INDEX 



Abdominal cavity, 90 

 Absorption of food, 112, 116 



summary of digestion and, 121 

 Accommodation, process of, 349 



mechanism of, 350 

 Adenoids, 176 

 Adipose tissue, 228 

 Adrenal bodies, 170 

 Ague, fever and, 132 

 Air changes in,during breathing,200 



and house location, 385 



in lungs, 197 



in middle ear, 364 

 Albumen, 28 



in Bright's disease, 226 

 Alcohol and brain, 333 



and length of life, 335 



and indigestion, 108 



as food, 59 



formation of, through fermenta- 

 tion, 62 



influence of, on circulation, 164 



oxidation of, in body, 59 



users and railroad companies, 335 

 Alveolus, of gland, 81 



of lung, 179 

 Amino-acids, 201 

 Ampullae of ear, 366 

 Amylopsin, 103 

 Anabolism, 35 

 Anatomy, definition of, 10 

 Anesthetics, 330 

 Animals, multicellular, 23 



unicellular, 22, 23 



warm and cold blooded, 239 

 Antiseptic lotions, 235 

 Antitoxin, 86, 287 

 Aorta, 141 



Apoplexy see Paralysis, 326 

 Appendicitis, 110 

 Appendix, vermiform, 106 

 Appetite as guide in eating, 51 

 Aqueous humor, 344 

 Arachnoid fluid, 290, 301 



Arborizations, 



(see Dendrites) 

 Arm, 256 



blood in, 157 



bones of, 256 



nerves to, 305 

 Arteries, main, in body, 145, 146 



pulmonary, 139 



structure of, 151 

 Astigmatism, 354 

 Auricle, 137 

 Axis cylinder (axon) of nerves, 307 



Backbone* the, 251 

 Bacteria, 67 



and white corpuscles, 126 



beneficial, 68 



distribution of, 68 



harmful, 70 



immunity against, 71 



in milk, 393 



multiplication of, 65 



of blood poisoning, 131 



of diphtheria, 86 



of pneumonia, 183 



of tonsilitis, 85 



of tuberculosis, 184-189 



relation of, to disease, 70 

 Ball and socket, 267 

 Basilar membrane, 370 

 Baths, cold, 244 



hot, 246 



in general, 244 

 Beans, 40, 47 

 Beef, 40, 46 

 Beverages, 375 

 Bicuspid teeth, 75 

 Bile, 101, 102 

 Bladder, gall, 101 



stones, 226 



urinary, 223 

 Bleeding, 156 

 Blind spot, 356 

 Blisters, 167, 230 



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