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INDEX. 



Pleura, 238 



Pleurisy, 238 



Pneumogastric nerve, 293 



Poison, definition of, 116 



Polygastric muscles, 72 



PODS varolii, 289 



Popliteal artery, 204 



Pork, nutritive value of, 119 



Portal circulation, 208 



Portal vein, 150, 170, 208 



Posterior nares, 38 



Potatoes, nutritive value of, 121 



Premolars (bi-cuspids), 186 



Primitive sheath of nerves, 296 



Promition, 65 



Proteid alimentary principles, 

 117 



Proteid substances (see Albumin- 

 ous substances) 



Psychic nerve centres, 305 



Pulleys in the body, 84 



Pulmonary artery, 199, 212 



Pulmonary circulation, 192, 208 



Pulmonary veins, 199, 212 



Pulp cavity of tooth, 136 



Pulse, 222; disappearance of in 

 capillaries and veins, 226; hard 

 and soft, 223; rate of, 223 



Pupil, 321 



Pus, 179 



Pyloric orifice of stomach, 143, 

 170 



Pyloric sphincter, 144, 157, 158 



Pyramids of Malpighi, 264, 278 



Racemose (acinous) glands, 129, 

 131 



Radial artery, 202, 222 



Radius, 28, 51 



Receptive organs of the body, 

 105 



Reception and excretion, inter- 

 mediate steps between, 106 



Rectum, 149, 170 



Rectus abdominis muscle, 72 



Red blood corpuscles, composi- 

 tion of, 183; function of, 178, 

 259; of man, 177, 190; of other 

 animals, 177 



Red -marrow, 50 



Reduced haemoglobin, 210 



Reducing dislocations, 66 



Reflex centres, 308; experiments 

 showing action of, 313; use of, 

 309 



Refracting media of the eye, 325 



Renal arteries, 202, 261 



Renal secretion (urine), 266 



Renal veins, 261 



Respiration, 108; abdominal, 246; 

 chemistry of, 250; costal, 246; 

 experiments in, 248, 259; hy- 

 giene of, 245, 254; object of, 

 233 



Respiratory organs, 108; anat- 

 omy of, 233 



Respiratory sounds or murmurs, 

 245 



Retina, 317; histology of, 321 



Ribs, 26, 34; action of in respira- 

 tion, 244 



Rice, nutritive value of, 121 



Right phrenic nerve, 212 



Rotation at joints, 63 



Round ligament, 61 



Running, 89 



SACRUM, 30, 34 



Saliva, 152, chemical action of, 

 153, 171 ; influence of in diges- 

 tion, 154; uses of, 152 



Salivary glands, 140, 169 



Salt, as a constituent of the body, 

 20, importance of as food, 118 



Sarcolemma, 74 



Scapula (shoulder-blade), 27, 51 



Sciatic nerve, 299 



Sclerotic, 321 



Sebaceous glands (oil glands), 273 



Sebaceous secretion, 274 



Secretion, of gastric glands, 144, 

 156; of glands of small inlcs- 

 tine, 163; of kidneys, 266; of 

 lachrymal gland, 319; of liver, 

 150, 161 (see bile); of meibomi- 

 an follicles, 318; of pancreas, 

 159 (see Pancreatic secretion); 

 of salivary glands, 152 (see 

 Saliva); of sebaceous glands, 

 274; of sweat glands, 272 



Semicircular canals, 331 



Semilunar valves, 201, 218; dem- 

 onstration of action of, 231 



Semivowels, 341 



