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INDEX 



Ataxia, cerebellar, 611. 



Atmospheric air, 334; see also Air. 



Atonia, 607. 



Atrio-ventricular valves, 165, 166, Fig. 54. 



Atrophy, 448. 



Atropine, formation of urine and, 389. 



secretion of saliva and, 258. 

 Auditory area of cortex, 654, Fig. 293. 

 Auditory meatus, external, 494, Fig. 196. 

 Auditory nerve, 681. 



excitation of, 498 seq. 

 Auditory ossicles, 495. 

 Auditory sensations, 489. 

 Auerbach's plexus, 284, Fig. 114; 288, 687. 

 Augmentation of reflexes, 579. 

 Aurelia, osmotic relations in, 34. 

 Auricle, 161; see also Heart. 



in cardiogram, 173, Fig. 60. 



maximum pressure in, 169. 



negative pressure in, 177. 



time relations in, 173, Fig. 60. 

 Autochthonous fibers, 575. 

 Autointoxication, 295. 

 Autolytic processes, 38. 

 Automatic excitation, 52, 356, 570, 580. 

 Automatism of the heart, 185, 186. 

 Autonomic nervous system, 686. 

 Auxotonic contraction, 435, 436. 

 Avidity of two acids for a base, 338. 

 Axis cylinder processes, 559. 

 Axis of rotation of the eye, 549; 550, Fig. 



240. 



Axis, visual or optical, 513, Fig. 210; 525. 

 Axon reflex, 584, Fig. 258. 

 Axons, 559. 

 Azobacteria, 24. 



Bacillum volutans, 55. 

 Bacillus typhosus, 156. 

 Bacteria, anaerobic, 28. 



decomposition of proteids by, 250. 



in the blood, 155, 156. 



in the intestine, 295, 297. 



in the respiratory passages, 323. 



in the stomach, 247, note; 291. 



production of light by, 45. 

 Bacterium photometricum, 57, Fig. 33. 

 Bacterium phosphorescens, 29. 

 Basal ganglia of the brain, 632. 

 Basilar membrane, organ of Corti. 499; 500, 



Fig. 199. 



Bathmotropic effect of vagus, 189. 

 Beats in musical sound, 501. 

 Becquerel rays, 58. 

 Bell's doctrine, 566. 

 Benzoic acid, 378. 

 Benzoyl-glycocoll, 378, 383. 

 Bilateral movements from stimulation of 

 cortex, 640. 



Bile, 253. 



absorption of, from intestine, 273. 



antiseptic properties of, 298. 



circulation of, 273. 



composition of, 254. 



digestion after exclusion of, 296. 



discharge of, into intestine, 275, Fig. 110. 



enzymes in, 254. 



excretory products in, 254. 



influence of, on amylolytic digestion, 251. 



influence of, on tryptic digestion, 294. 



reabsorption of, from lymphatics, 275. 



secretion of, 272. 



dependence of, on blood supply, 273. 

 specific excitants of, 275. 



solubility of fatty acids in, 254, 296. 

 Bile acids, 253, 384. 

 Bile pigments, 253. 



in urine, 384. 

 Bile salts, 253, 254. 

 Biliary ducts, 275. 

 Biliary fistula, 243, 298. 

 Biliprasin, 253. 

 Bilirubin, 253. 

 Biliverdin, 253. 

 Biliverdinic acid, 254. 



Binocular field of vision, 551 ; 552, Fig. 242. 

 Birds, extirpation of cerebrum in, 622. 



extirpation of liver in, 371. 

 Birth, 697. 

 Bitter taste, 484. 

 Biuret reaction, 73. 

 Bladder, gall, 275. 



urinary, 391. 

 Blind spot, 516. 

 Blood, 147. 



amount of, in body, 148. 



amount of, supplied to different organs, 240. 



antitoxins in, 156. 



bacteriocidal action of, 15G. 



coagulation of, 147, 154, 157. 



constituents of, 147. 



constitution of, variable according to organ, 

 157. 



corpuscles of, red, 148, 150. 

 white, 153. 



cytolytic action, 156. 



distribution of, in body, 239. 



effect of condition of, on respiratory center, 

 331. 



enzymes in, 155. 



gases in, 335. 



general survey of movements of, 161. 



menstrual, 696. 



precipitins in, 156. 



quantitative composition of, 154. 



quantity of, supplied to different organs, 240. 

 reaction of, 147. 

 in urine, 384. 



