INDEX. 



Plantigrade, Larynx in, 631. 



Plants, Physiological Action of Digitalis 

 on, 39. 



Pleara, in relation to Cough, 562. 



Plsurisy, relief given in, by external 

 irritants, deductions from, 

 451-454. 



Pneumograph, Marey't", method of em- 

 ploying, ill., 328. 



Pneumonia, 



— Blister applied to the Chest in, acting as 

 a Counter Irritant, 433, 454. 



— Inaction of Digitalis in, (Thomas), 211. 



— Quick breathing in, probable causes 

 of, 324, 326. 



-Catarrhal, benefits of Cod-liver oil 

 in, 571. 



Poiseuille's Hft>madynamometep, 7. 



Poisons, see Cobra, Snake, and others 

 under names. 



-corrosive, action of, on the Stomach 

 producing Shock or Col- 

 lapse, 400. 



-effect on Frog's Heart of Atropia and 

 Muscaria, 457. 



-Simple Method of Demonstrating the 

 Effect of Heat and, upon the 

 Heart of the Frog, 455. 



Poisoning, * 



-by Curare, (Herrmann), 472. 



-by Digitalis, 472. 



— Case of, — recovery, 99. 



-various forms of, use of Artificial Respi- 

 ration in, alone, 379-83, with 

 Transfusion, 383-7. 



Position 



-for patients under Chloroform, impor- 

 tance of, 432-3, 437. 



— suffering from Pain of Inflamma- 

 tion, 449, 455. 



from Syncope, 404, 407. 



Posture 



«-as affected by Climate or Season, 531. 



—by Fatigue, 532, 535-6. 



-as affecting 



— ^Bodily Temperature, 531, 532 et seq. 



Potash, action of, on the Lungs, and their 

 Secretion, 569. 



Power, Henry, m.b., f.r.c.s., (joint 

 author), ,vee Diuretic Action 

 of Digitalis, and the same in 

 German. 



Preliminary Notes on the Physiological 

 Action of Nitro-G-lycerine, 

 (with E. S. Tait), 474. 



Preserving Life, On the Use of Artificial 

 Respiration and Transfusion 

 as a Means of, 374. 



Pressure, afforded by a suitable seat, in 

 relief of Fatigue, 533, 536. 



Pressure of blood, see Blood Pressure. 



Preventing Death from C'hloral, Effect ol 

 Warmth in, 197. 



Pryer's experiment in re-vitalising a 

 Frog's muscles, 375-6. 



Protoplasm, Action of Drugs ou, 

 242. 



Protrusion of the Eyeballs, in Exoph- 

 thalmic Goitre, 414, cases 

 illustrating, 415 et seq. 



-Probable causes of, 4234, ill , 425. 



Pseudo-Pulsation, see Pulsation in the 

 Jugular. 



Pulmonary Artery, 



— Embolism of, effect of, on Respiration, 

 330. 



Action of Condurango, (an error 



noted), ih. 



Pulmonary Capillaries, 



— Contractile power of. Drugs affect- 

 ing, 568-0. 



— Contraction of. effect of, on Respira- 

 tion, 331. 



Action of Muscarin in causing, ilL^ 



332. 



Influence of, on Drugs injected, 321. 



—Frog's, 



observation of the action of Drugs 



on. (ill.), 333. 



Pulmonary Circulation, the, Experiments 

 upon, Oa the Employment 

 of Nitrite of Amyl in the 

 Collapse of Cholera, with, 

 359. 



-Arrested in Cholera, 365 and note. 



-Causes and Consequences of, 366-8. 



-Treatment indicated for, 368 et ssq. 



— Nitrite of Am;vl for, 3J9 pros and cons 

 of, 370-3, diags., 371. 



Pulmonary Veins and Vena Cava, Note 

 on Independent Pulsation in, 

 {with Sir J. Fayrer, M.D., 

 K.C.s.i.), 528. 



-Dilatation of, (Harvey), 4. 



— Independent Pulsation of, (Haller and 

 Senac), 5, 5il. 



Experiments illustrating, 528-30. 



Importance of the fact, 530. 



under what circumbtances observed, 



542. 



Pulsation, Independent, of the Pulmonary 

 Veins and Vena Cava, (Haller 

 and Senac), 5, Note on, {with 

 Sir J. Fayrer, md., k.c.s.i.), 

 528. 



— Jugular, 



causes assigned to, 539, 541. 



inference usually made from, 539. 



— Unilateral, observed by author, 539-41. 



cases illustratin";. 540-1. 



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