INDEX 



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Pressure (continued) 



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Bydroctaftic, 142. l.">7. l.v.i 

 Osmotic, 4, i). H.l 

 rdls im.l. -M. 29 

 Effect* of chemical union, 10 

 Respiratory gases, 30 

 See also Arteries, Blood pressure, 



and Ventricle 

 Prison diet, 249 

 Procreative functions accompanied 



by hyperaemia, 172 

 Protanopes 



Stimulus valves for, 400 

 Proteins- 

 Action of, upon blood serum, 22 

 Bodies, 



And carbohydrate, union of, 15 

 In food, value of, 249 

 Of muscular plasma, 211 

 Protoplasm, chemical nature of, 5 

 Pseudo-arthrosis, excitation of callous 

 formation in, by injection of blood, 

 110 

 Pulmonary artery, contractility less 



than that of carotid, 118 

 Pulse 



Human, advantages of study, 72 

 Irregularities, significance not 



always pathological, 74 

 Rate, effect of exercise upon, 228 

 Study of from physiological ex- 



periments on animals, 73 

 Variations in, in rest and exer- 

 cise, 230 



" Youthful irregularity " of, 74 

 See also Jugular and Venous 



pulse 

 Pulsus paradoxus, normal as well as 



pathological event. 140 

 Pupil, contraction of, 308 

 Pupillo-motor response, apparatus 



for. 309 

 Purkinje 

 Cells, 41 



Fibres, nature of, 39, 04, 98 

 Phenomenon, 352 

 Pyramidal 



Layer of the cortex, 287, 290 

 Seat of psychic function, 29") 



RABBITS 



Creatin in muscles of, 215 



Pancreas of. 153 



Stomach of, not subject to 



hypera'inia reaction, 1 7 1 

 Radial artory. application of sphyg- 



mometer to, 121 

 Radial pulse, not safe standard 



movement, 81 

 Radieles of protein molecules, 7 



Rectal >oimd. volume of blood circu- 

 lation in alxl.iiniii.il organs re- 

 corded by. 148 

 Rectum 



Blood pressure in, use of. 140, 147 

 Temperature in the. 244 

 Reflexes 



Conversion of inhibitory. 177 

 See also Pressor. and Depressor 



reflexes 



Regeneration of nerve fibres. 208 

 Relaxation, muscular, accompanying 



pleasurable feelings, 149 

 Umiak's ganglia, 54 

 Renal vein, flow from compared with 



ureteral flow, 154 

 Reptiles, infundibular element in 



lung of, 180 

 " Residual affinities " or adsorption, 



10, 13 

 Residual vascular pressures in the 



dead animal. 157 

 Respiration 



Abdominal 



Effect on blood pressure, 



144, 147 

 Movements of roots of lung 



under, 190 

 Artificial, determination of best 



method for, 194 

 Diaphragmatic movements of 



roots of lung under, 190 

 Effect of excess oxygen on, 31 

 Human, mechanism of, 182-207 

 Influence of muscular work on, 



237 



Pumping action of, 144-147 

 Rate of, effect of muscular work 



on, 243 

 Thoracic 



Effect on blood pressure, 144 

 In supine position, how 



produced, 192, 193 

 Movements of roots of lung 



under, 190 



Respiration and circulation, abnor- 

 mal, due to adhesions following 

 mediastinitis (Wenckebach), 190 

 Respiratory movements in the foetus, 



219 

 Respiratory muscles 



Effect on circulation, 153 

 Rhythmical squeezing of kidin-v 



by, 153 



Retina. See Eye 

 Rhythm, low, of conservation to 



physiological stimuli. ">- 

 Rib. tirst, respiratory significance. 190 

 Ribs- 

 Floating, respiratorv movements, 

 203 



