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INDEX. 



Pause in heart's action, ii. 345 



Pecten, ii. 23 



Peduncle of pineal body, i. 278 



Pelvis, i. 145 ; of kidney, ii. 505 



Penis, ii. 542 ; arteries of, 542 ; erec- 

 tion of, dependent upon cord, i. 340 



Penniform fibres of circular coat of 

 arteries, ii. 318 



Pepsine, ii. 203 



Pereira, Dr., on contractility of para- 

 lyzed limbs, i. 341 



Perfect vision, only in or near the axis 

 of vision, ii. 55 



Pericardium, ii. 335 



Perilymph, ii. 76 



Peritoneum, ii. 217 ; of stomach, 190 



Per saltum flow of blood in arteries, 

 ii. 353 



Pes anserinus, ii. 106 



Petit, canal of, ii. 32 



Peyer's patches, ii. 233 ; office of, 234 ; 

 secretion of odoriferous matter from, 

 268 ; in typhus and typhoid fever, 

 234 



Pharynx, ii. 185 



Phosphate in urine, ii. 503 



Phosphoric acid in digestion, ii. 202 



Phrenology, i. 366 



Phthisis, Peyer's patches in, ii. 234 



Physiology, ii. 366 ; modes of investi- 

 gation in, i. 28, 33 



Physiological anatomy, meaning of the 

 term, i. 28 ; its bearing on practical 

 medicine, 28 



Physical, movements of the cord, i. 31 3 ; 

 nervous actions, 313, 370, 389 



Phyton, ii.526 



Pig, stomach of, for artificial digestive 

 fluid, ii. 203 



Pig which remained 160 days with- 

 out food, ii. 424 



Pia mater, i. 254 



Pigment cells of choroid, ii. 22 



Pigment, in cuticle of negro, i. 416 ; in 

 hair, 418 



Pigmentum nigrum, its uses, ii. 52 



Pillars of the fauces, ii. 186 ; of the 

 fornix, i. 286 



Pineal body, i. 278 



Pinel on the functions of the corpora 

 striata, and optic thalami, i. 351 



Pitch, of sounds, ii. 87 ; of the note, 

 how produced, ii. 441 



Pitot, on measuring the velocity of 

 the stream in rivers, ii. 357 



Pittard, on vesiculre seminales, ii. 540 



Pituitary body, i. 289 ; regarded as a 

 ganglion by some, ii. 131 



Placenta, ii. 612 



Placental bruit, ii. 615 



Placental mammalia, ii. 536 



Planaria, multiplication of, ii. 525 



Plastic elements of nutrition, ii. 153 



Pleasure and pain, i. 25 



Pleuronecta, optic lobes of, i. 352 



Plexus, cavernous or carotid and tym- 

 panic, ii. 136; inferior mesenteric, 

 and hypogastric, 138 ; cardiac and 

 pulmonary, 139 ; gangliformis, 119; 

 solar, phrenic, suprarenal, celiac, 

 hepatic, gastric and splenic, inferior 

 mesenteric, renal and spermatic,140 



Plexuses of nerves, i. 220 



Plica polonica, i. 421 



Plicee palmatse of uterus, ii. 557 



Pockels, M., on changes in ovum after 

 impregnation, ii. 570 ; and Costi, on 

 the development of the human 

 ovum, 591 



Poiseuille, on the elasticity of arteries, 

 ii. 351 ; on the hsemadynamometer, 

 359 ; on the rate of the circulation, 

 382 



Polar state of the cord in the male 

 frog in spring, i. 315 



Polyps, circulation in, ii. 385 ; multi- 

 plication, 531 : renal organs of, 482 



Pomum Adami, ii. 433 



Pons Tarini, i. 288, 289 ; Varolii, func- 

 tion of, i. 373 



Porosity of tissues, i. 52 



Portal canals, ii. 462, 466 



Portal, circulation in liver and in kid- 

 neys, ii. 347 ; vein, ii. 467 



Porterfield, on the adaptation of the 

 eye to distances, ii. 47 



Portio dura, ii. 105 ; communication 

 with vagus, 109 ; to orbicularis pal- 

 pebrarum, 42 



Portio intermedia, ii. 85, 105 



Posterior commissure, i.286 ; columns 

 of cord, i. 316 ; functions of, 320 



Potash acetate, its absorption, ii. 269 



Potash salts in urine, ii. 499 



Pourfour du Petit, on the office of the 

 sympathetic, ii. 145 



Prehension, ii. 162 



Presbyopia, ii. 49 



Prevost, on the movements of 

 matozoa, ii. 548 ; and Lebert, on the 

 contraction of the heart before the 

 development of muscular fibre, 604 



Primitive streak, ii. 583, 585 



Processus cerebelli ad testem, i. 275 ; 

 cochleariformis, ii.70 



Prochaska on capillaries, ii. 330 



Promontory, ii. 69 



Proper current of the frog, i. 380 



