INDEX 



823 



Diphasic electrical response, 379 



Direction, sense of, 529 



Diseases in relation to accessory factors, 259 



Dispersed phase, 75 



Dispersion, medium of, 75 



of proteins by electrolytes, 106 

 Displacement by adsorption, 70 

 Dissipation of energy, 28 

 Dissociation constants of acids, 184, 186 

 of bases, 186 



curve of oxyhremoglobin, 614 



of calcium carbonate, 615 



of gases, 170 



of oxyhaemoglobin, effect of carbon 



dioxide on, 622 



effect of electrolytes on, 622 



effect of heat on, 619, 620 



tension of calcium carbonate, 616 

 Distance receptors, 477, 511 



Distension of lungs producing impulses in 



vagus, 386 

 Distribution of crystalloids between cell 



and blood plasma, 120 



of water between phases, 97, 104 

 Diuresis, effect of, on composition of urine, 



356 



Diuretics, 358 

 Dominant, Mendelian, 292 

 Double layer of Helmholtz, 53, 89, 120, 158, 



178, 646 



nature of ductless glands, 713 



reciprocal innervation, 498 



refraction in emulsoids, 98 

 Drainage theory of inhibition, 424, 499 

 Draper's law, 548 



Drawing of curves, 40 



Drugs, action of, on smooth muscle, 163 



as accidental metabolites, 727 



mode of action of, 723 

 Drying and life, 240 

 Duality of phenomena, 377 

 Dulong et Petit, law of, 226 

 Dust, electric charge of, 90 

 Dyestuffs and phase rule, 618 

 Dyeing, 70 



and staining, 57, 58 

 Dyes, adsorption of basic, 71 



hydroiytic dissociation of, 71 



permeability of membranes to, 113 



purification of, 71, 108 

 Dynamic equilibrium, 20, 322 



nature of life, ix 



surface tension, 56 



Eck's fistula, 265 



Educational value of physiology, vii 



Effector neurones, 465 



Effectors, 465 



Efficiency of animal as machine, 450 



of chlorophyll system, 568 



of muscle, 444, 449 



of photo-chemical reactions, 552 

 Ehrlich, portrait of, 1 1 



Electric charge, electronic origin of, 53, 90 



in relation to permeability, 127 



to stability of colloids, 84 



of colloids, 89 



on surfaces, cause of, 53, 90 



effect of electrolytes on, 59, 71, 95, 



214 

 effect of mechanical adsorption on, 59, 



90 



effect of thorium on, 71 



relation of, to staining, 70, 71 

 Electric fish, 658 



in relation to reflex co-ordination, 659 



model of, 650 

 Electrical adsorption, 58, 214 



by enzymes, 326 



change in action of sympathetic on 



heart, 407 



in cardiac inhibition, 407 



in Dionsea, 430 



in muscle, 651 



in relation to excitation, 650 



in smooth muscle, 652 



lasts through contraction, 654, 657 



synchronous with mechanical, 539 



without contraction, 539 



changes in depressor nerve, 386 

 in glands, 350 



in green leaf, 567 



in nerve fibres, 391, 392 

 in retina, 522 



in vagus nerve, 386 



not merely due to ions of electrodes, 

 658 



charges on surfaces, 650 



conductivity, measurement of, 175 

 of cells, 122 



of colloidal solutions, 77 



of solutions, 175 



temperature coefficient of, 182 



forces at phase boundaries, 648, 650 



methods of investigation, 637 



organ, structure of, 658 



organs, 362 

 Electro-cardiogram of frog, 654, 657 



of goldfish, 657 



of mammal, 655 



of man, 655 



of pigeon, 657 



of tortoise, 654, 657 



relation of, to form of beat, 653, 656 

 Electrode potential, theory of, 190 

 Electrodes of Keith Lucas, 382 



of Sherrington, 382 



