730 



INDEX 



Antimony poisoning, 297 



Antiseptics, 103-5 



Apncea, 564-5, 572 



Arachnolysin, 460-1 



Arequipa, 213 



Arginase, 667-8, 678, 682 



Arginin, 665-8, 682 



Argon, 536 



Arsenical poisoning, 297, 298, 325 



Arterial blood. See under Blood 



Atmosphere, 196 et seq. 



Composition of, 199-200, 211, 479- 

 481 



Pressure of. See Barometric Pres- 

 sure 



Eelative humidity, 258, 264-70 



Transparency and diathermancy, 

 256 



Water vapour of, 256 

 Atropin, 345, 346 

 Auto-catalysis, 112-4 

 Autolysis, 667, 668 



/3-OXY-BUTYEic acid, 370, 372-4, 687 

 Backward filtration, 608-9 

 Bacteria 



Deep-sea, 253 



Denitrifying, 206-8 



Inspired and expired air, in, 482 



Nitrifying, 206-8 



Sunlight, action of, on, 97 



Temperature changes, resistance 



to, 97 

 Bacterial cultures, heernolysins in, 



461-2 



Bacteriolysis, 439, 467-9 

 Balloon ascents, changed blood cor- 

 puscles in, 231 

 Balloon sickness, 219-20 

 Barometric pressure, relation to life, 

 210-23, 226, 228; effect of increased 

 pressure, 233 et seq.; water pressure, 

 252-5 

 Baths, 274 



Bi-molecular reactions, 60 

 Bial, orcin-ferric chloride reaction of, 



318 note 



Bile, as a solvent, 278, 279 

 Biology, relation to physical chemistry, 



3-4, 14 



Biological relation of animals, 467 

 Bioplasm, effect of water pressure on, 



252-6 



Biotic energy, 4-17 

 Birds- 

 Metabolism of purin bodies in, 



392-4 



Eespiratory exchange in, 490-2 

 Temperature in, 491, 494 

 Uric acid synthesis in, 423-6 

 Blood- 

 Argon in, 536 



Blood (continued) 

 Arterial- 

 Analyses of, 520, 521 

 Pressures of oxygen and 



carbon dioxide in, 545-7 

 Carbon dioxide in, 532-6 

 Carbon monoxide in, 537-8 

 Circulation of, 473-4 

 Corpuscles. See Red blood cor- 

 puscles 

 Defibrinated, absorption of, by 



surviving gut, 651-2 

 Fat, action on, 281-2 

 Gases of, 479, 517 et seq. 



Compressed air, effects of, on, 



244-5 



Tension of, 222-8 

 Gaseous exchange of, with : air, 

 516-17, 551-2: alveolar air, 

 542-50 : lymph and tissues, 

 557-9 



Hsernolysins in, 458-9 

 Laked, 435-9, 526 

 Nitrogen in, 536-7 

 Oxygen in, 524-32; dissociation 



of, 222-5, 228 

 Peroxidase, 95 



Purin free state of, 415-6, 419 

 Reactions of, 725-6 

 Sugar in, 361-3, 365 

 Stains, human, detection of, 466-7 

 Supply of, and secretion, 167-8 

 Blood plasma 



Carbon dioxide in, 533 

 Oxygen in, 523, 525, 529 

 Blood pressure 



Glycosuria and, 344, 345 

 Lymph flow and, 594-6, 601 

 Secretion and, 143-4 

 See also Capillary blood pressure 

 Blood serum 



Absorption of dog's own serum, 



648-50 



Bactericidal action of, 458, 469-71 

 Carbohydrate in proteids of, 375 

 Blood-vessels, absorption by, 606 et seq. 

 Body temperature 



"Critical" temperature, 271-2 

 Fur and clothes, effect of, 272-4 

 Regulation of, 264-70 

 Bolivia, 213 

 Bowman's capsule, properties of cells 



of, 713-5 



Brain, respiratory exchange of, 555 

 Bread, 190, 192, 193, 400 

 Buchner's Zymase, 34 

 Butter, 294-5 

 Butyric acid, 373-4 



CACHEXIA, 578 



Caffein, 391-2, 399, 406, 408, 707 



Caisson, 233-4, 250, 252 



