INDEX. 



1033 



Eye, accommodation, mechanism of, 758 

 influence of drugs upon the, 757 



pupillary, 757, 758 



range of, in myopic and hypermetropic eyes, 



760 

 normal, 758 



to various amounts of light, 771, 772 

 astigmatic, 763, 765 



blood-vessels of, methods of observing, 767 

 centre of rotation of the, 744 

 constants, methods of determining, 749 

 curvature of refracting surfaces of the, meth- 

 ods of determining, 750 

 denned, 744 



dioptric apparatus of the, 746-748, 760 

 " far-point" of the, 758, 760 

 hypermetropic, 759, 760 

 images of the, intraocular, 765 

 iris of the, 768. See Iris. 

 movements of the, mechanical, 744 

 inuscie volitantes of the, 766 

 muscles of the, 745, 746 

 myopic, 759 

 " near-point," 758, 760 

 nodal point of the, position of, 751 

 perception of time intervals by the, 832 

 positions of the, axial, 745 

 presbyopic, 760 

 " reduced," 750 

 refracting media of the, 748 

 retina of the. See Retina, also Vision. 



FACE, respiratory movements of the, 516 

 Fallopian tube, the, 894 



entrance of the spermatozoa into the, mode 



of, 903 

 reception of the ovum by the, mechanism 



of, 894 



structure and function of, 894 

 Fat in the body, 1002 

 formation of, 290 

 subcutaneous, influence of, on heat-dissipation, 



593 

 Fatigue, effect of, on muscular contraction, 111, 



112, 127 



loss of conductivity of muscle by, 95 

 muscular, 76 



decline of functional activity from, 79 

 effect of nutriment on, 78 

 from functional activity, 77 

 recuperation from, time required for, 78 

 of nerves, 79, 80, 97 



of voluntary muscular contractions, 126 

 of the ear to sound, 831 

 of the nervous system, 737 

 of the retina, 790 

 Fatigue-products of the blood, 78 

 Fats of the body, 215 

 absorption of, 257 



from the stomach, 253 

 action of gastric juice on, 235 



of steapsin in the decomposition of, 244 

 combustion equivalent of, 303 

 emulsification of, 245 



energy of, potential, determination of, 303 

 nutritive value of, 215, 289 

 Feces, color of, 359, 260 

 composition of, qualitative, 259, 260 

 cholesterin, 260 

 excretin, 260 

 indigestible material, 259 

 inorganic salts, 260 

 micro-organisms, 260 

 mucus, and epithelial cells, 260 

 pigments, 260 



products of bacterial decomposition, 260 

 undigested material, 259 



Feces, composition of, quantitative, 259 

 odor of, derivation of the, 260 

 weight of, 259 

 Ferments, digestive, 217 

 Ferratin, 972 

 Ferrosulphide, 972 



Fertilization (impregnation), process of, 904-906 

 Fetal membranes, 911 



Fetus, position of, at end of pregnancy, 917 

 respiratory centre in the, condition of, 572 

 Fever, body-temperature in, 580 

 Fevers, influence of, on heat-dissipation, 597 



on heat-production, 592 



Fibres, muscle-, form and arrangement of, 32 

 secretory, effect of stimulation on the, 163, 164 

 proofs of definite, 163 

 stimulation of, effect of, on the nature of 



secretion, 163, 164 

 to the sweat-glands, 199 

 Fibrin defined, 352 

 ferment, 354, 355, 357 

 solubility of, 148 

 " Fibrin-globulin," 354 

 Fibrinogen, 351 

 amount of, in the blood, 352 

 coagulation-temperature of, 351 

 composition of, 351 

 occurrence and origin of, 351, 352 

 reactions of, 351 

 value of, physiological, 352 

 " Fibroplastin," 354 

 " Fictitious meal," experimental, 180 

 Fission, 878,879 



Fistulse, pancreatic, methods of making, 238 

 Fluoride, calcium, 967 

 Fluorine, 953 



circulation of, in the body, 954 

 Food, absorption of food-stuffs in articles of, ex- 

 tent of, 306 



calcium salts in the, importance of, 296 

 circuit taken by and the effect upon the, in 



the digestive process, 318 

 deglutition of, normal process of, 311, 312 

 digestion of. See Digestion. 

 influence of, on heat-production, 591 

 passage of, along the intestines, time required, 



254 



potential energy of, 302 

 proteid, necessity of, to the body, 214, 286 

 value of inorganic salts as constituents of, 294 

 variations in character of human, 213 

 Food-consumption, effect of muscular work upon, 



298 



Foods, animal and vegetable, analyses of, 216 

 composition of, 213-219 

 energy-yielding, 302 

 " nitrogenous," 214 



Food-stuff, amount of energy in a, determina- 

 tion of, 302 



capacity of, for digestion and absorption, 305 

 heat given off by any one, amount of, 303 

 Food-stuffs, absorption of, in articles of food, ex- 

 tent of, 305, 306 



albuminoid, nutritive value of, 288 

 average amount of, required by an adult male, 



305 



carbohydrates of, nutritive value of, 292 

 classification of, 213-217 

 albuminoids, 215 

 carbohydrates, 215 

 fats, 215 

 proteids, 214 

 water and salts, 213, 214 

 defined, 213 



energy-yielding, constituents of, 582 

 fats of, nutritive value of, 289, 290 

 nutritive value of, 285-294 



