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INDEX. 



'isote(s)—cont. 



-Prelimiuarr, on the Pliysiological Action 

 of Nitro-Glycerine, {tvith 

 E. S. Tair), 474. 



-Kegarding the Eflecb of Electrical 

 Stimulation of the Frog's 

 Heart, &e., 572. 



Nuclei of Blood Corpuscles, the, On 

 tlie Chemical Composition 

 of, 147. 



Nux Vomica, 



-Action c>f, as 



— as Cardiac Stimulant, 561. 



— on the Respiratory Centre, benefits of, 

 in combating Night- sweats in 

 Phthicis, 551, 55H, cases illus- 

 trating, 552 et seq. 



Obliquity of Position in E-elation to 



relief of Eatigue, 532-3, 536. 



Observations, Some, on the Crine, On 



Digitalis, w.th, 29,77. 

 (Edema, rationale of treatment of, 20. 

 Oertel method of Treatment io» Heart 



Disease, 20, 22. 

 (Esophagus, Dilatation of its Cardiac 



extremity a concomitant cf 



Vomiting, 640, 

 Oil of Almonds in cases of Woorara 



Poisoning, 381. 

 Opium, see also Laudanum and 



Morphia. 

 -Action of, on the 

 —Cerebrum, 299-300. 

 — Cough, in, 563—4. 

 — Digestion, 565. 

 — Respiration, 565. 

 — in relief of Vomiting, 571. 

 -as a Narcotic, 257-9 et passim. 

 Opium and Strychnine, 

 -in combination, in relief of Night Sweat 



in Phthisis, 554, 555. 

 Ordeal by Poison, West Africa, plants 



used in, how employed, 462, 



464-5, 481. 

 Organs Isolated, 

 -Artificial Circulation through, (Ludwig 



and Mosso), 335. 

 — different kinds of Blood sent through, 



336. 

 -other than Respiratory, affected by 



Cough, 566. 

 Organii'm, see Animal Organism, 

 Oscillations in Blood Pressure, how 



caused, 273. 

 Ostification of Arteries, consequences 



of, 18-19. 

 Over-exertion, ellect of, on the Heart, 18. 



Oxidation, 



-Action on, of 



— Casca Bark, 493-4. 



— Drugs, 247. 



— Nitro-gljcerine, 480. 



Oxide of Zinc and Hyoscyamus, 



-in relief of Night Sweat in Phthisis, 554. 



Oxygen, inhalatum of, in Cholera Collapse, 



results with, 360-1. 

 Oxygen and Carbonic acid, interchange 



of, constituting Internal 



Respiration, 644. 

 Oxygen-carrying power of Ilajmoglobin,. 



6t4. effects of diminution of, 



on Eatty Degeneration, 645. 

 Oxygenation of the Blood, importance 



of, 377. 

 Ozonising Power of Blood, 649. 



Paget, Sir James, on Congestion, hi* 

 rcatriction of the term, 43S 

 note, 447. 



Pain— 



-of Burns, 



— relieved by exposure to Eire heat, 449. 



probable reason of relief, 450. 



-Death from, case of Alice I3ruce, 393. 



-due to Distension of any hollow mus- 

 cular organ, 16. 



-in Inflammation, 



— character of, 449. 



— probable causes of, 449, 434. 



— ways of relieving, 419-50, 451-3, 454. 



by cold, 449, 454. 



by heat, 449-50, 454. 



-internal, 



— relieved by external irritation, fact* 

 bearing out, 451. 



-pinching, biting lips, &c., as a mean* 

 of preventing Syncope, 408. 



Pain and Painful Impressions, (fright 

 ccc), Sliock induced bv, 399, 

 400, 408. 



Palpitation of the Heart in Exophtlialmie 

 Goitre, 414. 



-Paralysis of the Vagus, cause of, 421, 

 422. 



Pancreas, ferments formed by, 24, 



Pancenesis, Darwin's theory of, 3S6. 



Paralysis — 



-of the Cardiac Grangliii, 303. 



— part of tlie (jrancrlioiiio Apparatus- 

 affected, 309, 315. 



-of Co-ordinating Apparatus of the Cardiac 

 Ganglia, 31 5, 



-of the Heart, {see Muscular Fibres i"fra), 

 the cause of Death from Casca, 

 (Liebreich), 482, 483. 



