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INDEX 



Auricles 



Contraction of both, graphic re- 

 cords of, 73 

 Function as reservoirs, 103, 106 



note 



Auricular 

 Canal, 44 



Of human heart, 38 

 Cycle, relationship to ventri- 

 cular, 82 

 Ring, 38, 39 



Invaginated portion of, 39 

 Stimulation of, result, 57 

 Systole, 07, 69 



Auriculo- Ventricular (A-V) Bundle 

 Agent and means of passage of 

 conduction of impulse, evi- 

 dence for, 61 



" Antidromic " conduction in, 66 

 Description of, 39-43 

 Isolation of, 36 

 Microscopic appearances, 41 

 Nerve-fibres in, 47 

 Position of, 45 

 Auriculo- Ventricular 

 Groove, 53, 67, 69 

 Line movements of, 103, 106 

 Node, 40, 59 



Node and nodal rhythm, 60 

 Valves, position of opening, 81, 



107 

 Axis-cylinder of nerve fibre, 278 



BACTERIAL Toxins, collapse due to, 179 



Bat, visual acuity in, 374 



Bidder's ganglia, extirpation and 



stimulation of, 54, 55 

 Bioplasm 



Chemical nature of, 6 

 Crystalloids kept in union with 



cell by, 26 

 Birds- 

 Infundibular element in wing of, 



186 



Vision in, 374 

 Bleeding, explanation of success of, 



173 

 Blindness 



Blue or blue-yellow, 401 

 Hemeralopia, 372 

 In relation to the cortex, 292 

 See also Colour Blindness 

 Blood- 

 Alkalinity of, during muscular 



activity, 241 

 Carbohydrate material present 



in, 14 

 Channel system, 131 



In Turbellarian worm, 132, 

 1 34 ; undiff erentiated and 

 unorganised, 132, 134 



Blood (continued) 



Circulation of. See Circulation 

 Defibrinated, toxic influence of, 



167 

 Deficient flow, cause of varicose 



veins, 130 

 Dependence of function of nerve 



cells on supply of, 115 

 Deprivation of amoimt trans- 

 fused, fatal effect of, 167 

 Determined to abdomen by 



mental work, 148, 149 

 Determined to peripheral parts 



by emotion and movements, 



148, 149 

 Distribution of, throughout lung, 



187 



Flow of, how increased, 167, 168 

 Glands, 132 

 Influence of chemical state on 



circulation, 171 

 Injection of, to excite callous 



formation, 116 

 In peripheral fields, 177 

 Osmotic energy of, 169, 170 

 Quantity in brain, 149 

 Serum, depression of freezing- 

 point, 21, 28 

 Serum, percentages of chlorides 



and phosphates in, 24 

 Stagnation of, in shock and 



collapse, 180 

 Supply, arterial, temporary 



arrest followed by active 



hyperaemia, 171 

 Supply of, to nephridial tissues, 



152 



Supply, plethora of, effects, 165 

 Transfusion from artery to vein 



in cases of shock, 179 

 Transfusion of, in excess, effects 



of, 165, 166 

 Viscosity of, 167, 168 

 Volume, ventricular, changes in, 



not indicated by curves of 



intra-ventricular pressure, 79 

 See also Corpuscles 

 Blood Pressure 



Arterial, 123, 127, 146, 176 

 Capillary, 149, 156 

 Causes of increase in, 234 

 Determined by various positions 



of holding limbs, 142, 143 

 Effect of mental work and 



emotion on, 147 

 Effects of expiration, inspiration, 



and respiration on, 144, 140 

 Fall of, in shock and collapse, 180 

 Fall of, in spinal anaesthesia, 180 

 Intra-pleural effects of, 146 

 Venous, 128 



