INDEX. 



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Venous blood, ii. 291, 310; absorp- 

 tion by, 210 



Venous circulation, favoured by mus- 

 cular movements, ii. 379 ; influence 

 of respiratory movements, 377; 

 influence of gravity upon, 380 



Venous pulse, ii. 376 



Ventilation, importance of, ii. 410 



Ventral lamina, ii. 586 



Ventricles of heart, ii. 333 ; force of 

 left, 359 



Ventricle, fifth, i. 287 



Ventricles of the brain, third, lateral, 

 i. 273, 289 



Venus chione, heart of, ii. 331 



Vermicular action of intestines, ii. 

 236 



Vermiform appendix, ii. 221 



Vernix caseosa, ii. 595 



Verschuir on irritability of arteries, 

 ii. 355 



Vertebra, typical, ii. 597 



Vertebral, arches, ii. 597 ; arteries, i. 

 293 ; ii. 323 ; plates, 583 



Vertebrata, generation in, ii. 534 ; 

 pancreas in, 246 



Vertigo, i. 368 ; from lesion of cor- 

 pora quadrigemina, 353 



Verumontanum, ii. 543 



Vessels, of the iris, ii. 26 ; of the kid- 

 ney, 491 ; nose, 3 ; of the lungs, 

 392 ; of the retina, 29 ; umbilical, 

 623 



Vesiculse seminales, ii. 540 



Vesicular gray layer of retina, ii. 29 



Vestibule, ii. 72 ; the essential part 

 of the organ of hearing, 96 



Vicarious secretion, ii. 450 



Vierordt, on the proportion of car- 

 bonic acid in expired air, ii. 405, 409 



Villi, ii. 227 ; capillaries, lacteals and 

 nerves of, 229 ; during intestinal 

 digestion, 238 ; of intestines com- 

 pared to papillae, i. 441 



Vinegar, formation of, ii. 427 



Virchow, on the spleen, ii. 512 



Vis nervosa, i. 236 



Vis, a fronte, ii. 371 ; a tergo, 349, 369, 

 influence in venous circulation, 376 



Visceral arches, development of, ii. 

 598 



Vision, development of organs of, ii. 

 600; corpora quadrigemina, the 

 special ganglia of, i. 354 ; distinct, 

 ii. 46 ; organ of, 14 ; phenomena of, 

 44 



Visual, angle, ii. 46 



Vital capacity, ii. 404 ; properties, i. 

 14, 55, of tissues, 55, stimuli, 14 



VitelKne, membrane, ii. 553 ; duct, 619 



Vitreous body, ii. 31 



Vocal cords, ii. 435 



Vogt, on the origination of bloofl cor- 

 puscles, ii. 302 ; on the liquor am- 

 nii, 617 



Voice, ii. 431 



Volition, i. 25 



Volkmann, on the circulation in the 

 capillaries, ii. 369 ; on contraction 

 of lymphatic hearts, 278 ; on the 

 force of the heart, 360 ; on the la.se- 

 madromometer, 364 ; on the rate 

 of the circulation, 381 



Voluntary motion, i. 307 ; move- 

 ments, centres of, 343, 348 



Vomiting, ii. 211 ; caused by section 

 of vagi, 125 ; effect of nervous 

 changes upon, 214 ; glottis pro- 

 tected in, 187; manner in which 

 produced, 214; produced by irrita- 

 tion of vagus, 126 ; oesophagus in, 

 189 ; sympathetic of diseased kid- 

 ney, or passage of a calculus along 

 the ureter, i. 387 



Vorticellee, multiplication of, ii. 531 ; 

 reproduction of, 526 



Vowel sounds, production of, ii. 446 



WAGNER, on development of sperma- 

 tozoa, ii. 547 ; on white corpuscles, 

 305 ; on the changes in the germi- 

 nal vesicle, 571 ; and Miiller on the 

 development of the human ovum, 

 593 



Walkmaer, on the division of the cord 

 in insects, i. 337 



Wallace, Dr. Clay, on the action of 

 the ciliary muscle, ii. 48 



Ward, Mr., on the skeleton, i. 141, 145 



Warm-blooded animals, ii. 418 



Water, as a constituent of animal 

 bodies, i. 34 ; removal of, from 

 body, ii. 450 



Weber, on castor, ii. 545 ; on the cir- 

 culation in the capillaries, 369 ; on 

 appreciating the weight of bodies, 

 i. 430 ; on formation of decidua, 

 ii. 577 ; on the generation of the 

 blood corpuscles in the liver, 303 ; 

 on irritation of arteries, 355 ; on 

 the organ of hearing in fishes, 65 ; 

 on the striped muscular fibres in 

 the intestine of the loach, 145 ; on 

 vasa aberrantia, 471 ; on the rela- 

 tion of the foetal vessels to those 

 of the mother, 613 



Weber and Goodsir on the placenta, 

 ii. 613 



