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Index. 



Anti-peptone, 127 



Aorta, pressure in, 57 

 Apncea, 90 



Arteries. See Circulation 

 Arterial pressure, 64 

 Asphyxia, 90 

 Astigmatism, "299 

 Auditory canal, 316 



centre, 283 



nerve, 316 

 Augmentation in nerve centres, 271 

 Auricles of heart, 48 

 Automatism in nerve centres, 270 

 Automatic action, 270 



Benzoic acid, 12, 203, 316 



Bile, 159 



Bile acids, 13, 162 



action on food, 164 



analysis of, 159, 160 



pigments, 161 



quantity of, 163 



reaction of, 159, 164 



salts of, 159, 162 



secretion of, 163 



specific gravity of, 159 



in urine, 213 



use of. 163 

 Bilirubin, 161 

 Biliverdin, 161 

 Birth, 391 

 Bladder, urinary, 210 



gall, 159, 163 

 Blastodermic membrane, 382 

 Blind spot, 304 

 Blood, 24 



analysis of, 44 



arterial, 40 



buffy coat, 36 



changes in, during respiration, 83 



circulation of, 51 



coagulation of, 35 



compared with lymph, 178 



composition of, 25, 44 



corpuscles, 28, 33 



distribution of, 42 



effect on respiratory centre, 92 



extractives of, 40 



fibrin in, 37 



ferment, 38 



gases of, 12 



haemoglobin in, 29, 30 



laky, 29 



liquor sanguinis, 26 



physical characters of, 24 



plasma, -Jii 



plasma, carbonic acid in, 88 



plates, 85 



pressure, 57, • > I 



proteios of, 26 



Blood, quantity of, 12 



salts of, 40 



serum, 26 



sugar in, 165 



in urine, 21 1 



velocity of, 68 



venous. 40 

 Bloodvessels, 62. See Circulation 



influence of nerves on, 71 



tension in, t',." 

 Body, composition of, 1, 221 



metabolic processes in. 226 

 Brain, circulation in, 7 ; !, 28*4 



comparative weight of. 282 



ventricles of, _' s 1 



See Nervous System 

 Breathing. See Respiration 

 Butter, formation of. 394 

 Butyric acid, 121 



Caecum, 14.">, 146 



digestion in. 1 16-148 

 Calcium in urine, 205, 218 

 Calorimeter, 237 

 Canter, physiology of, 338 

 Carbo-hydrates, classification of. 14 

 Carbo-hydrates, formation of fat from. 

 229 



source of energy. 165, 167 

 Carbolic acid, 17, 151, 203, 211 

 Carbon in the body, 1 

 Carbonates in body, 22 

 Carbonic acid in the air, :■:; 

 Carbonic acid in blond plasma, S8 



diffusion of. from blood. 89 



in expired air, 93 

 Caitilago nictitans, 311 

 Casein, action of rennin upon, 126, ; ;'-' 1 

 Cellulose, 16, 129 



digestion of, 16, 129, 1 16, 149, 

 150 

 Cellular-tissue, absorption from, I s 1 

 Centre ano-spinal, 275 



cardio accelerator, 27'.' 



cardio-inhibitory, 279 



cilio-spinal. 27 1 



for coughing, 278 



for defiecation, 157 



for dilating the pupil, 277 



for erection, 27." 



genito-spinal, 275 



tor heat, 288 



auditory, 283 



olfactory, 288 

 parturition, 275 

 respiratory, 277 



swallowing, 277 

 for sweating, 27'.* 

 tactile, 288 

 < f taste, 288 



