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fever, 983 ; on modern theories of temperament, 986 ; his 

 theory of fever, 1035, note ; his theory of periodicity in fever, 

 1050 ; on the bad effects of bleeding in pneumonia, 1097. 



CUVIER, Baron, his definition of life, 503 ; on the muscular 

 power of fishes, 580 ; on the source of muscular contractility, 

 592 ; regards nutrition as the greatest mystery of life, 661 

 on the generation of muscular contractility, 680. 



CURRIE, Dr. on the effects of a very cold bath, 618-19; on the 

 temperature of the human body in fever, 1 044. 



CYCLES, geological and astronomical, 26-7, 413. 



DALTON, Dr. his atomic theory, 46 ; his experiments on com- 

 bustion, 76 ; on the elastic force of steam, at different tempera-r 

 tares, 1 13, note ; on the constitution of the atmosphere, 116; 

 on attraction and repulsion, 165; on evaporation at different 

 temperatures, 289 ; on the increase of evaporation by winds, 

 292 ; on the diminution of temperature on ascending above the 

 level of the sea, 297 ; on atmospheric currents, 323 ; his im- 

 portant researches in regard to the barometer, 349, 352 ; his 

 theory of respiration, 534 ; on the amount of carbon exhaled 

 from the lungs, 557, note ; on the proportion of carbonic acid 

 in crowded assemblies, 874. 



DANIELL, Mr. on atmospheric currents, 323-7 ; on the barometer 

 352 ; diurnal variations of, 354. 



DARWIN, Dr. regarded electricity as the cause of evaporation, 

 302. 



DAUBENY, Dr. his account of an eruption of Vesuvius, 399 ; his 

 theory of volcanic action, 409. 



DAVY, Sir Humphrey, his hypothesis that heat is motion, 3 ; his 

 experiment of rubbing pieces of ice together, 11; on gravita- 

 tion, cohesion, repulsion, &c. 16, note ; discovered the present 

 method of condensing the gases, 113; liquefies sulphuretted 

 hydrogen, 120; on the repulsive power of heat, 165; his 

 electro-chemical theory, 201 ; his definition of electricity, 202 ; 

 his theory of two electric fluids, 203 ; objections to his views, 

 203, 205 ; on the vacuum of space, 3, 275 ; on the source of 

 Voltaic electricity, 378 ; his definition of flame, 448 ; his ex- 

 periments on animal heat, 538 ; his definition of life, 644 ; 

 Dr. John, his important experiments on animal heat, 548 to 

 565 inclusive ; proves that the temperature of arterial is higher 

 than that of venous blood, 549-50 ; on the influence of ex- 

 ternal temperature on the colour of the blood, 554; on the 

 sources of animal heat, 558 ; on the electric columns of the 

 torpedo, 628 ; on the sp. gr. of arterial and venous blood, 632 ; 

 on the use of the red particles, 642 ; his views of animal heat, 

 643 ; on coagulation of the blood, 647, 649, 652, 658 ; corrects 



