SiS 



INDEX 



Adsorption, effect of temperature tin, l.\ til 

 electrical, 58 



eXJHHlent, 65 



Faraday's views on, 57 



- forces producing, .16 

 formula, 61 



from mix turns, Cfl'l 



- < !il)lis' formula of, ;">."> 



heat of, 57, 01 



- liquefaction of gases in, 57 

 negative, 56 



- - in sewage treatment, 68 

 of alkaloids, 139 



of carbon dioxide by ferric hydroxide, 



til!! 



of gases by colloidal solutions, (519 



solids, 57 

 - heat of, 621 



of iodine by charcoal, 67 



of ions, 91 



of oxygen by haemoglobin, 618 



of precipitating ions, !)4 



of salts, 57 



of sugar, 57 



on crystals, 60 



rate of, 56, (il 



saturation, 63, 66 



- " specific," 60 

 Aerotonometer of Krogh, 628 

 Aetio-porphyrin, 560 

 Afferent arc, 477 



Affinity constant, 186 



"Affinity " of enzyme for substrate, 314 



After-discharge, 488, 489 



Afterload, 439 



Agar, viscosity of, 243 



Agglutination in phagocytosis, 3 



of proteins, 106 

 Agglutinins, 316 



Aggregation by protective colloid, 97 



in relation to mass action, 623, 624 



of haemoglobin, 623 

 Alanine, 103 



Alcohol, effect of, on recovery from 

 asphyxia, 609 



from sugar in animal, 276 

 Alcoholic fermentation, 302, 309, 316 



in higher plants, 611 

 Aldehyde from chlorophyll, 564 

 Algebraic, summation in reflexes, 498 

 Aldol condensation, 2~'i 



Allied reflexes, 491, 500 



" All or nothing" in muscle, 383 



in nerve, 383, 384 



principle in heart muscle, 452 



plants, 453 



- reflexes, 388, 424, 475, 499 

 Alloxan, reaction of, with amino-acids, 266 

 Alkaline and acid secretions, 341, 359 

 Alkaloids, action of, 725 



as accidental metabolites, 727 



Alkaloids, production of, by plants, 3t( 

 Alimentary canal, general plan of, 366 

 Alizarin, electric charge of, '.Ml 

 Amicron, SO 



Amino-aeid synthesis in organism, _'.">"> 

 Ainino-acids, absorbed by tissues, '-'M 



as nitrogen food, 24!), - J(ili 



chemical nature of, 103 



dissociation of, 219 



form no compounds with neutral salt-, 



105, 220, 281 



- in blood, 84, 263 



- list of, ->(>_> 



salts of, 103 



state of, in water, 232 



table of dissociation constants of, 220 

 Ammonia as food for green plants, _'.'> I , - _'.V2 



as nitrogen food for animals, 281, 2NS 

 Ammonium- hydrogen -malate, crystals of, 



283 



Amoeboid movement of nerve cells, 471, 489 

 Amphoteric electrolytes, 219, _'_'! 

 Anabolism and inhibition, 421, 499 

 Anaerobiosis, 610 

 Anaesthetics, 138 



Analysis of metabolic processes, 280 

 Analysers, 502, 503, 513 

 Anaphylaxis, 729 



by inorganic colloids, 732 



suggested explanation of, 732 

 Animal heat, 44 



spirits, 495 



Animals, food requirements of, 248 



Anodal excitation, 395 



Anode, action of, 417 



Anomalous adsorption, 71 



Antagonism of calcium and potassium, 2<>s. 



209 

 .of chemical and nervous stimuli, 418 



of salts, 212 

 Antagonistic reflexes, 500 

 Antidromic vaso-dilatation, 690 

 Anti-emulsin, nature of, 317 

 Anti-enzyme, charcoal as, 70 

 Anti-enzymes, 316 

 Antigens, 316, 729 

 Anti-rennin, 317 



Antiseptic action of gastric juice, 374 

 Antiseptics, action of, on enzymes, 311 



and adsorption, 68, 311 

 Anti-thrombin, 703 

 Anti-toxins, 316, 729 



and adsorption, 68 



Anthracene, adsorption of light by, 548 

 Aperiodicity in galvanometer, etc., 638 

 Aplysia, crop of, electrical change in, 654 

 Apno?a, 634 



Apple, demarcation currents in, 660 

 Applied physiology, vii 

 Appropriation of effectors, 469 

 Arcella, formation of gas by, 361 



