INDEX 



403 



Neurasthenia, 167 

 Neuritis, multiple, 348 

 Neuromuscular efficiency, 388, 

 389 



fatigue, 90, 91 



unit, 91, 92 

 Neuron, 89 

 Nitrogenous equilibrium, 323 



metabolism, 310-314 

 Nose, 278 

 Nucleus, 39 

 Nystagmus, 117 



OBESITY, 361 



control of, 362 

 Odors, 142, 143 

 Omentum, great, 179 

 Organic compounds, 25 

 Ovaries, 381, 382 

 Oxidation, 25-27 



in muscle, 78 



Oxygen, breathing, 293, 294 

 Oxy hemoglobin, 221 



PANCREAS, 204, 308, 309 

 Pancreatic juice, 204 

 Parathyroids, 377 

 Penniform muscle, 68 

 Pepsin, 200 

 Pericardium, 246 

 Peristalsis, 190, 203 

 Peritoneum, 179 

 Phagocytosis, 55 

 Phosphates in urine, 319 

 Photosynthesis, 28 

 Phrenology, 126 

 Pigeons and rice diet, 348 



decerebrate, 123 

 Pineal body, 383 

 Placenta, 242 

 Plants and animals, 30 

 Plasma, 217 

 Plethysmograph, 271 



Pneumothorax, 280 

 Portal system, 237, 238 

 Post-ganglionic fibers, 119 

 Posture and temperature, 371 

 Pre-ganglionic fibers, 119 

 Presbyopia, 153, 154 

 Pressor reaction, 274 

 Preventive medicine, 394 

 Priestley, Joseph, 28 

 Protein metabolism, 310-314 



synthesis, 31, 32 

 Protoplasm, 39 

 Psycho-reflexes, 103, 104 

 Ptomains, 357 

 Ptyalin, 189 



Pulmonary circulation, 229, 238 

 Pulse, 259 



RADIATION, 369 

 Reaction time, 105 

 Receptors, 21, 94, 136-162 

 Reciprocal innervation, 92, 93 

 Reflex time, 105 

 Reflexes, 94-105 

 Regeneration of nerve fibers, 90 

 Rennin, 199 

 Reproduction, 44 

 Resistance, synaptic, 99102 

 Respiration chamber, 326-329 

 Respiratory center, 110-112 

 Respired air, 287, 288 

 Rest, 169 

 Retina, 157-159 



and brain, 130, 131 

 Ribs, 282 



Rice, polished, 348 

 Rods and cones, 157 

 Roots, nerve, 85 



SALIVA, 188-190, 196 

 Sarcolemma, 67 

 Scurvy, 347 



