INDEX 



I.iii 



Muscariiie effect on heart, 153 

 Muscle, action of constant current on, 

 122 



action of distilled water on, 104 



action of salts on, 104 



action of veratrine on, 92 



elasticity of, 95 



electromotive properties of, 116, 

 119 



glycerine, 94 



independent excitability of , 33, 116 

 Muscle and nerve, preparation, 39, 



40 



Muscle -lever, 41 

 Muscles of the frog's leg, 39 

 Muscular contraction, 38 



conditions affecting, 43 



effect of fatigue on, 30, 107 



effect of load on, 43, 99 



effect of temperature on, 45 



effect of tension, 100 



exercise, 134, 151 



red and white muscles, 92 



shortening during, 37 



work during, 38 

 Myograph, 41 



pendulum, 104 



spring, 104 

 Myohsematin, 92 

 Myopia, 19 



Neef's hammer, 83 



Nerve, cervical sympathetic, 161 



chemical stimulation of, 91 



depressor, 161, 162 



effect of constant electrical current 

 on, 123 



electrical resistance of, 91 



electrical stimulation of, 33, 89 



electromotive properties of, 116, 

 119 



fatigue, 129 



impulse, rate of transmission of, 

 53, 113 



mechanical stimulation of, 32, 91 



properties of, 29, 89 



relation between muscle and, 32, 

 116 



roots, functions of, 174 



specific energy of, 9, 20 



sweat, 170 



thermal stimulation of, 91 



vago -sympathetic, 66 



vagus, dissection of, 66, 161 



vaso-motor, 160 



Nervous system, central, 29, 170 

 Nicotine, action on heart, 156 



Ophthalmoscope, 14 

 Oxygen, effect of, 150 

 lack of, 148 



Paul, sense of, 7 

 Palpation, 131 

 Percussion, 71, 131 

 Perfusion of blood-vessels, 159 



of heart, 157 

 Pericardium, 160 

 Perimeter, 23 

 Peristalsis, 179 

 Phakoscope, 18 

 Pilocarpine, 154 

 Plethysmogram, 167 

 Pohl's reverser, 84 

 Poisoning by coal-gas, 148 

 Polarisation of electrodes, 113 

 Presbyopia, 19 

 Pressure, blood, in man, 59 



blood, 161 



intra-thoracic, 132 



intra-tracheal, 132 

 Proprioceptive Mechanism, 13 

 Pulse, 57 



Pump, blood-gas, 141 

 Pupil, reflexes of, 17, 31 

 Purkinje's images, 21 



Reaction time, 28 

 Receptors, 5, 8 

 Recorder, bellows, 174 

 Reflex, 30 



Refraction, errors of, 19 

 Refractory period, voluntary muscle, 

 103 



of heart, 52 

 Respiration apparatus, 140 



centre for, 149 



chemistry of, 71, 135, 141 



Cheyne-Stokes, 151 



effect of muscular exercise on, 143 



movements of, 71, 130 



rate of, 131, 133 



regulation of, 149 

 Respiratory exchange, 138 



quotient, 139 

 Retina, 14, 20 

 Reverser, Pohl's, 84 

 Rheocord, 78 

 Rheoscopic frog, 117 

 Rigor, water, 105 

 Ringer's solution, 107 

 Rubber, elasticity of, 95 



Saline solution, normal, 106 

 Salts, action of, on muscle, 104 

 Sanson's images, 16 

 Sartorius experiment, 115 

 Scheiner's experiment, 17 

 Sensations, cutaneous, 6 

 Sense, labyrinthine, 12 



muscle -joint, 12 



of contact, 6, 7 



of hearing, 10 



