INDEX 



ABEIN, 463 



Absorption 



Blood constituents, gas absorption 



by, 523 



Gaseous, in water, 522 

 Internal and external, 141-2 

 Intestinal. See Intestinal Absorp- 

 tion 



Overton's theory of, 145-7 

 Purpose of, 139 

 Selective, 145-8, 155-9, 166-7 

 Serous cavities, from, 607 et seq. 



Acetic acid, 63 



Acetone, 370 



Acid intoxication, 686-8 



Acidity, test for, 63-4 



Acids 



Action of, on enzymes and living 



cells, 98-103 

 Excess in the organism, effect of, 



370-1 



Hydrolysing action of, 67 

 Eeversibility of action of, 80 

 Velocity of action of, 63 

 Zymo-excitators, as, 109 



Acongagua, 214 



Acrolein, 276 



Addison's disease, 582, 583, 585 



Adenin, 391-2, 397-8, 399, 405-7, 411 



Adipocere, 293 



Adrenalin, 583-6 



Adrenalin glycosuria, 364-5 



Adrenalone, 584 



Aerotonometers, 543-4, 546 



Age and respiratory exchange, 491-3, 

 495-6 



Agglutinins, 456-8, 462-4 



Air. See Atmosphere 



Alanin, conversion into dextrose, 380-1 



Albuminuria, 691 



Alcohol and fat formation, 297, 298, 

 307 



Alcoholic fermentation, 71 



Alcohols, hexatomic, 329 



Alexin, 438-9, 444-5 



Alimentary canal, ammonia from, 

 680-1 



Alimentary glycosuria, 366 



Alkalies- 

 Blood, in, in acid intoxication, 

 371, 372 



Alkalies (continued) 



Enzymes and living cells, action 



on, 98-103 



Gastric secretion, effect on, 190 

 Testing for, 63 note* 

 Allantoin, 389-90, 413-15, and note 

 Alps, mountain sickness in, 216 

 Altitude, relation to life, 210-20 

 Altitudes, High 



Deep breathing in, effect of, 227-8 

 Effect of, on: metabolism, 229- 

 30: circulation and respira- 

 tion, 230-1 : blood corpuscles, 

 231-2 

 Alveolar air of lungs 



Composition of, 224-8, 230, 538- 



42, 564 

 Gaseous exchange between blood 



and, 542-50 

 Amboceptors, 444-51 

 Amido acids, 77, 380-3 

 Amido bodies, 375 

 Amido purins, 375, 398-9, 406-7, 411 

 Ammonium carbamate, urea from, 



668-9 

 Ammonium carbonate, urea from, 669- 



70 



Ammonium cyanate, urea from, 670-1 

 Ammonium compounds, urea from, 



678-83, 689-90 

 Amyl hydrogen sulphate, 39 

 Amylase, 69, 70 

 Anabolic processes in cells, 49 

 Anaemia, 462 



Anaesthetics, 104, 155, 158, 512-3 

 Animal and plant life, metabolic an- 

 tagonism between, 201 

 Anions, intestinal absorption of, 639, 



641 



Anti-amboceptors, 452 

 Anti-bodies, 433-4, 439-40, 451-8, 465 

 Anti-catalysts, 106-7 

 Anti-complements, 452-5 

 Anti-enzymes, 107-8 

 Anti-hsemolysins, 451-8 

 Anti-toxic serum, 450 

 Anti-toxin formation. Ehrlich's side- 

 chain theory, 440-50, 452, 455, 

 456 



Anti-venoms, 459 

 Antikatalysatoren, 106 



729 



