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GENERAL INDEX. 



Blapsid<e, or darkling-beetles, ii. 863. 

 Blaps mortisaga, or darkling-beetle, ii. 8G3. 

 Blastema, iv. 100. 



Blastemal formations, iv. 100. See PRODUCTS, ADVEN- 

 TITIOUS. 



Blastoderm, germ-mass, or germinal membrane, s. 4. 

 Blattirtce, or destructive cock-roaches, ii. 864. 

 Blindness, exaltation of the sense of touch in cases of, 



iv. 1178. 



Blister-flies (Cantharidae), 5i. 863. 

 BLOOD, i. 404. 



arterial blood, i. 414. 



chemical composition of the blood, i. 410. 



table of analysis of the human blood, i. 411. 



table of the solid and fluid parts of the blood, 



i.412. 

 in the human male, i. 412. 



female, i. 412. 



normal elements of, iv. 460. 

 adipose matter present in the, i. 59. 

 carbonic acid gas in the, i. 52. 

 fibrine of the blood, ii. 258. 

 action of acids and alkalies upon, ii. 258. 

 ultimate composition of fibrine, ii. 259. 



method of analysing the blood, iii. 809. 

 the serum, iii. 810. 

 the clot, iii. 810. 

 coagulation, phenomena of, i. 413. 



means of preventing the coagulation of the, iv. ICG. 

 analysis of the cruor, crassamentum, or clot of 



blood, i. 413. 

 colouring matter, haematozine or hematine, i. 411: 



ii. 503, 504. 



cause of the red colour, ii. 504. 



distribution of, mechanism for facilitating the, i. 223. 

 existence of the elements of secretions in the blood, 



iv. 459. 

 presence of urea in the blood, iv. 459. 



of uric and hippuric acid, iv. 460. 

 of kreative and lactic acid, iv. 460. 

 ultimate analysis of, ii. 504. 

 globules, or blood corpuscles, i. 404 ; iii. 222. 

 shape in different animals, i. 405. 

 size, i. 405. 

 structure, i. 408. 



table of the diameter of the globules of the blood 

 in Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, and Pisces, i. 407. 

 physical qualities of the blood, i. 404. 

 serum, i. 404.411. 



composition of serum, i. 411. 

 transfusion, operation of, i. 409. 429. 

 venous blood, i. 414. 



bile secreted from, iii. 179, 180. 

 amount of blood conveyed to the brain, iii. 704. 

 differences, chemical and physical, between arterial 



and venous blood, iv. 356. 

 free gases in the blood, iv. 358. 

 mutual actions of the blood and atmospheric air in 



respiration, iv. 361. 

 causes of the change in the colour of the blood 



iv. 365. 



analogy of milk to blood, iii. 362. 

 Galen's doctrine of the four humours of the blood, 



bilis, sanguis, atra bilis, et phlegma, iv. 935. 

 state of the, in the production of animal heat, ii. 681. 

 states of the blood in the heart after death, ii. 648. 

 phenomena of the powers moving the blood, i. 655. 

 supply of, to the joints, i. 254. 

 fatality attending the withdrawal of, in the lower 



animals, iii. 36. 

 See also CIRCULATION. 

 Blood of the lower animals. See under their respective 



headings. 



BLOOD, MORBID CONDITIONS OF THE, i. 415. 

 albumen, i. 422. 



blastemal formations, iv. 100. See PRODUCTS, AD- 

 VENTITIOUS. 

 buffy coat, i. 419. 

 coagulation, imperfect, i. 418. 

 deficiency (anaemia), i. 416. 

 different relations of the solid and fluid parts to one 



another, i. 416. 

 specific gravity of healthy and diseased blood, 



i. 416. 

 table of specific gravities under several forms 



of disease, i. 417. 

 specific gravity of the serum, i. 418. 



of the fibrine and red particles, i. 418. 

 dycrasia, iv. 801. 



excess in quantity (plethora), i. 416. 

 fibrine, alterations of the, i. 418. 

 haemorrhage, syncope from, i. 796. 

 hsematozine, or hematine, i. 422. 

 melanic deposit, iv. 116. 



chemical composition, iv. 116. 

 alteration of haematozine, iv. 117. 

 stagnation, iv. 117. 

 extravasation, iv. 117. 

 chemical action, iv. 117. 

 oil, i. 422. 



parasitical animals in the blood, f. 429. 

 polypi, i. 420. 



