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INDEX 



Oxygen consumption in muscular work, 02$ 



in various tissues, 612 



of heart, 677 



effect of carbon dioxide on, 678 



effect of ej'anide on, 677 

 under adrenaline, 609 



under increased tension, 608, 609 



discovered by Mayow, 601 



effects of want of, 634 



enters into blood (Mayow), 601 



history of discovery of, 600 



intramolecular, 606 



relation of nerve to, 390 



secretion of, by lungs, 628, 629 



solubility of, in lung epithelium, 629 



storage of, 606 



tension in blood and in alveoli of lung, 



628 

 in tissues, 619 



required by glands, 343, 350 



required by nervous system, 343 

 Oxygenase, 583, 585 

 Oxyhamioglobin not an electrolyte, 618 



Pace-maker of heart, 679 

 Pacinian bodies, 515 

 Palladium and osmosis of hydrogen, 146 

 Pallium, 477 



Pancreas and muscle, synthesis of di- 

 saccharide by, 721 



internal secretion of, 720 



Pancreatic secretion, chemical mechanism of, 

 344 



effect of vagus nerve on, 346 

 Parabolic curve, 62 

 Paraganglia, 711 

 Parahormones, 707 



Paralysis from cortical lesions, 480 



Paralytic secretion, 349, 409 



Parchment paper, rate of passage through, 83 



Parsimony, law of, 66 



Parthenogenesis, 292 



Partial pressure of gases, 146 



Partition coefficient, 63, 132, 134 



Pascucci's lipoid membranes, 134 



Pavlov, portrait of, 370 



Pecten, anatomy of, 536 



Pelvic splanchnic nerves, 484 



Peptide linkage, 262 



Peptones, 374 



Perfusion experiments, value of, 280 



of glands, 349 

 Perhydridase, 587 



Period of vibration of galvanometer, 638 

 Peripheral nerve networks, 473 



resistance in vascular system, 241, 687 

 Peristalsis, 368 



Peristaltic movements, myogenic origin of, 



377 

 Permeability and electric charge, 140 



as affected by narcotics, 610 



change of, by light, 126, 572 



changes in nerve excitation, 3!>2 

 in secreting cells, 336 



of blood vessels, 141 



of membranes, 111 



of muscle in excitation, 398 



of various precipitation membranes, 113 

 -- to one ion only, 113, 119 

 Peroxidases, 582, 584 



nature of, 586 



Peroxide produced by chlorophyll, 565 



Peroxides, 582 



Petrol motor illustrating metabolism, 216 



Pfeffer, portrait of, 147 



Phfeophytin, 559 



Phagocytosis, 3, 68, 365, 733 



Phase boundaries, forces at, 448 



defined, 48 



dispersed and continuous, 75 



external and internal, 75 



rule, 616, 617 



in micro-heterogeneous systems, 618 



Phenomenon of Danysz, 68 

 Phlogiston doctrine, 606 

 Phosphate mixtures, 203, 204 



system, 196, 198 

 Phospholipines, 130 

 Phosphorescence, 557 



Phosphorus, mechanism of oxidation of, 581 

 Photo-chemical action, general theory of, 

 551 



reactions, classification of, 553 

 Photochlorides of Wiener, 568 

 Photo-dynamic sensitisation, 571 

 Photo-electrical effects, 558 

 Photographic method of recording, 460, 576 



plates, 554, 556 

 Photography of spectra, 576 

 Photo-receptors, 515 



Photosynthesis, action of anaesthetics on, 



568 

 of temperature on, 568 



limiting factors in, 568 

 Phyllins, 560 

 Phylloporphyrin, 560 

 Physiological salt solutions, 205 

 Physiology, teaching of, in schools, 292 

 Phytochlorin, 560 



Phytol, 560 



Pigment cells, action of salts on, 215 



mechanism of, 215 



of iris, sensibility to light of, 520 



of retina, movements of, 520 

 Pilobolus, secretory process of, 1 63 

 Pilocarpine, action of, on glands, 344 

 on intestine, 143 



Pituitary body, 719 



