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INDEX 



Bile, phospholipins, 948 

 pigments, 948 

 resorption, 944 

 special constituents, 947 

 storage, 941 

 Bilicyanin, blue, 948 

 Bilirubin, 948 

 Biliverdin, 948 

 Bimolecular reaction, 992 

 Binocular vision, 869, 872 

 Biot's respiration, 524 

 Biplegia, 679 



Birds, alimentary canal of, 998 

 heart of, 258 

 lungs of, 451 

 Bismuth a;-ray study of stomach, 1008 

 Bladder, urinary, 1076 



nervous control, 1077 

 Blastula, 1119 

 Blepharospasm, 592 

 Blind spot, 834 



demonstration of, 835 

 form of, 836 

 Blindness, blue-, 888 

 color-, 887 

 green, 888 

 psychic, 688 

 red-, 888 

 word-, 688, 696 

 Block, heart-, 278 

 Blood, 157 



absorption of gases by, 497 

 and tidal air, interchange of gases 

 between, 488 

 chemical theory, 494 

 physical theory, 489 

 and tissues, interchange of gases be- 

 tween, 496 

 as protective mechanism, 245 

 carbon dioxid in, condition of, 505 

 chemical composition, 168 

 cholesterin in, 169 

 circulating, total quantity, 357 

 circulation of, 253, 347. See also 



Circulation. 

 coagulation of, 211. See also Coagri- 



lation of blood. 

 color, 160 



corpuscles, blood plasma and, relative 

 amount, 159 

 determining amount, direct 

 method, 159 

 indirect method, 160 

 red, 172 



chemical properties, 181 

 color, 172 

 composition, 181 

 disintegration of, 198 

 duration of life, 197 

 hemoglobin and stroma of, sepa- 

 ration, 181 

 increase at high altitudes, 179 

 life history, 195 

 number, 176 

 physical characteristics, 172 



Blood corpuscles, red, shadows, 181 



shape, 172 



size, 174 



stroma of, constituents, 183 



variations in number, 178 

 in shape, 175 

 . white, 199 



allied functions, 207 



chemical composition, 201 



classifications, 199 



color, 199 



contractility, 202 



dualistic origin, 202 



fate, 202 



formation of, in spleen, 904 



monophyletic origin, 202 



motion, 202 



number, 200 



origin, 202 



physical properties, 199 



shape, 199 



size, 199 

 decalcification of, effect on coagula- 

 tion, 223 

 defibrination, 226 

 description, 159 

 distribution, 226, 228 

 dog's, composition, 168 

 dust, 159 



electrical conductivity, 165 

 extraction of gases from, 497 

 flow, 394 

 friction of, 166 

 gaseous composition, 522 

 general characteristics, 157 

 greater circuit, 259 

 horse's, composition, 168 

 in asphyxia, 161 

 infusion of, 230 

 laked, 181 

 lecithin in, 169 

 loss of, 226, 230 

 menstrual, coagulability of, 226 

 methods of collecting, 221 



of determining quantity of, 226 

 nitrogen in, condition of, 507 

 odor, 162 



osmotic pressure, 164 

 oxygen in, condition of, 502 

 plasma, 159 



and corpuscles, relative amount, 



159 

 constituents, 170 

 salted, 223 

 plasma-poor, 180 

 platelets, 159, 207, 208, 214 

 fate, 208 



methods of examination, 208 

 origin, 208 



physical characteristics, 207 

 policemen, 204 

 pressure, 354 



arterial, auscultation method of 

 recording, 368 



cardiac variations, 377 



