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INDEX 



Puncture diabetes, 340, 365 

 Purin bodies 



Chemical relationships of, 391-2 

 Endogenous 



Excretion of, 400-5, 408-12 

 Intermediary nature of, 415- 



17, 419-21 

 Source of, 423 et seq. 

 Excretion of, 395-402, 405-12, 



421-2 

 Exogenous 



Excretion of, 405-9 

 Fate of, 421 

 Fate of unexcreted portion of, 



412-5 

 Metabolism of, 387 et seq., 392- 



395 

 Partial destruction, theories as to, 



415-7 



Site of destruction of, 418-21 

 Urea from, 674-6 

 Pyrimidin bases, urea from, 674-6 



KADIATION and wet air, 269-70 

 Eainfall, tropical, 257-8 

 Receptors, 442-3 

 Red blood corpuscles 



Altitude, effect of, on, 231-2 



Carbon dioxide in, 533, 535-6 



Oxygen in, 523-5, 530-1 



Permeability of, 625-6 

 Reflex control of: sugar production, 



342-5 : secretion, 172-6, 178, 182 

 Renal arteries, ligature of, 722-4 

 Renal circulation, quantity of urine 



and, 696-9 



Renal vein, obstruction of, 697-9 

 Rennin, 88, 107, 109 

 Reproduction of species, 8-9 

 Respiration 



Altitude on, effect of, 230-1 



Cheyne-Stokes's, 567-8 



Definition of, 477-9 



Embryo, in, 569-70 



External, 479 



First breath, 560-63 



Foetus, in, 570-2 



Internal, 550-7, 559 



Nasal, 481-3 



Nature of process, 139-40, 142 



Rate and depth of, 484 



Regulation of, 559-68 



Theories as to, and historical sur- 

 vey of, 473-7 

 Respiratory exchange 



Age, influence of, 491-3, 495-6 



Altitude on, effect of, 229-30 



Compressed air, in, (mice and rats,) 

 238 



Food, influence of, 503-7 



Functional activity, relation to, 

 487 



Respiratory exchange (continued] 



Muscular work, effect of, 217, 

 497-503 



Myxoedema, &c., in, 577 



Sex, influence of, 495-6 



Size of animals, influence of, 493-7 



Temperature, effect of, 492, 494-5, 

 507-16, 565, 569-70 



Tissue respiration, 550-7 



Total, 489-91 

 Respiratory quotient 



Average value of, 521 



Diabetes, in, 367-8 



Fat metabolism, iu, 284-7, 305 



Greater than unity, 300, 301 



Total, 556 

 Rest, respiratory exchange during, 



498-500 

 Revertose, 32 

 Ricin, 462-3 

 Rut in cattle, 191 



SALICIN, 69, 70, 71 



Saline diuretics, 702-7 



Saline purgatives, 642-3 



Salivary diastase, 97 



Salivary glands, innervation of, 170 



Salmon, 203, 298 



Salt solutions 



Absorption of, 607-8, 639-44 

 Ionic theory of, 99-101 

 Physiological action of, 98-9, 

 628-31, 642-3 



Salts, neutral, 63, 98-103 



Saprophyte, 462 



Schutz's law, 90-1 



Sea- 

 Dissolved gases in, 200, 205 

 Organic life in depths of, 252-5 

 Temperature of, 257 



Sebum, 295 



Secretin, 178, 183-8 



Secretion 



Blood supply and, 167-8 

 Chemical stimulation of, 178 et seq. 

 Energy changes involved in, 12-13, 



159 et seq. 

 Foods, different, effects of, 191 



et seq. 



Gastric. See Gastric secretion 

 Internal and external, 140-3 

 Nervous system, influence of, 169 



et seq. 



Oxidation and, 168 

 Purpose of, 139 



Seeds, dried, 97 



Serin, 383 



Serous cavities, absorption from, 607 

 et seq. 



Serum, 77, 282, 340, 613 



Serum albumin, 318 



Serum globulin, 318-9, 376, 379 



