1560 



INDEX. 



Blood, quantity and distribution, 52 

 ,, in a part, mode of mea- 



suring, 314 

 ,, results of changes in, 



341 



rate of flow in vessels, 220 

 ,, its dependence on vaso- 



motor action, 319 

 ,, amount driven by each heart-beat, 



201, 253 

 ,, time occupied by one circulation, 



254 

 ,, quality of, its effect on heart-beat, 



303 



,, ,, on peripheral re- 



sistance, 340 

 ,, ,, as affected by exercise, 



349 

 ,, ,, by deficient aeration, 



600 



in infant, 1544 

 ,, oedema due to changes in, 509 

 ,, respiratory changes in, 553-571 

 ,, gases of, 557 

 ,, ,, how measured, 555 



,, entrance of oxygen into by dif- 

 fusion, 526 



,, exit of carbonic acid from, 575 

 ,, relations of oxygen in, 557 

 ,, ,, of carbonic acid in, 



570 



,, ,, of nitrogen in, 571 



,, venous, its influence on muscular 



irritability, 148 

 ,, colour of, 565 



,, spectrum of, 565 



,, an excitant of respiratory 



centre, 598 



its slowing effect on heart- 



beat, 621 

 ,, ,, arterial in colour during 



hibernation, 820 



in umbilical arteries, 1522 



,, arterial, colour of, 565 

 ,, constancy of percentage of sugar 



in, 727 



proteids of the, 823 

 course of, in foetus, 1528 

 circulation of, see Circulation, 

 platelets, 47 



,, in relation to inflam- 

 mation, 337 



pressure, arterial and venous com- 

 pared, 202, 209, 215 

 how measured, 202, 207 . 

 mode of registering, 204 

 in arteries, 207 

 in- veins, 203, 207 

 in capillaries, 208 

 nature and causes of, 211 

 its relation to peripheral re- 

 sistance, 215 

 to heart-beat, 304, 

 351 



Blood pressure, as affected by cardiac 

 inhibition, 296 



,, ,, ,, by stimulation of de- 

 pressor, 324 



,, ,, ,, by stimulation of sci- 

 atic, 325 



,, ,, ,, by action of drugs, 340 

 ,, ,, ,, by changes in amount 



of blood, 342 



,, ,, ,, by respiration, 614 

 in the kidneys, 657, 660, 



665 



in the brain, 1134 

 ,, ,, in umbilical vein and artery, 



1521 



serum, constituents of, 19 

 ,, supply, its influence on muscular 



irritability, 146 

 vessels, their influence on fluidity 



of blood, 28 



Blushing, its cause, 332, 347 

 Body, the, characteristics of in life and 



death, 1, 2 



average composition of, 788 

 ,, metabolic processes of, 703 

 ,, changes during starvation, 789 

 ,, potential and actual energy of, 



801 



expenditure of energy by, 803 

 ,, sense of position of, 1012 

 Bois-Eeymond, du, his 'key,' 61 



,, ,, on muscle- currents, 



109, 110 



Bone, presence of lymph in, 486 

 Bowman, glands of, 1385 

 Brachial plexus, constrictor and dilator 



fibres in, 315 



Brain, the, reaction of, 123, 1138 

 ,, its action on spinal reflexes, 916 

 embryonic, 929 

 ,, primary vesicles of, 



929 

 ,, ,, transformations of, 



930 

 ,, ,, correspondence of with 



adult brain, 935 

 ,, cerebral hemispheres, 930 

 ,, ,, ,, relation of to crossed 



side of body, 1093 

 ,, ,, ,, their action not 



identical, 1118 

 ,, ,, ,, results of removal of 



in frog, 999 

 ,, ,, ,, results of removal of 



in birds, 1003 



,, ,, ,, results of removal 



of in mammals, 

 1005, 1008 

 ,, ,, lateral ventricles, 



931 



,, ,, ,, corpus striatum, 932 



lenticularis, 



932 

 callosum,932 



