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INDEX 



Neurone theory, 269 



Neutral point of spectrum, 397 



Night-blindness, 372 



Nitrogen, excretion of, determination 



of, 248, 251 

 Nitrogenous extractives of muscle, 



214 

 Nodal rhythm, GO 



(EDEMA 



Causes of, 149, 160 



In limbs due to hydnemia, 169 



In renal disease, explanation of, 



169 

 Occurring under normal venous 



and arterial pressure, 161 

 Of legs, hereditary, 130 

 Production of, 163 

 (Esophagus, tracings from within, 91, 



93, 97 

 Oil, injection of, into pericardium. 



158 

 Organs, transplantation of, from one 



animal to another, 112, 113 

 Orthodiascope, 205 

 Osmosis, 154, 156 



In capillary system, 134 



See also Blood, osmotic energy 



of 

 Osmotic 



Energy, 169 



Equilibrium of the cell, 28 

 Pressure, 4, 6, 161 

 Pressure and cells, 25, 29 

 Ovaries, exchange of, in black and 



white Leghorn hens, 116 

 Oxygen 



Haemoglobin formed with, 11 [1 

 Inhalation of, raises arterial 



pressure, 128 

 Pressure of, effects of, 30 

 Pressure, effect on heart beat, 4 



Pancreas of rabbit, 153 

 Paralysis 



Motor, in spinal anaesthesia, 



limitations, 180 

 Of constrictor synapses, 177 

 Of diaphragm, 191 

 Of vaso-motor centre, 174 

 Of vaso-motor nerves, 179 

 Paramoecium, vacuoles of, 151, 152 

 Para-myosinogen of Halliburton, 211 

 Perception and sensation, 319 

 Pericardium, injection of oil into, 



158 



Peripheral ends of nerves, regenera- 

 tion from, 271 



Personality, alteration of, 342 

 Phagocytosis, increase by warm and 

 stimulating agencies, 1*73 



Phosphates in corpuscles and serum, 



24 

 Phosphorus poisoning, extensibility 



of arteries in, 120 

 Phrenic nerve, stimulation of, effect 



on abdominal musculature, 192 

 Phthisis, production through limita- 

 tion of manubrio-sternal joint, 197 

 Physical deterioration, causes of, 



208, 222 



Physiological saline solution, injec- 

 tions of, 158, 161, 168 

 Pial veins, pressure in, 137 

 Pigment of muscule, 217 

 Pituitary extract, constricting effect 

 on arteries restores blood pressure, 

 177 

 Plasma 



" Antitropic " action of, 172 

 Flow of, 173 

 Plethysmograph 

 Records by, 166 

 Volume of blood-circulation in 



arm recorded by, 148 

 Pleurisy, lower pulmonary lobe most 



affected in, 191 

 Pocket sphygmometer with large 



enclosed bag, value of, 1 26 

 Poiseuille formula, 136 

 Polarimeter, 172 

 Polycythaemia, viscosity of blood in, 



in, 168 



Polygraph, 86, 93 

 Popliteal nerves, regeneration after 



suture, 273 



Portal vein, constriction of, 161 

 Post-sphygmic interval, 79 

 Posture 



Effect on blood pressure, 129, 



143 



Effect on circulation, 144 

 Potassium 



Cells rich in, 17, 275 

 Distribution of in axis-cylinder, 



278 



Ferro-cyanide solution introduc- 

 tion into joint and appear- 

 ance in urine, 172 

 In muscle, 217 



Salts, effect on heart muscle, 3 

 Poultices, hot, induction of hyper- 



aemia by, 173 

 Presphygmic interval, 79, 100 



Secure working estimate of, 80 

 Pressor reflexes, conversion into de- 

 pressor, 176 

 Pressure 



Aortic, and in vena cava, 157, 



159 



Atmospheric, effects of. 30 

 Auricular, 75, 83, 97, 107 



