GENERAL INDEX. 



The Arabic figures refer to the paging; the Roman numerals to the Volumes j and s. to the Supplementary Volume. 



ABDOMEN (in anatomy generally), i. 1. 

 in Arachnida, 1. I. 

 in Articulata, i. 1. 

 in Vertebrata, i. 1 . 

 ABDOMEN (in human anatomy), i. 2. 

 arteries, i. 14. 



cavity, abdominal, i. 16. See CAVITY. 

 lymphatics, i. 16. 



muscles, and their aponeuroses, i. 4.* 

 nerves, i. 16. 

 distribution of the nervus vagus in the abdomen, iii. 



889. 



parietes, physiological action of abdominal, i. 16. 

 serous membrane of the. See PERITONEUM. 

 superficial fascia of, ii. 230. 



walls, and structures composing the walls, i. 2 11. 

 peritoneal investment of the walls of the abdomen, 



iii. 944. 

 veins, i. 15. 



congenital malformations, i. 508 ; iv. 950. 

 morbid conditions, i. 509. 

 Abdominal aorta, i. 181 . 189. See AORTA. 

 aneurism of the, i. 192. 

 branches of the, i. 194. 

 Abdominal artery, iv. 823. 

 Abdominal cavity ( in human anatomy ), i. 500. See 



CAVITY. 



Abdominal fasciae, s. 138. 



Abdominal plexus of sympathetic nerve, s. 428. 

 nerve, large, iv. 761. 

 small, iv. 702. 



Abdominal ring, external, i. 4,* 5. 

 internal,!. 7- 12. 

 Abdominal veins, i. 15. 

 Abducentes oculi nerves, iii. 70?. 

 Abduction, a motion of joints, i. 256. 

 Abductor minimi digiti muscle, ii. 520. 



relations and uses, ii. 520. 

 minimi digiti pedis muscle, ii. 358. 

 pollicis mantis muscle, ii. 5i9. 

 relations and uses, ii. 519. 

 pollicis pedis muscle, ii. 358. 

 Aberration of light, chromatic, iii. 335 ; iv. 1438. 1441. 



correction, iii. 335 

 spherical, iii. 334 ; iv. 1438. 1441. 

 correction, iii. 334. 

 Herschel's doublet, iii. 334. 

 Abnmmuf, reed, caillette, or fourth stomach, of Rumi- 



nantia. ii. 11; s. 537. 

 Abranchia, an order of Amphibia, i. 91, etseq. 



characters of the order, i. 91 . 

 Aborigines, causes of the tendency of, to extinction, iv. 



1341. 1365. 



Abscesses of the axilla, i. 3G2. 

 of tlie bladder, i. 397. 

 of the bones of the face, ii. 220. 

 of the cancellated structure of the tibia, iii. 13G. 

 caused by a foreign body impacted in the intestine, 



i. 187. 



cerebral, iii. 720 c. 

 chronic, of cellular tissue, i. 515. 

 of the cornea, ii. 177. 



of the fore-arm, diagnosis and treatment of, ii. 308. 

 of the ischio-rectal spaces, i. 177. 186. 

 of knee-joint, iii. 61, et seq. 

 of the liver, idiopathic, iii. 190. 



from external injury, iii. 190. 



in the loins, connected with diseased Tertebrae, i. 452. 

 lobular, iv. 1395. 

 mode of production of, iv. 1395. 

 lumhar, or psoas, i. 187. 



its resemblance to inguinal hernia by direct 



descent, ii. 760. 

 mode of cicatrisation of, i. 601. 



Abscesses continued. 



of the muscular substance of the heart, ii. 636. 



in the neck connected with diseased vertebrae, i. 452. 



simple, of the nose, iii. 738. 



of the parotid gland, iv. 430. 



of the pharynx, iii. 954. 



phlegmonous, of elbow, ii, 63. 



of the prostate gland, iv. 156. 



psoas, i. 187. 



case of, ii. 797. 



of scapular region, chronic, iv. 438. 



in scrofulous affections of the bones, i. 450, 451. 



scrofulous, of the kidney, iv. 257. 



of vagina, *. 70S. 



Absorbent system, iv. 444. See LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. 

 Absorbents in arteries, i. 224. 



of the bladder, i. 387. 



of fore-arm, ii. 362. 



of testicle, iv. 9*2. 



of the mammae, ill. 249. 



of thymus gland, iv. 1094. 

 Absorbent system of birds, i. 327. See AVES. 



absence of, in the Conchiferous Mollusca, i. C97. 

 ABSORPTION, i. 20. 



cutaneous absorption, i. 31. 



description of the absorbent system, i. 21. 



mode in which the absorbents act, i. 28. 



specific uses of the different parts of the absorbent 

 system, and the relation which that system bears to 

 the other vital functions, i. 32 



venous absorption considered, i. 24 ; iv. 1390. 

 Absorption, in animalg generally, i. 142. 



oi the earthy particles of bones, i. 444. See also 

 BONE. 



without the secretion of purulent matter (dry caries}, 



with secretion of purulent matter, i. 444. 

 ACALEPHJJ (class of Invertebrate Animals), i. 35. 108. 



circulation, i. 43. 654. 



digestion, i. 41. s. 297. 



division of the class, i. 36, 37. 



generation, i. 45 ; ii. 409 ; s. 20. 21. [129.] 



geographical distribution, i. 46. 



locomotion, i. 37. 



names and characters, i. 36. 



motility and sensation, i. 40. 



remedies for the sting of Acalephse, i. 45, note a. 



respiration, i. 44. 



secretion, i. 45. 175. 



list of Acalephae possessing the property of luminous- 

 supposed seat of the sting'ng quality possessed by many 

 of the Acalephae, iii. 201. 



absence of nervous and muscular fibre in, iii. 533. 602. 



spermatozoa in Acalephae, iv. 499. 



See also ANIMAL KINGDOM 

 Acanthias niger, skeleton of the, iii. 963. 

 Acanthocepltala, an order of Entozoa of Rudolph!, ii. 11G. 



1-27. 133. See ENTOZOA ; Sterclmintha. 

 Acanihopterygii, an order of Fishes, iii. 956. 

 Acanfhotheca, a family of Entozoa, ii. 116. See ENTOZOA. 

 Acanthoztia, spermatozoa in, iv. 499. 

 Acardia, or absence of the heart, ii, 630. 

 Acari, or mites, skin of the abdomen of, i. 201. 



digestive system, i. 202. 203 ; s. 299. 



respiratory system, i. 204, 205. 

 Acarintz, spermatozoa in, iv. 492. 

 Acarus folliculorum, iii. 730. 

 Accelerators urinae muscles, iii. 915. 929 ; iv. 125. 



action of, iv. 1255. 



Accessory glands of Gastropoda, ii. 388. See GASTERO- 

 PODA. 

 Accessory ligaments, i. 251. 



nerve, i. 731. 



