444 



INDEX 



Valves of the heart, semilunur, 216 



(see Aortic and Pulmonary) 

 Valve, ileo-caecal, 326 

 Vas deferens, 414 



deferens, ligature of, 413 

 Vasa efferentia, 414 

 Vaso-constrictor centre, 265 



centres, secondary, 266 



nerves, 264 

 Vaso-dilator centre, l>t'>r, 



nerves, 264 

 Vaso-motor centre (see Centre) 



mechanism, 262 



nerves, 263 



nerves, section of, 263 

 Vegetables, as food (see Food) 



effect of cooking, 323 



green, 321 



Veins, pressure in, 225, 246, 258, 269 

 et seq. 



umbilical (see Umbilical) 

 Vena cava, inferior (foetal), 418 



superior (foetal), 418 

 Venous pulse, 2.V. 



pulse, normal. 2.">; 

 Ventilation, 306 

 Ventricles of the heart, 211 



contraction of, 214 



left, 212 



muscular structure of, 212. 214 



pressure in. 'I'll 



right, 214 



Veratrin, effect on muscular contrac- 

 tion, ."it; 



Vermiform appendix, 326 

 Vernon on erepsin in the tissues. 



350 



Vesicular sound, 288 

 Vestibule of the ear, 132 

 Vestibular root of the eighth nerve, 



135, 162 



Vibrations, light, 119 

 Vibratories (see Consonants) 

 Vieussens, annulus of (sec Annulus) 

 Villi. chorionic, 417 



of intestine, 326 

 Vision, 102 et seq., 164 



binocular, 123 



far point of, 111 



field of, 118 



Vision, monocular, 106 et seq. 



near point of, 111 



theories of colour, 122 

 Visual centre, 128, 181 



sensation, duration of, 128 



sensation, strength of, 128 

 Vital action of endothelium of capil- 

 laries, 304 



Vital capacity of the thorax, 286 

 Vitreous humour, 107 

 Vocal cords (false and true), 308 

 Voice, 307 et seq. 



chest, 310 



falsetto, 310 

 Volition, 184 

 Voluntary actions, 88, 92 



centres, 184 

 Vomiting, 340 



centre, 341 

 Vowel sounds, 311 



WALLERIAN degeneration method, 



152 



Waste, rate of (during fasting), 373 

 Water in food-stuffs, 312 

 Weigert's method of nerve-staining, 



152 



Wheaten flour as food, 321 

 Whey albumin, 319, 336 

 Whispered speech, 310 

 White bread as food, 321 



XANTHIN, 320, 383, 398 



X rays in the examination of the 



stomach, 338 

 of the intestine, 354 



YAWNING, 286 

 Yeast, 4, 316 



ZONA granulosa, 413, 414 



pellucida, 414 



Zuntz on excretion of CO-, in the dog, 

 377 



experiments on muscle work. (J4 

 378 



and Levy, on diet, 374 

 Zymin, 7, 317 



secreting epithelium, 26 

 Zymogen, 26 



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