INDEX 



1249 



Basal ganglia, definition of, 377 



development, 303 

 Basopkile leucocytes, 813 

 Basilar membrane, functions of, 510 

 Bathmotropic effect of vagus excitation, 



973 



Bayliss on depressor reflexes, 979, 1001 

 Bayliss and Starling on intestinal move- 

 ments, 720 



on secretin, 709 

 Beats, 508 



Bechlerew's nucleus, 381, 402 

 Beckmann's apparatus for freezing-point, 



129, 130 



Behenic acid, 54 



Bell and Mayendie's law, 255, 323 

 Benedict'^ respiration apparatus, 617 

 Bensley on islets of Langerhans, 807 

 Benzene ring, 49 



origin of, 118 

 Benzyl alanine, 155 



pyrotartaric acid, 155 

 Bernard's experiment on vaso-motor nerves, 



982 



Betz cells, 428 

 Bichromate cell, 187 

 Bidder's ganglion, 940 

 Biedermann's fluid, 210 

 Bile, 713-717 



acids, 715 



composition of, 714 



flow of, 715 



functions of, 710 



pigment, origin ol, 83* 



salts, 714, 716 



circulation of, 717 



effects of, on lipase action, 707 



functions of, 717 



secretion of, 715 

 Biliary fistula, 715 

 Bimolecular reaction, 103 

 Binocular vision, 587, 592 

 Biogen, 20 

 Biophor, 20 

 Biuret, 1115 



base, 88 



reaction, 93, 100 

 Bladder, afferent impulses from, 1155 



central control of, 1159 



evacuation of, 1157 



filling of, 1155 



innervation of, 1154, 1157 



musculature, 1152 



rhythmic contractions of, 1156 



sphincters of, 1153, 1159 

 Blind spot, 562 

 Blix apparatus, 197 



on energy of muscular contraction, 



201 

 Blood, 810-807 



alkalinity of, 1007 



amount in body, 854 



carbon dioxide in, 1064, 1071 



coagulation, 812, 839-853 

 effect of calcium on, 852 

 historical account, 849-853 

 negative phase, 847 

 positive phase, 847 



corpuscles, relative amount, 857 



electrical conductivity, 861 



freezing-point of, 861 



Blood, gases of, 1054 



gas determination, chemical methods, 



1055 



pumps, 1054 



general composition of, 862 

 haemolysis, 23, 127, 820, 834, 1011, 1030 

 hydrogen ion concentration of, 1087 

 laking of, 820 



life-history of red corpuscles, 831-835 

 methods of preventing coagulation, 839 

 osmotic pressure of, 801 

 oxygen capacity of, 855, 858 

 pigments, 829 



synthesis of, 829 

 plasma, coagulation of, 840 

 composition of, 864 

 proteins of, 846 

 relative amount, 857 

 platelets, 836-838 

 pressure, alterations of, 884 

 apparatus, 872 

 in capillaries, 930 

 in man, 875 



in vascular system, 873, 874-885 

 reaction of, 860, 1067, 1087 

 red corpuscles, 811, 818-835 

 chemistry of, 820 

 destruction of, 832 

 effect of altitude on number* 



1102 



enumeration of, 858 

 life of, 834 



osmotic properties of, 819 

 regeneration of, 833 

 stroma, 821 



reducing substances in, 1087 

 serum, proteins of, 865 

 specific gravity of, 860 

 variations in amount of, 1009-1011 

 velocity of, 886-890 

 vessels, nervous control of, 982-1005 

 volume, carbon monoxide method, 855 

 white corpuscles, 813-817 

 Body as a machine, 3 



temperature, diurnal variations. 1170 



regulation of, 1167-1177 

 Bone-marrow, structure of, 815, 831 

 Boundary layer, 1131 

 Bowman's capsule, 1132 



glands, 502 

 Boyle's law, 124 

 Brachium, superior, 377 

 Brain, 361-396 



development of, 362 

 evolution of, 365, 385 

 stem, ascending tracts, 387 

 association areas of, 452 

 cortical areas, 436 

 descending tracts, 389 

 evolution of, 361 

 functions of, 383-387, 392-390 

 long paths in, 383 

 structure of, 361-391 

 Break contraction, 192 

 excitation, 264 

 induction shock, 189 

 Broca's aphasia, 454 

 convolution, 435 



Brodie's perfusion apparatus, 964 

 Bromine, 44 

 Bronchi, 1039 



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