INDEX. 



1585 



Physostigmin, its effect on accommo- 

 dation, 1183 

 Pia mater of cord, 859 



of brain and cord, 1125, 1126 

 Pigment, yellow, of serum, 50 



,, black, occasionally found in 



lymphatic glands, 495 

 ,, cells in dark skins, 688 

 ,, epithelium of retina, 1206, 1256 

 Pigments, their possible formation from 



haemoglobin, 38 

 of bile, 423 

 of urine, 651, 673 

 Pilocarpin, its action on the sweat glands, 



701 



Pineal gland, 934 



Pitch of sounds, discrimination of, 1364 

 Pituitary body, the, structure of, 764, 935 

 Placenta, the, glycogen present in, 729 

 ,, formation of, from the decidua 



serotina, 1514 

 structure of, 1515 

 vascular events of the, 1516 

 ,, shedding of the, 1517 

 ,, expulsion of, after parturition, 



1535 

 Plasma-corpuscles in connective tissue, 



189 



Plasmatic layer in capillary contents, 335 

 Plasmine, properties of, 23 

 Platelets, blood, 29, 47, 337 

 Plethysmograph, amount of blood in parts 



determined by, 314 

 ,, for kidney measurements, 657 

 ,, for measurement of blood- 

 supply to brain, 1135 

 Pleural cavity, communication of with 



lymphatics, 489 



,, ,, result of access of air to the,536 



Plexus, brachial, constrictor and dilator 



fibres in, 315 

 of Auerbach, 441 

 of Meissner, 441 

 solar, 403, 435 

 renal, 646 

 hepatic, 731 

 Pneumograph, Marey's, 540 



,, tracing of respiratory move- 

 ments by, 542 



Pneumatograph of Fick, 540 

 Polar globules, ejectment of the, 1496 

 Polarizing current, irritability of nerve 



affected by, 128 



Pons Varolii, development of, 230 

 ,, ,, grey matter of the, 982 

 ,, transverse fibres of, 996 

 Porta hepatica, 705 

 Portal vein, 707 



Posture, erect, how maintained, 1481 

 Potassium salts in cell tissue, 41, 51 

 ,, ,, in muscle tissue, 102 



,, in urine, 649 



Predicrotic wave, its causes, 270 

 Pregnancy and birth, 1512-1540 



Pressure, arterial, as compared with ven- 

 ous, 202, 207 



as affecting pulse-trac- 



ings, 270 

 ,, ,, heart-beat in inverse 



ratio to, 305 



,, blood, in the small vessels, pe- 

 ripheral region, 209, 216 

 ,, flow of lymph regulated 



by, 501-505 

 ,, endocardiac, 238 

 ,, ,, graphic records of , 240-246 



,, negative during each car- 



diac cycle, 239, 240 

 ,, ,, howproduced,248 



,, auricular and ventricular com- 

 pared, 229, 241 



of salivary secretion, 400 

 ,, of bile secretion, 439 

 ,, pulmonary, 537 

 ,, thoracic, 541 

 ,, ,, negative, 616 



partial, of gases, 558 

 ,, absorption of oxygen, depen- 

 dent on, 572 



results of, 611 



,, atmospheric, effect of diminu- 

 tion of, 610 



,, ,, increase of, 611 



,, of carbonic acid in pulmonarv 



alveoli, 576 



within the bladder, 683 

 ,, intra-ocular, conditions affect- 

 ing, 1309 



sensations of, 1412 

 ,, ,, modified by tem- 



perature, 1429 

 sensibility of skin to changes 



of, 1414, 1430 



Pressures, Henry Dalton law of, 558 

 Prickle-cells of epidermis, 688 

 Primitive sheath of nerve-fibre, 115 

 Primordial utricle, 4 

 Prism, Nicol, described, 93 

 Processus vocalis, and muscularis, 1447 

 Prostate gland, structure of, 1508 

 secretion of, 1508 

 Proteids, general composition of, 17 

 ,, changes in, produced by alcohol, 



24 



in food-stuffs, 355 

 ,, action of gastric juice on, 365 

 ,, pancreatic juice on, 426 

 ,, classification of, in order of 



solubility, 367 



,, ,, path taken by, during di- 

 gestion, 514 

 ,, ,, amount of urea increased by, 



745 



,, ,, a source of fat, 774 

 metabolism of body in 



creased by, 785 



disruption of, during diges- 

 tion, 795 



