INDEX 



ABDOMEN 



Blood determined to, by emotion 



and mental work, 148, 149 

 Blood pressure in, Valsalva's ex- 

 periment, 146 

 Compression of, restoration from 



syncope by, 173 



Large, production of cerebral 

 anaemia by vertical suspension 

 of animals with, 173 

 Abdominal organs, volume of blood 

 circulation of, recorded by rectal 

 sound, 148 

 Abram's reflex, 186 

 Acid 



Acetic, properties of, 7 

 Hippuric, 8 

 Lactic 



As a cause of fatigue, 254 

 In muscle, 213 

 Acids 



Amido 



Basic groups of, 7, 9 

 Chemical characteristics of, 



8 



Compounds of protein mole- 

 cules, 7 



Found in muscle, 216 

 Achromatic threshold of coloured 

 light, 355 ; Burch, apparatus for 

 study of, 357 

 Adrenalin 



Constricting effect on arteries. 



177 

 Injection of, effect on residual 



vascular pressure, 158 

 Adsorption, examples of, 10 

 Age, old, and mechanism of respira- 

 tion, 205 

 Air 



Alveolar 



Carbon dioxide in, 240 

 Composition of, and "second 



wind," 242 

 Breathed, total volume of, por 



minute, 237 

 Exposure to, effect on venous 



pressure, 130 

 Sacs, alveoli implanted on walls 



of, 185 



Spaces, terminal, in lung, 185 

 Albuminuria, functional, 252 

 Allorhythmia, induction of, 60, 62 



Alveoli implanted on walls of air 



sacs, 185 



Amido acids. See under Acids 

 Anaemia, 162-5 



Anaemia, cerebral, production by 

 vertical suspension of animals with 

 large abdomen, 173 

 Anaesthesia 



Spinal.produced by strain, effects 

 ^of, 180 



Use of chloroform in, 5 

 Anaesthetics, influence on nerve 



fatigue, 268 



Anarthria of Dej6rine, 332 

 Anastomoses following ligation of 



arteries, 133 



Animals, supra-granular and infra- 

 granular layers of cortex in, 298 

 Atrium, terminal air space, 185 

 Aorta 



Contractility less than that of 



carotid, 118 



Residual pressure in, compared 

 with that in vena cava, 157, 159 

 Aphasia, 318 



Aphasia, recent researches in, 330-6 

 Aqueous, deficient circulation of, in 



glaucoma, 141 

 Arm, volume of blood circulation in, 



148 

 Armlet 



For measurement of arterial 



pressure, 121 

 Readings ' by, failure in case of 



sclerosed arteries, 123, 124 

 Readings by, obliteration me- 

 thod compared with readings 

 by radial haemodynamometer, 

 124, 125. 126 

 Use of, 142 

 Use of, in recording venous 



pressure, 128 

 Arterial origin of active hvperaemia, 



170 



Arterial pulse, primary wave, " c " 

 wave in jugular synchronous with, 

 102 

 Arteries 



Blood pressure in 



Constant under alterations 

 of output from heart, 146 

 Effect of exercise and food 

 on, 127, 128 



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