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IXDEX. 



Phrenology, 427 



objections to, 428 



practical difficulties of, 428, 429 

 Pigeon, after removal of cerebrum, 421 



of cerebellum, 431 

 Placenta, 621 



comparative anatomy of, 622 



formation of, in human species, 623 



foetal tufts of, 625 



maternal sinuses of, 626 



injection of, from uterine vessels, 

 627 



function of, 628 



separation of, in delivery, 633 

 Placental circulation, 624, 628 

 Plants, vital heat of, 256 



generative apparatus of, 540 

 Plasma of the blood, 223 

 Pneumic acid, 247 

 Pneumogastric nerve, 461 



its distribution, 462 



action of, on pharynx and resopha- 



gus, 463 

 on larynx, 464 

 in formation of voice, 464 

 in respiration, 466 



effect of its division on respiratory 

 movements, 466, 467 



cause of death after division of, 470 



influence of, on oesophagus and sto- 

 mach, 473 



Pneumogastric ganglion, 461 

 POGGIALE, on glycogenic matter in but- 

 cher's meat, 205 

 Pons Varolii, 387 

 Portal blood, quantity of fibrin in, 224 



temperature of, 262 

 Portal vein, in liver, 338 



development of, 675 

 Posterior columns of spinal cord, 381 

 Primitive trace, 590 

 Production, of sugar in liver, 200 



of carbonic acid, 246 



of animal heat, 253 



of urea in blood, 343 



of infusorial animalcules, 529 



of animal and vegetable parasites, 



532 

 Proximate principles, 61 



definition of, 63 



mode of extraction, 64 



manner of their association, 65 



varying proportions of, 60 



three distinct classes of, 67 

 Proximate principles of the first class 

 (inorganic), 69 



of the second class (crystallizable 

 substances of organic origin), 79 



of the third class (organic sub- 

 stances), 95 

 Ptyaline, 124 

 Puberty, period of, 565 



signs of, in female, 570 



Pulsation, of heart, 270 . 



in living animal, 274 



of arteries, 282 

 Pupil, action of, 367, 435 



contraction of, after division of sym- 

 pathetic, 522 

 Pupillary membrane, 640 

 Putrefaction, 99 



of the urine, 358 



Pyramids, anterior, of medulla oblon- 

 gata, 384 



Quantity, daily, of water exhaled, 71 



of food, 113 



of salivaj 128 



of gastric juice, 147 



of pancreatic juice, 155 



of bile, 188 



of air used in respiration, 238 



of oxygen used in respiration, 242 



of carbonic acid exhaled, 250 



of lymph and chyle, 320 



of fluids secreted and reabsorbed, 323 



of material absorbed aiid discharged, 

 363 



of perspiration, 331 



of urine, 349 



of urea, 344 



of urate of soda, 348 

 Quantity, entire, of blood in body, 231 



Rabbit, brain of, 383 



Races of men, different capacity of, for 



civilization, 424 



Radiata, nervous system of, 373 

 Rapidity of circulation, 302 

 Reactions, of starch, 82 



of sugar, 84 



of fat, 86 



of saliva, 124, 125 



of gastric juice, 139 



of intestinal juice, 153 



of pancreatic juice, 155 



of bile, 175 



of mucus, 328 



of milk, 334 



of urine, 353 

 Reasoning powers, 425 



in animals, 444 

 Red globules of blood, 213 

 Reflex action, 374 



in centipede, 377 



of spinal cord, 408 



of medulla oblongata, 440 



of tuber annulare, 443 



of brain, 444 



of optic tubercles, 435 



in newly born infant, 688 

 Regeneration, of uterine mucous mem- 

 brane after pregnancy, 633, 634 



of walls of uterus, 635 

 REGNAULT AND REISET, on absorption of 

 oxygen, 243 



