INDEX 



737 



Overfeeding, 272 

 Overwork, 218 

 Oxalic acid, 415 

 Oxidation 



Diabetes, in, 369 

 Seat of, 551-2 

 Secretion and, 168 

 Oxydases, 119, 557 

 Oxygen 



Absorption of, 522, 523, 533, 



545-9 



Alveolar air, in, 225-6, 541 

 Atmospheric tension of, 481 

 Blood, in, 520, 521, 524-32 

 Consumption of, in walking and 



climbing, 217-8 

 Demand for, in different organisms, 



203-4 



Diffusion of, 550 

 Dissociation of, in blood, 222-5, 



228 



Metabolism and, 237 

 Pressure of, in blood and tissues, 



545-8, 557-8 

 Properties, &c., of early theories, 



198-9, 475, 476 

 Kespiratory quotient, relation to, 



485, 486 

 Oxy-hsemoglobin, dissociation of, in 



different bloods, 524, 526-8 

 Ozone, 199 



PALMITIN, 275, 276 

 Pancreas 



Diastatic ferments of, 94 



Glycolytic power of, 339, 340 



Innervation of, 177-83 



Oxidation in, 168 



Stimulation of, 178-83 

 Pancreatic diabetes, 347-57, 359-61, 



365 

 Pancreatic secretion 



Chemical mechanism of, 183-8 



Diet on, effect of, 191-4 



Fat, action on, 278, 279 



Hydrolysing action of, 70 



Trypsinogen of, 109-10 

 Paralysatoren, 106 

 Parap'legia, 250 

 Parathyroid glands, 580-1 

 Pepsin, 88-91, 94, 100, 108, 109, 117, 



118, 254 



Pepsinogen, 108, 109 

 Peptone, 189-90, 598, 602-3 

 Permeability: of cells, 149, 152-6: of 



membranes, 713 

 Peroxidases, 119-20, 124 

 Phagocytosis, 469 

 Phanerogams, 201 

 Phlogiston, 476 



Phloridzin diabetes, 357-65, 709, 

 711-2 



Phloridzin poisoning, 297, 298, 325 

 Phosphates, 726-7 

 Phosphorus poisoning. 296-8 

 Physiological balance of salt solutions, 



98-9, 101 ' 

 Phytalbumoses, 462-4 

 Pig's stomach, 189-90 

 Placenta, respiratory function of, 



570-2 

 Plants and plant life 



Altitude, effect of, 215 



Fat in, 275 



Haemolysins and agglutinins from, 

 462-3 



Metabolic antagonism to animal 

 life, 200-1 



Nitrogen in, 205, 206 



Kespiration in, 478 

 Platinsol, 94, 123-5 

 Platinum, 106-7, 119, 120, 122, 131 

 Pneumatic chamber experiments, 221 

 "Poisoning," use of term, 119-20 

 Poisons. See Toxins 

 Polymerisation, 39 

 Polyuria in diabetes, 346 

 Potatoes, 400, 403 

 Prascipitins, 465-72 

 Pregnancy, 191 

 Prosecretin, 178, 187 

 Proteids 



Carbohydrate group in, 208, 315-9, 

 374-84 



Coagulation point of, 97 



Detection of, 472 



Energy derived from, 272, 303- 

 305 



Enzymes and, 117-8 



Fat from, 290-i? 



Fate of, 288-9 



Glycogen from, 327, 331-4 



Hydrolysis of, 75-7 



Intestinal absorption of, 658 



Metabolism, 288, 395, 661-2 



Metabolism of body, effect on, 

 306 



Molecular constitution of, 208 



Nitrogen from, 350-53 



Osmotic pressure of, 609-13 



Products of disintegration, 662-3 



Kespiratory exchange, influence 

 on, 368/506 



Sugar derived from, 350-3, 374- 

 384 



Synthesis of, 49, 206-8 



Water intake and diet of, 262 

 Protoplasm, synthesis of, 196 

 Prussic acid, 671 

 Ptyalin, 254 



Pulmonary epithelium, secretory ac- 

 tivity of, 226 



Pulse rate, effect of altitude on the, 

 230 



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