440 



INDEX 



Veins (continued) 



Preservation of normal situation 

 and direction in operations on 

 kidneys, 115, 116 

 Small, excess of blood lodged in, 



165 



Transfusion of blood from ar- 

 teries to, in cases of shock, 179 

 Transplanted portions of, in- 

 sertion between divided ar- 

 teries, 112 

 Union of 



Divided ends of, 112 

 With arteries, 112 

 See also Varicose Veins 

 Vena cava 



Inferior, obstruction, complete, 

 . effect on venous pressure, 161 

 Residual pressure in, 157 

 Obstruction of, effects, 159, 160 

 Venous blood, effect of deep abdomi- 

 nal respiration on, 147 

 Venous congestion, value of, 172 

 Venous pulse, 84 



a-c interval, 89, 93, 104, 109 

 " A " wave, factors producing, 95 

 " A " wave, indication of auri- 

 cular contraction, 95-97 

 "A " wave, factors producing, 



97, 99 

 " C " wave synchronous with 



primary wave of carotid, 89 

 Depressions ("x," " x'," "y"), 



87-91 

 Elevations ("a," " c," " v," 



waves), 87-91 

 " V " wave, 89, 90, 102 

 "X" and " x' " depressions, 



factors producing, 105 

 " Y " depression, factors pro- 

 ducing, 90, '94, 107 

 Ventricle 



Beating, action of drugs on, 53 

 Contractility of, 50 

 Contraction of both, graphic re- 

 cords of, 73 



Degree of excitability, 49 

 Distribution of ganglion-cells in, 



46 



Effect of high intra-cardiac pres- 

 sure on action of, 70 

 Of heart in man, 44 

 Movements during cardiac cycle, 



68 



Movements of, time relations, 77 

 Muscle of, 67 

 Pressure in 



Curves of, 79 

 Experiments on, 75 



Ventricle (continued) 



Stimulation of, result, 57 

 Systole of, 103, 105, 107 

 Wall of, alteration in tension, 4 ) 



Ventricle and auricle 



Muscular connection between, 



39, 63 



See also Auriculo-Ventricular 

 Bundle 



Ventricular cycle 



Relationship to auricular, 82 

 And standard movements, 77 



Ventricular extra-systole, 74 



Ventricular systole, 69 



Ventro-lateral pulmonary surface. 

 See Sterno-costal 



Vestibule, terminal air space, 185 



Viscera, abdominal upward draught 

 of, 201 



Visceroptosis, 200 



Vision 



Colour, theories of, 351 

 Dichromatic systems of, 423 

 Effect of colour on, 353 

 In birds, 374 



Progressive evolution of, 299 

 " Recurrent," 365 

 Twilight, agency of, 371 

 See also Colour vision 



Visual mechanisms, theory of, 37 1, 375 



Visual sensations, Hering's theory of, 

 412 



Visual stimuli, normal, 387 



Visuo-psychic region of the cortex 

 cerebri, 292 



Visuo-sensory area of the cortex 

 cerebri, 291, 296, 299, 306 



WARMTH, rapid formation of callus 

 under action of, 172 



Water, adsorption and chemical 

 combination of, 10, 13 



Weight lifting, effect on blood pres- 

 sure, 235 



Word- centres, 324 



Words, language and thought, 323 



Work, muscular, physiology of, 208- 

 257 



YOHINBIM 



Administration of 



Effect on blood flow, 167 

 Effect on nerve fatigue, 268 

 Young-Helmholtz theory of colour 

 sensations, 412 



ZIG-ZAG experiment of Engelmann, 



60, 63 

 Zincativity of injured nerve, 260 



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