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INDEX 



Pulse, height of wave, 437 



high tension, 443 



length of wave, 437 



palpation of, 442 



polycrotic, 442 



rate of, 442 



rhythm, 442 



tension, 443 



velocity of wave, 436 



venous, 444 



volume of, 442 

 Pulsus celer, 443 



parvus, 442 



plenus, 442 



tardus, 443 

 Pupil, 140 



dilatation, 148 



dilator of, 140 



drugs, action, 149 



sphincter of, 140, 147 

 Purin bodies, 556, 561 

 Purkiiije's cells, 125 



images, 152 

 Pyloric end of the stomach, 295 



sphincter, 316 

 Pyramidal tracts {see Spinal cord), 



194 

 Pyriforni lobe, 134 

 Pyrimidin bases, 28 

 Pyrocatechin, 564 

 Pyrrol derivatives {see Apjjendix I.) 



Quality of sounds, 553 



Racemose glands, 34 

 Radiation of heat from skin, 267 

 Radicles, organic {see Appendix I.) 

 Ranvier, nodes of, 57 

 Reaction time, cerebral, 186 



of degeneration, 66 

 Receptor spots, 306 

 Receptors, 96 



connection with central 

 nervous system, 106 



distance, 130 

 Recti muscles {see Eye) 

 Rectum, 296 

 Recurrent laryngeal nerve {see 



Nerves of larynx) 

 Red cells of blood {see Erythrocytes) 



marrow of bone, 501 



nuclei {see Cerebrum) 

 Reduced alkaline ha^matin, 490 

 Referred pain, 98 

 Reflex action, 82 et seq. 



bladder, 93 



Reflex action, fatigue, 89 



posture, 88 

 Reflexes, peripheral, 92 



visceral, 89 

 Refraction of light, 144 

 Refractive indices of media of eye, 



144 

 Refractory period of muscle, 216 

 Regeneration of nerve, 77 

 Regulation of growth and function, 



586 

 Rennet {see Rennin) 

 Renuin, 312, 321 

 Rej^roduction, 616 et seq. 

 Requirements, food, 368 et seq. 



proteins, 370 

 Reserve air, 523 

 Residual air, 523 

 Respiration, 513 e( seq. 

 artificial, 549 

 at high altitudes, 543 

 chemical regulation, 527 

 Cheyne-Stokes, 531 

 effect of, on air breathed, 537 

 effect on the blood, 538 

 external, 513 

 influence of heart's action on, 



536 

 influence on circulation, 535 

 intermediate, 545 

 internal, 547 

 mechanism of, 513 et seq. 

 movement of ribs in, 519 et seq. 

 movements in, 516 

 nervous mechanism of, 523 

 number per minute, 525 

 physiology of, 515 

 reflex control of breathing, 532 

 rhythm of, 525 

 vagus, influence on, 532 

 Respiratory calorimeter, 259 

 centre, 526 

 reflex regulation, 532 

 Respiratory interchange, extent of, 

 547 ; causes of, 539 

 movements, special, 522 

 passages, elimination of heat by, 



268 

 quotient, 258 

 Rete testis {see Testis) 

 Reticulum, 294 

 Retina, 140 



central spot, 153 

 corresponding areas on the two 



sides, 158 

 fatigue of, 154 



