INDEX. 



683 



Nervous (cont.) 



-channels of Stimulus to Auiicle and 

 Ventricle, 573. 



-System, Act'on on, of Nilro-glvceiine, 

 474. 



— in the Hen^^, 



Accelerating Gang-ia, 314. 



Inhibitory (xangii^, 'SIO. 



Action of Drugs on, 310-11, 314. 



Motor Ganglia, see that head. 



— Physiological Act on of Digitaiis or, fi6. 



Neuralgia, nse of iXi'rite of Amyl in, 

 140. 



Newt, Blood-corpuscles of, as affected by 

 Casea Bark, 493. 



Nicotine, (Nicotia), 



-effect of, on the Blood in Arfficial Cir- 

 culation in Isolated Organs, 

 336. 



—on the VajTus, &c., 310-11, ?12, 314. 



— introduced into the Circulation, (a cause 

 of cold Sweat), 550. 



— -when used before Muscaria, 312. 



Nicre, wahrschtinliche Wirkiing der Digi- 

 talis auf deren Nerven, 411. 



Night-Sweating in Phthisis, On tlie 

 Pathology of, and the Mode of 

 Action of Stryclmia and ether 

 Remedies in it, 545. 



-consequent exhaustion, 



— probable comnxon cause of both, 545. 



-PatI o^ogy of, 550-1. 



-Relief of, by Drugs, 551. 



— cases illustrating, 552 ei seq. 



Nitric acid, action c f, on the 



— Secretion in the Lungs, 567, 5G9. 



—Stomach, 567. 



Nitric Oxide, action of, on Internal 

 Eespiration, 6 16. 



Nitrite of Amyl, see also Salpetrig- 

 sauren Amyloxyds. 



-action of, contrasted with that of Nitro- 

 glyceiine, 479-80. 



-in conjunction with Strychn'a, effect of, 

 on Frog's Muscles, 390-1. 



-in Experini nts on Pulse rate and 

 Arterial Pressure, 145. 



. -On the Action of, on the Circulation 

 [and on Active Dilatition and 

 Contraction of Arteriole*, in- 

 depenlently of Nerve- 

 Centres], 174. 



— Action of, on the Circulation, 174. 



effects of, 



D-minished Blood -pressure, 175, ISO. 



Flushing of the Human face, 174, 176. 



of the Rabbits' ear, 176, 178. 



Throbbing of the Carotids, 174. 



experiments on the reason of, diags., 



175-81. 



I Nitrite of Amvl, &c., expeiiments (cont.) 



on Dogs, i7n, 176. 



en Frogs, 174. 



on Rabbit?, 175 ef seq. 



Resu'ts of, and deductions from, 



cause of Diminished Blood -pressure 



ascertained, 180-4. 

 independence of Vapo-motor nerves 



and of varying Blood -pressure, 



178. 

 -On the Emp'ovment of, in the Collapse 



of duller;), [with Exp* rimev.ts 



upon the Pulmonary Circula- 

 tion], 359. 

 — Action of, on 



Blood, 372. 



Circulation, 359. 



Pulmonary Capilhiries, 369-73. 



Systemic Capillaries, 3f 9 et seq. 



QueStionof form of Administration, 372. 



-On the Use of, in Angina Pectoris, 137, 



185. 

 — Action of, 137. 



ca?e illustrating use of, 185-190. 



remarks on, 



symptoms, and location of pain, 190. 



treatment, 191. 



syphymographic tracing, fac simile, 



195. 



comments and deductions, 189, 192-6. 



-Discoverer and inYCftijiators of, 138. 

 -methods of administering, 139-40. 

 -other maladies to which it is applicable, 



140. 

 -physiological ac'ion of, 138-40. 

 Nitr ir.es, action of, on Ilsemoglobin, 646-7. 

 -other than Nitrite of Amjl, probably 



Muscular Poisons, author's 



researches on, 391. 

 Nitro-glycerine, the Physiological Action 



of, Preliminary Notes on, (jriYA 



E. S. Tait), 474. 

 -Action of, on 

 — Animal-^, 



Cat s, 475 et seq. 



Frogs, 474 et seq. 



— Blood, and Blood-pressure, 479. 



— Brain, headache induced by, 478, 480. 



—Heart, 479. 



— Motur Nerve«, 478. 



— Muscles, 477. 



— Nervous system, 474, 477. 



—Oxidation' 480. 



— Spinal Cord, 4 78. 



-Poisonous character of, 474. 



-Principal effects produced by, 476. 



Note(s) ou Indej endent Pulshtion of the 



Pulmonary Veins and Vena 



Cuva, {tvith Sir J. Fayrer, 



M.D., K.C.S.I.), 528. 



