INDEX. 



ABDUCENTES, 334. 



Aberration, chromatic and spherical, 386. 



Abrupt and gradual impressions, 483. 



Absorbed material, course of, 109. 



ABSORPTION, forces of, 110 ; by blood-vessels, 

 49, 84, 102 ; nutritive, 84 ; double mecha- 

 nism for, 84 ; in plants, 86 ; summary of, 

 108 ; by lacteals, 84, 86 ; by lungs, 163 ; 

 by general surface, 98 ; by skin, 98, 241 ; 

 two kinds of, 86 ; interstitial, 98 ; selecting 

 power in, 99. 



Abyssinian, 577. 



Acid, hydrochloric, use of, 52. 



Activity of the brain depends on arterializa- 

 tion, 326. 



Affinity for tissues the cause of circulation, 

 133, 147. 



Africa, influence of Europe and Asia on, 593 ; 

 prospective civilization of, 597 ; inhabit- 

 ants of, 577. 



Agassiz on origin of nations, 568. 



Age, influence of, 61, 172 ; old, 545. 



Agents, external, influence of, on man, 567. 



Agony, final, 562. 



Air, introduction of, 160; expired per min- 

 ute, 168 : passages, evaporation from, 186. 



Air-cells of lungs, 159, 160. 



Albumen, 29 ; transformation of, into fibrin, 

 100 ; quantity of, 121. 



Albuminose, 61, 64. 



Alcohol, use of, in supporting heat, 20 ; effect 

 of, 182, 406. 



Alexander, expedition of, 620. 



Alexandria, library of, 624. 



Aliment, necessity for, 10. 



Allan tois, 531. 



Allotropism of bodies, 188 ; decay depends 

 on, 244. 



Alpha and Beta lactic acid, 75. 



Alphabetic writing, 358. 



Alternate consciousness, 330. 



Alternation of generations, 514, 537. 



Amber, trade in, 619. 



Amelioration of negro, 578. 



America, discovery of, 632 ; spread of Chris- 

 tianity in, 598 ; Indians, 575. 



Amnion, 530. 



Amphibia, blood of, 121. 



Analogy of spinal and ventral cord, 308. 



Analytical mind of European, 592 ; advan- 

 tages of, 618, 635, 637. 



Animal, capillary circulation of, 133 ; heat 

 illustrated by locomotive, 187 ; makes fat, 

 247; motion, 431. 



Animal kingdom, subdivisions of, 176. 



Anterior roots of spinal cord, 296. 



Anthropomorphism, 286. 



Antrum duodeni, 61 ; pylori, 61. 



Ants, habits of, 605. 



Aplysia, 280. 



Apparitions, 402. 



Appendix vermiformis, 63. 



Approach of sleep, 532. 



Aqueous humor, 386. 



Arabs, discoveries of, 629 ; influence of, 629. 



Araucanians, 598. 



Arc, automatic, 277 ; cellated, 278 ; influen- 

 tial, 282; commissured,279; multiple, 278; 

 registering, 281. 



Aristotle, 620. 



Arm, 580. 



Art, contributions of Asia to, 595. 



Arteries, coats of, 140 ; contractility of, 141 ; 

 structure of, 140. 



Article of death, 411. 



Artificial larynx, 355. 



Ascaris acuminata, 524 ; nigrovenosa, 524. 



Ascent of sap, causes of, 87. 



Ascherson on use of fat, 101. 



Asia, stationary condition of, 636. 



Asiatic contributions, 595. 



Asterias, nervous system of, 279. 



Astrology, 178. 



Atmosphere, action of, on plants, 464, 482. 



Attraction, capillary, 104. 



AUDITORY MECHANISM, general view of, 

 376. 



Auditory muscles, estimate of contraction of, 

 367; nerve," 361. 



Auricles of heart, 138, 146. 



Australian, 563 ; forests, 474. 



Automata, insects are, 609. 



Automatic arc, 277, 283 ; registering, 281. 



Awakening, 553. 



Axmann on nerves, 263. 



B. 



BACON, ROGER, 625. 



Balance between heating and cooling, 186. 

 Barbarism, 604. 

 Barral on food distribution, 39. 

 Basilar view of skull, 584. 

 Beaumont on food, 66. 

 Becquerel, table from, 33. 

 Bee, formation of fat by, 248. 

 Beef, digestibility of, 65. 

 Bell, discoveries of, 259, 298, 318. 

 Beneke on hospital diet, 35. 

 Bernard on digestion, 76 ; on fat, 71 ; on sali- 

 va, 196 ; on liver-sugar, 208. 

 i Bernouilli, principle of, 90. 



