INDEX 



731 



Caisson disease, 537 

 Calcium salts, 111 



Cane sugar, 40, 63, 327, 328, 353, 367 ; 

 action of invertase on, 65, 67-72, 

 79, 80 note 

 Capillary blood pressure 



Lymph absorption and, 613-4, 617 

 Renal, and velocity of blood flow, 



696-9 



Urinary production and, 715-9 

 Capillary wall, permeability of, and 



absorption, 609-14 

 Carbohydrates 



Digestion and absorption of, 312 

 Energy derived from, 272, 304-5, 



502 

 Fat absorption and, 281, 292, 299- 



302 



Glycogen-forming power of, 326-8 

 Intestinal absorption of, 658-9 

 Metabolism of, 287, 312 ct seq. 

 Metabolism of body, effect on, 



305-6 



Plant and animal life, in, 205 

 Proteid molecule, in, 315-9 

 Respiratory exchange, influence 



on, 506 

 Respiratory quotient on diet of, 



367-8 



Sugar from, in diabetes, 374-7 

 Carbon Dioxide 



Absorption of, by blood constitu- 

 ents, 523 



Alveolar air, in, 540-2, 544 

 Atmospheric, 204-5, 480, 481 

 Blood, in, 532-6 

 Co-efficient of absorption in water, 



522, 523 



Diabetic blood, in, 372 

 Diffusion, rate of, 225 

 Excretion of, 549, 550 

 Percentage of, in venous and 



arterial blood, 520, 521 

 Pressure of: in blood, 534, 544, 

 545, 546 : in tissues, 557-9 : res- 

 piratory exchange and, 564-5 

 Carbon Monoxide 

 Blood, in, 537-8 

 Co-efficient of absorption in water, 



522 



Cardiac depressor, irritation of, 342, 345 

 Cartilage, end products of, 315 

 Casein, 317, 332-4, 375, 379 

 Caseinogen, 75-7, 80 

 Cat, 164, 214, 411 and notes 2 and 3 

 Catalysts- 

 Action of, 50-52 ; theories as to, 

 126 et seq. ; summary of theories, 

 134-5 



Anti-catalysts, 106-7 

 Auto-catalysis, 112-4 

 Classes of, 48-9 



Catalysts (continued) 

 Colloidal, 131-3 

 Inorganic, 87, 118-25 

 Negative, 105-6, 131 

 Reversibility of action of, 55 

 Specific action of, 52, 114-6 

 Velocity of reaction induced by, 



43-8, 50, 61-77 

 Cations, 639, 641 

 Cells, living 



Action of acids, alkalies and 



neutral salts on, 98-9, 101-3 

 Antiseptics and other poisons, 



action of, on, 103-5 

 Chemical transformations in, 



137-8, 202-3 



Colloidal structure, 202-3 

 Energy transformers, as, 16-17, 



44, 47-50, 116, 135, 145 

 Enzymes and, 127, 135 

 Lymph formation and activity of, 



590-2, 596, 600-6 

 Metabolism in, 237 

 Nutrition of, and lymph, 616-8 

 Pathological division, causes of, 



99 



Permeability of, 149, 152-6, 625-6 

 Protective action against toxins, 



107-8 



Renal, vital activity of, 708 

 Respiration in, 550-1, 559 et seq. 

 Selective activity of, 144-50, 156, 



158, 166-7 



Solutions, action of, on, 626-30 

 Solvents, as, 155-9 

 Sunlight, influence of, on, 97-8 

 Temperature changes, reaction to, 



95-7 



Cerebro-spinal nervous system, influ- 

 ence of, on secretion. See Vagus 

 I Cerro de Pasco, 213 

 I Cheese, 293 

 j Chemical affinity, 46-7 

 ! Chemical energy, conversion into 



volume energy, 12 

 i Chemical excitants of secretion, 183 



et seq. 

 Chemical Transformations 



Concentration of solution, effect 



of, 30-33 



Conditions governing, 44-6 

 Energy forms opposing, 46-7 

 Equations governing, in solution, 



19-34 



Free energy, due to, 135-7 

 Living matter, in, 15 et seq., 202-3 

 Reversibility of, 35-41 

 Chemistry, physical relation to bio- 

 logy, 3-4, 14 



Children, dietary for, 495-6 

 Chile, N., 213 

 Chlorides, retention of, 708-11 



