INDEX 



ABSINTHE, action of, 440 



Absorption from connective tissues, 1019 



in large intestine, 723 



of amino-acids, 749 



of carbohydrates, 743 



of fats, 738 



of food-stuffs, 731-753 



of lymph, 1019 



of proteins, 744 



of water and salts, 731 



significance of lipoids in, 735 

 Absorption-coefficient of gases, 1057 

 Acapnia, 1101 



Accelerator nerves of heart, 975 

 Accessory olive, 367, 382 

 Accommodation, 539-549 



comparative physiology of, 547-549 



range of, 546 

 Acetamide, 49 

 Acetic acid, 48 

 Aceto-acetic acid, detection of, 1123 



production from fats, 793 

 from amino-acids, 802 

 Acetone, 49 



bodies in urine, 1123 



in diabetes, 804 

 Achromatic spindle, 1205 

 Achroodextrin, 68, 662 

 Acid albumin, 98 



amides, 49 



hydrolysis of proteins, 76 



number of fats, 56 

 Acidosis, 793 



in diabetes, 804 

 Acromegaly, 1191 

 Acrose, 62 



synthesis of, 153 

 Action-current, 226 



E.M.F. of, 233 

 Adaptation, 4 



sensory, 482 



visual, 572 



Addison's disease, 1185 

 Adenine, 103, 778 

 Adipose tissue, 53 



action of gastric juice on, 688 

 Adrenaline, 51, 1182 



action on blood-pressure, 1183 

 on blood-vessels, 1003 

 on heart, 977 

 on nerve terminations, 278 



and sympathetic system, 1183 



glycosuria, 801 



instability of, 1185 



isomers, action of, 1183 

 Adsorption, by colloids, 141 



Adsorption, in ferment action, 168 



law of, 148 



of toxins, 1033 

 Adventitia of artery, 870 

 Aerotonometers, 1058, 1068 



specific surface of, 1069 

 Afferent autonomic fibres, 476 



impulses from muscles, 345 



nerves, 255 



path, 328 



tracts, cerebellum, 402 



cerebrum, 422 

 After-images, 571 



coloured, 576, 581 

 After-load, 207 

 Air, composition of, 1052 



expired, 1052 

 Alanine, 48, 77, 81 



deamination of, 154 

 Albuminates, 99 

 Albuminoids, 106 

 Albumins, characters, 97 

 Albuminuria, 1121 

 Albumoses, 100, 686 

 Alcaptonuria, 770, 1124 

 Alco-gels, 139 

 Alcohol, food- value of, 646 

 Alcohols, 46 



polyatomic, 47 

 Aldehyde, 47 



reactions of, 47 



resin, 48 

 Aldol, 120, 785 



condensation, 120 

 Aldoses, 60 

 Alexia, 456 



Alkaline hsematin, 98, 830 

 Allantoin, 779 



' All or none ' phenomenon, 205 

 Altitude, effect of, on red corpuscles 



1102 



on respiration, 1082 

 Altmanri's granules, 17 

 Aluminium, 44 

 Alveolar air, carbon dioxide in, 1081 



composition of, 1053 



sampling of, 1052 

 Amacrine cells, 560 

 Amboceptors, 1036 

 Amide nitrogen of proteins, 91 

 Amines, 49 



action of, 1185' 



formed in putrefaction, 155, 1185 

 Amino-acids, 48, 77 



absorption of, 745-749 



aromatic, 84 



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