ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



NYSTEN, on the effect of introducing oxygen into the blood, 550 ; 

 on the state of respiration during fever and other maladies, 

 1039, 1046. 



(EN u PHIS, an Egyptian priest, who taught Pythagoras the true 

 solar system, 857, note. 



OILS, theory of their viscidity and volatility, 148 to 152. 



ORFILA, on the effect of injecting alcohol into the blood, 972 ; on 

 the fatal effect of introducing iodide of potassium into the veins 

 of a dog, 978, note ; and on the influence of the liquor ammo- 

 nise, 980. 



ORGANIZATION, progress of, from the oldest geological formations 

 to the present time, 759 ; unity of, 758-59. 



ORGANIZED bodies, difference between them and inorganic com- 

 pounds, 514, 520 ; complexity of their proximate particles, 

 517. 



ORTON, Mr., on epidemic cholera, 814 to 118. 



OSTRICH, its great swiftness as a runner, 570 ; smallness of her 

 brain, and want of intelligence, 595 ; heads of mankind, Thomas 

 Moore on, 295. 



OWEN, Mr., on the agency of oxygen in incubation, 639, note ; 

 on the radical identity of the primitive vesicular tissues in 

 plants and animals, (as proved by Chantrans, Treviranus, Borey 

 St. Vincent, Raspail, and Edwards,) 759. 



OXIDE, nitrous, its mode of operation on the animal economy, 

 864-65. 



OXYGEN, its great abundance, 78 ; how it supports life, 542 ; 

 proportions of, absorbed and expired in combination with carbon, 

 538,557 ; relative quantities of, consumed by different animals, 

 563 ; erroneously regarded as the cause of vital action, 862 ; on 

 its power of supporting the life of birds, 862 ; and other 

 animals, 863. 



PALLAS, on the Mongolian Tartars, 712. 



PARADISE, the terrestrial, where situated, 731. 



PARIS, Dr., his account of Spalding's experiments on diet, 933, 

 note ; on the proportion of nourishment in fat, 932 ; on Medical 

 superstition, 963. 



PARKHURST, Dr., his etymology of the word heat or fire, 2 ; on 

 the signification of the Hebrew Aur, 737 ; on the celestial 

 fluid in its three-fold conditions of light, fire, and spirit, ope- 

 rating jointly in every effect, 740 ; on the words Jove, JEther, 

 and Al or El, 740 ; his account of the Hebrew word Eloi, 

 855 ; his etymology of the old Greek word co> to be, 856 ; on 

 the Hebrew Ruah, and the Greek words signifying soul or 

 spirit, 856. 



