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INDEX. 



Spinal cord, continued. 



effect of injuries of, on conduction 



of impressions, 498. 

 on nutrition, 391-93. 

 enlargement of parts of, 494. 

 fissures and furrows of, 493. 

 functions of, 497-510. 



of columns, 498. 



influence of on heart's action, 138. 

 on lymph-hearts, 369, 509. 

 on sphincter ani, 5 O2 > 59- 

 on tone, 510. 



morbid irritability of, 508. 

 nerves of, 495-97. 

 reflex function of, 501. See Re- 

 flex Action, 

 size of parts of, 494. 

 structure of, 492. 

 transference and radiation in, 487, 



501. 



Spinal nerves, 

 origin of, 495. 

 physiology of, 5^7- 

 Spiral canal of cochlea, 677. 

 lamina of cochlea, 678. 



function of, 692. 

 Spleen, 



as a blood forming organ, 419. 

 in relation to digestion, ib. 



to portal circulation, 420. 

 Splenic vein, blood of, 96. 

 Spontaneous decomposition, 18. 

 Spot, germinal, 721. 

 Squamous epithelium, 39. 

 Stapedius muscle, 675. 



function of, 689. 

 Stapes, 675, 677. 

 Starch, 



action of cooking on, 293. 

 of pancreatic secretion, 319. 

 of saliva, 270. 

 of various substances, ib. 

 animal, 339. 

 digestion of in small intestine, 



344- 



in stomach, 293. 

 Statical pressure of blood, 164. 

 Stature, relation to capacity of chest, 



212. 



Stearin, 19. 



Stellate nerve-corpuscles, 476. 



Stercorin, 347. 



Stereoscope, 672. 



Still layer in capillaries, 175. 



Stimuli, as excitants of contractility. 



59 J -93- 



of sensation, 477, 479. 

 of special senses, 625-27. 

 St. Martin, Alexis, case of, 238, 248. 

 Stomach, 



blood-vessels of, 278. 

 development of, 776. 

 digestion in, 287-93. 



influence of nervous system on, 



298. 



digestion of after death, 30. 

 examined through fistulas, 279. 



288. 



glands of, 275. 

 lenticular, 278. 

 tubular, 275. 

 movements of, 294. 



influence of nervous system on, 



301. 



in vomiting, 296. 

 mucous membrane of, 274. 

 muscular coat of, 273. 

 passage of substances from tc 



urine, 449. 



presence of not absolutely distinc- 

 tive of animals, 8. 

 in relation to hunger, 298. 

 secretion of, 279. See Gastric 



fluid. 



structure of, 273. 

 temperature of, 280. 

 Striped muscular fibre, 584-88. 

 Strom a of ovary, Ji6. 

 Structural changes of food in sto- 

 mach, 291. 

 Structural composition of humar 



body, 28. 



Stumps, sensations in, 482. 

 Subjective sensations, 713. 

 of sound, 697. 

 of taste, 707. 

 Sublobular veins, 324. 

 Sucking, mechanism of, 235. 

 Sudoriparous glands, 428. 

 their distribution, 429. 

 number of, ib. 

 their secretion, 435. 

 Suet, or animal fat, 19. 

 Suffocation, 238-42. 

 Sugar, digestion of, 293, 337. 

 as food, experiments with, 257. 

 formation of in liver, 337-342. 

 Sulphates in urine, 462. 