BLOOD, MORBID CONDITIONS OF THE continued. 

 saline constituents, in disease, i.423. 

 state of the blood in inflammation, i. 423. 

 in chlorosis, i. 428. 

 in cholera, i. 4^8. 

 in disease of the kidney, i. 426. 

 in diabetes, i. 427. 

 in fever, i. 424. 

 in jaundice, i. 425. 

 in scurvy, i. 425. 

 Blood-letting, immediate and consecutive influences of, on 



animal heat, ii. 681. 

 Bloodsuckers (Tabanidae), ii. 867. 

 Blood-vessels, experiments respecting the formation of, i. 



of glands, ii. 487, 488. 



arrangement of the minute blood-vessels of glands, ii. 

 488. 



development of new or adventitious blood-vessels, iv. 

 141. 



under the simple mucous membrane, iii. 492 



under the compound mucous membrane, iii. 493. 



of muscles, iii. 516. 



Blue-bottle fly (Musca vomitoria), pneumatic apparatus of 

 the feet of the, iii. 4 13. 



thoracic spiracle of the, iv. 1504. 

 Blushing, cause of, iii. 722 Q. 

 Boa constrictor, anatomy of the, iv. 272, el seq. 



its power of climbing, iii. 448, 



teeth of, iv. 886. 

 Boar (Sus scrofa), anatomy of the, iii. 860. See PA- 



CHYDERMATA. 



effect of castration on the growth of the tusks of the, 



ii.718. 



wild, the original of domesticated swine, ii. 1311. 

 Body of uterus, s. 625. See Uterus. 

 Boltenia, a genus of Tunicata, iv. 1188, et seq. 



characters of the genus, iv. 1188. 

 Bombus terrestris, or humble-bee, thoracic spiracle of 



the, iv. 1505. 

 Bombyx mori, or silk-worm moth, its velocity in flight, iii. 



423. 



ovum of, s. [133.] 

 processionary, economy and mode of proceeding of the, 



iii. 17. 



Bone Bone substance. See OSSEOUS TISSUE. 

 BONE (general and normal anatomy), i. 430. 

 arteries of bones, three kinds of, i. 434. 436. 

 articular portions of, i. 247. 

 chemical composition, i. 437. 

 earth of bone, i. 437. 



component parts of, i. 437. 

 earthy salts of bcne, i. 437. 



in various animals, i. 437, 438. 

 cartilage of bone, i. 437. 



proportion of earthy and animal matter, i. 437. 

 lymphatics, i. 436. 



medulla, or marrow, of bones, i. 433. 

 composition, i. 434. 

 medullary membrane, i. 434. 

 nerves of bones, i. 436. 

 organisation of bone as part of the living system, 



periosteum, i. 433. 



composition, i. 433. 

 external surface, i. 433. 

 uses, i. 433. 

 vascularity, i. 433. 

 physical properties and intimate structure of, in man, 



i. 430. 



colour, i. 430. 

 elasticity, ii. 59. 

 hardness, i. 430. 

 shape, i. 430. 

 specific gravity, i. 430. 

 veins, i. 436. 



peculiarities in other animals, i. 438. 

 Amphibia, i. 438. 

 Aves, i. 438. 

 Mammalia, i. 438. 

 Pisces, i. 438. 



cartilaginous, i. 438. 

 osseous, i. 438. 

 bones of man compared with those of the lower animals, 



iv. 12!i5 1299. 

 in infancy, i. 69. 

 in old age, i. 78. 

 formation of, as passive organs of locomotion, iii. 



413. 



See also ARTICULATION. 

 BONE (pathological conditions of), i. 438. 



diseases of the osseous system, table of, i. 439. 



Class I. Derangements of the internal functions, 



i. 439. 



atrophy, i. 443. 



fatty degeneration in a peculiar form of atro- 

 phy, iv. 97. 

 fragility, i. 441. 

 mollities, i. 442. 

 rickets, i. 440. 



Class 11. Inflammation, osteitis, i. 443. 

 adhesion, i. 444. 



