INDEX. 



647 



Ptolemies, 621. 



Ptyaline, 45. 



Pulsation of heart, 138 ; of arteries, 141. 



Pulse, 139. 



Pupa, 511. 



Pyramidal skull, 586. 



Pyramids, anterior and posterior, 304. 



Q- 



QUAIN ON ADIPOCIRE, 247. 



Quality of sounds, estimation of, 375. 

 Quantity of heat, 477. 

 Quetelet, researches of, 15, 540. 

 Quick respiration, effect of, 168. 

 Quincey, De, on opium, 407. 



R. 



EADIAL fibre system, 390. 



Radiation of heat, 185. 



Ramlike action of heart, 147. 



Rarefied air, effect of, 183. 



Ray on insect habits, 606. 



Reaumur on digestion, 55. 



Reduction of temperature, 184. 



Reflex action, 280 ; of insects, 609. 



Reformation, 619, 625. 



Registered impressions, 414. 



Registering ganglia, 259 ; nerve arc, 281 , 282. 



Registry of sounds, 358. 



Regnault and Reiset on respiration, 170. 



Repair, necessity of, 244. 



Reparation, 23. 



REPRODUCTION of cells, 494 ; and develop- 

 ment, 505 ; closes development, 513. 



Reptile respiration, 158. 



Residual air, 165. 



RESPIRATION, 151, 156, 157, 170, 171, 174; 

 water removed by, 168 ; gases of, 163, 167, 

 171,176; movements in, 162; movements 

 of air in, 163 ; number of movements, 162 ; 

 influence of nervous agents on, 173; gen- 

 eral statement of, 174. 



Respiratory digestion, 63. 



Restiform bodies, 304. 



Resurrection of roses, 634. 



RETINA, 390, 392, 394 ; structure of, 385, 390 ; 

 disturbance of, 405. 



Retzius on stomach, 61. 



Reynoso on sugar, 208. 



Rhakotis, 621. 



Rhythmic contractions, 448. 



Rigor mortis, 452. 



Roman coins, 151. 



Roman empire, 622. 



Rotation of animals, 324. 



Rudimentary organs, 491. 



Rudimentary sounds, 325. 



Rumford on clothing, 180. 



Ruminant, stomach of, 59. 



Running, 454. 



S. 



SABBATH DAY, 627. 

 Sahara, Desert of, 475. 



Saladin, 631. 



SALIVA, 43; action of, 46; quantity of, 44, 



47 ; specific gravity of, 44 ; composition of 



45 ; action of, in stomach, 46, 50 ; aeration 



by, 47. 



Salivary glands, 43. 

 Salpse, 537. 

 Salt, use of, 62. 

 Samoiedes, 568. 

 Sankey on brain, 325. 

 Sap, ascending, 87, 132. 

 Sarcolemma, 433, 438. 

 Scalse of ear, 368. 

 Scherer on urine, 221. 

 Schlossberger on brain, 274. 

 Schmidt on albuminates, 39 ; on blood-cells, 



119 ; on pneumogastric, 54 ; on pepsin, 55 ; 



on pancreatic juice, 68 ; on intestinal wa- 

 ter, 83 ; on transudation, 95. 

 Schneiderian membrane, 424. 

 Schultz on muscle juice, 434. 

 Schwann on nerves, 261. 

 Science, contributions of Asia to, 596. 

 Sclerotic, 384. 



Scot, Reginald, on spirits, 407. 

 Scott, Walter, on lying, 404. 

 Sebaceous glands, 227. 



Secreted matters pre-exist in blood, 192, 195. 

 Secretion, 189 ; structures for, 193 ; by serous 



membranes, 193 ; by mucous, 196. 

 Seeing. See Vision. 

 Seguin on exhalation, 238. 

 Selecting power, 99. 

 Semicircular canals, 361, 364, 374. 

 Sensation of falling, 559. 

 Senses, 359. 

 Sensorium, 281,319. 

 Sensory tract of cord, 303, 320 ; of brain, 320 ; 



ganglia, 282. 



Sentiment of pre-existence, 331. 

 SEROUS fluids, 193. 

 Serous layer, 527. 

 Serous membrane, 193. 

 Serpents, legs of, 491. 

 Serum, salts of, 96. 

 Seventh pair, 337. 

 Sexes, mortality of, 545. 

 Shelter, imperfections of, 181. 

 Sight, cerebral, 401. 

 Silk-worm, 489. 

 Silver balls in digestion, 55. 

 Singing, 355. 

 Single vision, 395. 

 Sisocles, 582. 

 Sixth pair, 334. 

 Skeleton, 253, 580. 

 SKIN, 233 ; absorption by, 241 ; transpiration 



from, 185, 237 ; glands of, 235 ; exudation 



of, 185, 239. 

 SKULLS, examination of, 581 ; forms of, 582; 



classification of, 586 ; effect of heat on, 



590. 



Slack on circulation in cells, 132. 

 Sleep, 551. 



Slow respiration, 168. 

 Smell, 423 ; condition of, 425. 

 Soap-bubble, dilf i-ion through, 153. 



