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INDEX. 



Age, influence of, on the respiratory rate, 533 



on the respiratory tract, 546 

 old, atrophy of the brain in, 720, 726 

 decrease in brain-weight in, 742 

 metabolism in the cerebellum in, 743 

 in the encephalon in, 743 

 in the nerve-cells in, 742 

 recovery of vision in, 760 

 the period of, 928 



Air, amount of, in adult human lungs, 517 

 dry and moist, exposure to, physiological 



effect of, 578, 593, 595 

 expired, proportions of O and CO2 in, 518 

 quantity of N in, 518 



of watery vapor given off by, 518 

 temperature of, 518 

 volume of, 519 

 inspired and alveolar, pressure of gases in, 



521 



constituents of, 518 



effect of, on the respiratory .quotient, 547 

 effects of alterations of, on the absorption 



and elimination of gases, 543 

 influence of alteration in composition of, 



upon the respiratory rate, 534 

 proportions of O, COa, and N in atmospheric, 



521, 523 

 rarefied and compressed, respiration of, effects 



of, on the circulation, 559 

 respired, quantity of, 534, 536 

 Air-capacity, alveolar, of the lungs, 535 

 of the trachea and bronchi, 535 

 vital, 535, 536 

 Air-passages, obstruction of the, effects of, on 



the circulation, 559 

 Air-vitiation of inhabited rooms, 547 

 Air-volumes, respiratory, Hutchinson's classifi- 

 cation, 534, 535 

 complemental air, 535 

 residual, 535 

 stationary air, 535 

 supplemental or reserve air, 535 

 Albumin, acid-, 230 



serum-, 349 

 Albuminates, 1018 

 Albuminoids, 215, 1020 

 action of gastric juice on the, 235 



of trypsin on the, 243 

 chemistry of the, 215 

 nutritive value of, to the body, 215, 288 

 Albuminous glands. See Glands. 

 Albumins, 1017 

 Albumose, defined, 230, n. 

 Alcohol, amyl, 983 

 butyl, poisonous dose of, 983 

 cerotyl, 983 

 cetyl, 983 

 ethyl, 978 



poisonous dose of, 983 

 excessive use of, effect of, 298 

 in the body, 979 

 iso-pentyl, 983 

 melicyl, 983 



physiological effect of, 297 

 propenyl, 1000 

 propyl, normal or primary, 982 



poisonous dose of, 983 



radicals, compounds of the, with nitrogen, 984 

 diatomic, derivatives of, 986 

 mon atomic, 975 

 triatomic. 1000 

 Alcohols containing more than five carbon 



atoms, 983 



primary general reactions for, 975 

 secondary, 975 

 tertiary, 975 

 Aldehyde, formic (methyl), 977 



Aldehyde, glycerin, 1001 

 methyl, 977 

 paraformic, 977 



Aldehydes, behavior and preparation of, 977 

 Alimentary canal, bacteria of the, 248 



digestive processes in the, object of, 213 

 movements of the, 307-325 

 defecation, 324 

 deglutition, 310 

 mastication, 310 

 movements, intestinal, 320 

 movements of the stomach, 315 

 vomiting, 325 

 osmosis of the, 252 



Alkalies, action of, in promoting pancreatic se- 

 cretion, 177 

 Allan toin, 998 

 Allochiria, 844 

 Altitude, influence of, on the number of red 



corpuscles in blood, 344 

 Alveoli and the blood, interchange of C and 



CO 2 between, 522-527 

 of resting mammary gland, epithelial cells of, 



202 



of the lungs, number and size of, 504 

 of the pancreas, 172 

 of the sebaceous glands, 197 

 secretory, of mammary gland, incompletely 



formed before pregnancy, 201, 204 

 Amines, the, 984 



of the defines, 986 

 Ammonia, 955 

 Ammonium, 967 

 carbonate, 218, 967 

 cyan ate, 985 

 Amnion, the, 911 

 Amoeba, 33, 34 

 Amphibia, removal of cerebral hemispheres of, 



effect of, 706-709 

 Ampho-peptones, 231, 241 

 Amvgdalin, 985 

 Amylodextrin, 223, 1007 

 Amylopsin, 243, 1008 

 end-products of, 243 

 specific reaction of, 243 

 Anabolism defined, 19 

 Analysis, chemical, defined, 962 

 Anatomy of the ear, 807-824 

 physiological, of the central nervous system, 



644 



Anelectrotonus, 69 

 Animal "starch," 266 



Animals, cold-blooded, body-temperature of, 575 

 class of, 575 



retention of vitality of, after death, 39 

 heat-production in various, 590 

 human physiology founded upon experimen- 

 tation on lower, 30 

 nerve-cells in different, size of, 609 

 neurons in different, size of, 609 

 reflex action of central nervous system of, 704 

 removal of cerebral hemispheres of, result of, 



compared, 705-710 

 reproduction in, periods of desire and power 



of, 898 



sense of smell in lower, 851 

 warm-blooded, body-temperature of, 575 



class of, 575 

 Anode, electrical, 44 



physical and physiological, defined, 62 

 Antalbumid, 231, n. 

 Antipeptone, 231, 241 

 Anti-peristalsis, 317, 320 

 Antrum pylori, 315 

 Apex-beat of the heart, 409 

 Aphasia, 697 

 Apuoea, 548, 549 



