; fishes, 299 ; of in- 

 vertebrata, 300 ; in animals, 299 ; 

 reptiles, 299 ; function of, 304 ; na- 

 ture of, 300 ; origin of, 303 ; of 

 spleen pulp, 51 1 ; structure of, 300; 



Blood vessels, ii. 315 ; of adipose tis- 

 sue, i. 81 ; of bone, 107 ; of brain, 

 292; of cartilage, 92; of fibrous tis- 

 sue, 70 ; of lacteal glands, ii. 627 ; 

 of meninges, i. 249 ; of muscle, 166 ; 

 of nerves, 216 ; of pulp cavity, ii. 

 173; of villi, 228 

 Blubber, i. 408 



Blumenbach, cases of congenital defi- 

 ciency of tongue, i. 445 

 Blushing, ii. 373 



Boa, circulation in kidney of, ii. 494 

 Body of lens, ii. 33 ; of tooth, 166 

 Boerhaave and Bressa on the use of 



the Eustachian tube, ii. 96 

 Bone, i.97 ; physical and chemical pro- 

 perties, 98, 101 ; rickets andmollities 

 ossium, LOO; general structure, 103; 

 long, fiat, and irregular, 103 ; Ha- 

 versian canals, 107 ; granules of the 

 osseous tissue, 1 08 ; pores and la- 

 cunae,^; lamellse,lll,114; nerves, 

 115 ; development, 115 ; growth, 

 121 ; reparation, 124 

 Bouchardat and Sandras, experiments 

 on chyle, ii. 241 ; on digestion of 

 starch, 208, 243 



Bourgery, on inspired air, ii. 404 

 Brachet and Dr. J. Reid, on influence 



of nerves in hunger, ii. 159 

 Brain, or encephalon, i. 260 ; its four 

 segments, 260 ; weight, 261 ; asso- 

 ciation with mind, 262 ; circulation 

 in, 292 ; is it compressible 1 297 ; 

 functions of, 341 ; capillaries of, ii. 

 328 ; convolutions of, i. 363; effects 

 of alterations of pressure upon, 298 

 Branchiae, ii. 385 



Branchial fissures and arches, ii. 589 

 Branching of arteries, ii. 323 

 Breschet, on the veins of bone, i. 107; 

 on the temperature of internal 

 parts of the body, ii.420 ; on the 

 tetriculus, 65 



Brewster, Sir David, on achromatism 

 of eye, ii. 50 ; on adaptation of eye 

 to vision at different distances, 47 ; 

 on fibre of lens, 35 ; on the re- 

 fractive power of the lens, 36 

 Brinton, Dr., on inversion of the ac- 

 tion of the stomach, ii. 211 ; on 

 antiperistaltic action, 237 

 Brodie, Sir B., on chyle, ii. 281 ; ex- 

 periments on digestion of fat, 209 ; 

 on the uses of the bile, 260 ; on 

 the influence of the nervous sys- 

 tem in animal heat, 428. 

 Bronchi, ii. 387 

 Bronzing of skin by sun, i. 416 



