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INDEX. 



Ampullae of the semicircular canals, 

 732 



Amylolytic action of saliva, 317 



Anabolic changes of living substance, 39 



Anacrotic pulse, usually pathological, 

 230, 236 



Anaemia, lessened number of red corpus- 

 cles in, 33; respiration impeded by, 

 510 



Anelectronus, 113; its relation to irrita- 

 bility, 117 



" Animal starch," 574 



Animals, cold-blooded, temperature of, 

 641; warm-blooded, temperature of, 

 641 



Annulus of Vieussens, 247, 253-256 



Anode, the, 57 



Aorta, proportion of sectional area of 

 capillaries to the, 151 ; comparative 

 blood-pressure in, 193, 203-210, 236. 



Aortic valves, 189, 207 



Aphasia, connection of, with cortical 

 lesion, 76<5, 769; phenomena of, 770 



Apnoea, how produced, 489, 490 



Aqueous humour, 972 



Area, cortical motor, in dog, 740; in 

 monkey, 744; in anthropoid ape, 748; 

 in man, 764; mode of action in, 769; 

 for movements of the eyes, 7SK); for 

 speech, 766, 1084; for movements of 

 larynx, 1084; for respiratory move- 

 ments, 1084 



, cortical, for vision, 791 ; for smell, 



794 ; for cutaneous sensations, 799 



, diabetic, 575; visual, 889; tactile, 



1010 



Aristotle, experiment of, 1069 



Arterial pressure, 155; see also Blood, 

 pressure of ; tracings of, 158, 159, 168, 

 169; heart-beat in inverse ratio to, 

 261; as affected by tonic contraction, 

 264; by quantity of blood, 297; by 

 exercise, 304; vaso-motor action on, 

 275, 276, 283 



scheme, model of, 167 ; tone, 264 



Arterialization, effect of deficient, 509 



Arteries, effect of ligature on, 28, 154; 

 elasticity and contractility of, 151, 166, 

 245; pulse in, 153, 161, 180; changes 

 of calibre in, 221, 262 ; supply of vaso- 

 motor nerves to, 262, 275; effect on 

 blood-pressure of their contractility, 

 276 ; as affected by age, 299, 1152 ; of 

 the brain, 827; of the eye, 969; renal, 

 r>J5; renal, in amphibia, 533; radial, 

 273-276; umbilical, 1124; umbilical, 

 venous blood in the, 1125; helicine, in 

 erectile tissue, 1116 



Artificial pulse, tracings of, 168, 223 



Arytenoid cartilages, 1076 



Ash of muscle, salts in, 93; of nerves, 

 salts in, 106 



Asphyxia, phenomena of, 485, 491 ; in- 

 creased peristaltic action in, 386 



Astigmatism, 871 



Ataxy, locomotor, 807 



Atrophy, acute, of liver, decrease of urea 

 in, 594 



Atropin, cardiac inhibition counteracted 

 by, 257 ; salivary secretion arrested by, 

 338, 351 ; its action on sweating, 556, 

 557; its effect on the pupil, 807; on 

 accommodation, 868 



Auditory sensations, 998 ; impulses, 1007 ; 

 auditory epithelium, structure, 1013; 

 auditory hairs, 1009 



Aura, forms of, preceding epileptiform 

 attacks, 795 



Automatic action, 146, 711 



Axis-cylinder process, in nerve cells of 

 spinal cord, 143 



Babe, the, composition of as compared 

 with adult, 1144; digestive processes 

 of, 1146 ; nervous system of the, 1148 



Bacteria, ingestiou of by white corpus- 

 cles, 44; results of their presence in 

 alimentary canal, 361, 393 



Bacterium photometricum, its reaction 

 towards light, 921 



Banting, his method of reducing fatness, 

 669 



Basis, molecular, of chyle, 403 



Bat, the gastric glands of, 346 



Beats, in musical sounds, 1005 



Beehive, temperature of, 641 



Bidder's ganglia in heart of frog, 243 



Bile, characters and composition, 354 ; 

 secretion of, 366, 367 ; action on food, 

 357 ; on fats, 392 ; antagonistic to 

 peptic action, 358, 393; storage of in 

 gall-bladder, 367 ; resorption of under 

 pressure, 370; osmotic passage of fat 

 facilitated by, 417; relation of to for- 

 mation of urea, 589; foetal secretion 

 of, 1130 



Bile-acids, theiT formation, 586 



Bile pigmenU, 36, A56, 581; salts, 356 



Bilin, its composition, 3. r >7 



Bilirubin, its relations with hrematin, 34, 

 584 ; composition of, 356 ; formation of, 

 586 



Biliverdin, its composition, 356 



Birth, changes of the lungs at, 427; 

 changes of circulation at, 1134 



Bladder, muscles of, r>4"> 



Blastodermic vesicle, 1123 



Blind spot of retina. !M6 



Blindness, total and partial, 788 



Blood, the, 13-50; an internal medium of 

 interchange, 13, 149: clotting of, 15- 

 30; circumstances affecting clotting, 

 20; causes of clotting, 26; its relation 

 to vascular walls, 27, 2!4; corpuscles 



