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INDEX. 



Berzelius on lactic acid, 75; on perspiration, 

 240. 



Bibra, Von, on brain fat, 274. 



Bidder on albuminates, 39 ; on section of 

 pneumogastric, 54. 



Bidder and Schmidt on intestinal juice, 69 ; 

 on bile, 70 ; table by, 70. 



BILE, secretion of, 70, 110, 202 ; composition 

 of, 204; formed from venous blood, 110, 

 303 ; sources of, 202 ; aids in introducing 

 fat, 91; spiral course of, 201; change by 

 retention of, 205 ;' period of maximum flow 

 of, 205 ; not formed in the liver, 206 ; man- 

 ner of removal of, 206. 



Bipolar nerve-cell, 264, 268. 



Bird, digestive tract of, 58; respiration and 

 heat of, 159 ; talking, 352. 



Bishop of Chiapa, his accusation, 632. 



Black pigment, 387. 



Black Sea trade, 619. 



Blastodermic vesicle, 524. 



Bligh on Pelagians, 580. 



BLOOD, 111; properties of, 112 ; composition 

 of, 112 ; total amount in body, 113 ; coag- 

 ulation of, 113 ; buffy coat of, 114 ; changes 

 produced in by respiration, 120, 126, 134 ; 

 excretion of carbonic acid from, 126, 167 ; 

 changes of color of, 169 ; density of, 169 ; 

 salts of, 124 ; gases of, 125 ; functions of 

 constituents, 125 ; course of, 134 ; distribu- 

 tion of, 144 ; glandular change of, 190. 



Blood of spleen, 212. 



Blood-cells, form of, 1 15 ; constitution of, 

 118; origin of, 94, 115; destruction of, 

 209 ; increase of, 125 ; diminution of, 126 ; 

 short life of, 127; changes in form, 117; 

 cell wall of, is fibrin, 117. 



Blood, colorless, corpuscles of, 115, 120. 



Blood crystals, 119. 



Bloodletting, reduction of temperature by, 

 184. 



Blood-vessels, origin of, 528. 



Blumenbach's method of examining the skull, 

 582. 



Bone, 253; sources of, 257; composition, 254 ; 

 growth of, 256. 



Bonito, 177. 



Boussingault on expiration, 39 ; on gum, 72 ; 

 on fat, 39, 229. 



Bovista giganteum, 88. 



Bowman on kidney, 223. 



Brahmin, 573. 



Brain, 313. See Cerebrum and Cerebellum. 



Brazen men, 634. 



Bread, 33 ; use of butter on, 34 ; making of, 

 illustrates digestion, 78 ; sets free alcohol, 

 79. 



Breath, the first, 148. 



Breathing, act of, 156. 



Bright on pancreas, 71. 



Bronchial tubes, 159. 



Brown-Sequard on muscle, 443 ; on rigor 

 mortis, 453 ; on spinal cord, 299. 



Bruchium, gardens of, 621. 



Bud, its nature, 469. 



Budding, 469, 535 ; reproduction by, 495, 535. 

 Buffon on infancy, 539. 



Buffy coat, 114. 

 Burning lenses, 461. 

 Butter, making of, 31. 



CALIFORNIANS, 576. 



Calorific hypothesis of vision, 599. 



Calorifacient digestion, 63. 



Camelopard, 491. 



Camera obscura, 381. 



Camper's method of examining skulls, 581. 



Canaliculi, 253. 



Canals, semicircular, 375. 



Cape of Good Hope, discovery of, 34, 631. 



Cape Hyrax, stomach of, 59. 



CAPILLARY VESSELS, 39, 141, 160; move- 

 ment of blood in, 145 ; of muscle, 459. 



Capillary absorption, 103 ; attraction, 104 ; 

 propositions respecting, 105 ; motion, 131. 



Capillary circulation, 142 ; phenomena of, 

 145 ; in acardiac foetus, 144 ; in asphyxia, 

 145; local excitement, 144. 



Carbohydrates, 71 ; turn into fat, 81 ; make 

 up deficit of albumen, 39. 



Carbonic acid excretion, 164; sources of, 164, 

 252; introduces oxygen, 165 ; decomposed 

 by light, 461. v 



Carcinus msenas, 510. 



Career of man, 612 ; of organic form, 456. 



Carnivora consume themselves, 36 ; fibrin of 

 their blood, 123 ; find fat in their food, 248. 



Carp, lung of, 157. 



Carpenter on nervous system, 259 ; on sen- 

 sorium, 319 ; on analogy between spinal 

 and ventral cords, 307 ; on generation, 

 537. 



CASEIN, 30, 31, 231 ; pre-exists in plants, 36 ; 

 changes into fibrin, 35 ; dissolves phos- 

 phate of lime, 35. 



Castle building, 330. 



Catamenia, 519. 



Caudate vesicles, 264. 



Causes of sleep, 552. 



CELLS, primordial, 458 ; simple and nucle- 

 ated, 492; animal, 496 ; circulation in, 132. 



Cells of blood, 116; uses of, 129; numbers 

 of, in different animals, 121. 



Cells of kidney remove unoxidized bodies, 



223. 



Cells in lungs, 159. 



Cells, nerve, 264. 



Cellulose, 71. 



Centre of intellect, 635. 



Centres of nerves, 290. 



Centripetal and centrifugal fibres, 265. 



Cephalic ganglia, 271, 607. 



CEREBELLUM, 322; development of, 314 ex- 

 periments on, 323 ; structure and function 

 of, 322. 



Cerebral sight, 401. 



Cerebro-spinal fluid, 326. 



CEREBRUM, structure of, 317; development 

 of, 314; aspects of, 316 ; tracts of, 318; 

 ganglia at base, 319; weight of, 325; at- 

 mospheric pressure on, 326. 

 Cheese, making of, 31. 



