ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



SABINE, Captain, on the dew point, 291. 



SAINT HILAIRE, on the unity of animal organization, 758. 



SANATORIUM, for chronic diseases of the lungs, 791. 



SANGUIFICATION, theory of, 631, 638. 



SCHEELE, confounds phlogiston with oxygen, 214. 



SCHWANN, Dr. Theodore, his experiments on incubation, 638. 



SCORSBY, on the different forms of chrystallized water, 93 ; on 

 the aurora borealis, 365, 367. 



SCOTCH, stature of, 723. 



SECRETION, how increased and diminished, 667, 668 ; indepen- 

 dent of nervous influence, 669. 



SENECA, on atmospheric electricity, 302. 



SEWELL, Mr., his experiments on a horse afflicted with locked jaw, 

 966, 977, note. 



SHAKESPEARE, on the stillness that often precedes a storm, 331 ; 

 on the music of the spheres, 472 ; on sleep, 938 ; on fat ribs 

 and lean pates, 578. 



SIBERIA, extent and population of, 695 ; stature of its inhabitants, 

 712. 



SIGMOND, Dr., his mesmeric experiments, 962. 



SINCLAIR, Sir John, on the mortality of Russia, 762. 



SKULL, relative capacity of in different races, 725. 



SLEEP, proximate cause of, 939, the specific office of, 939 ; its 

 therapeutic agency, 940 ; contrasted with exercise, 942 ; its 

 influence on respiration, 943 ; on perspiration, 943 ; on the 

 action of the heart, 944, 945 ; experiments of Dr. Knox, 945 ; 

 increases the temperature of the body, 945 ; of the lower 

 animals, 946 ; why diminished in old age, 947 ; how modified 

 by diet, spirits, and monotonous discourse, 947 ; by external tem- 

 perature, and by fever, 948 ; by over activity of the nervous 

 system, 948 ; by tea and coffee, 949 ; when most sound, 949 ; 

 different parts of the brain sleep in succession, 949 ; sleep 

 walking, 950 ; impaired by the intemperate use of spirits, 950; 

 why plants do not require it, 950 ; different from lethargy, or 

 the stupor of disease, 951 ; mesmeric, (owing to exhaustion of 

 the brain, by attention to the monotonous movements of the 

 operator). 



SMITH, Dr. Archibald, on the fever of cattle in South America, 

 810, note. 



SMITH, Dr. South wood, on the general dislike of important new 

 truths, 489 ; regards oxygen as the vital principle, 499 ; on 

 the sources of animal heat, 535 ; on the influence of respira- 

 tion on the blood, 538 ; on secretion and nutrition, 670 ; on 

 the excessive perspiration in gas works, 667 ; overlooks the 

 most important fact in physiology, 670, 671 ; on our ignorance 

 of fever, 1034. 



