INDEX 



ABSORPTION OP FATS, 784 



of foodstuffs, 779 

 intestinal, 779 

 through membranes, 131 

 from tissues, 1068 

 Acapnia, 1151 

 Accelerator nerves, 470 

 Accessory food substances, 693 

 Accommodation, amplitude of, 527 



effect of drugs on, 52 8 



of old age on, 528 

 of eye, 496, 524 

 in birds, 504 

 innervation of, 527 

 in man, 504 

 mechanism of, 526 

 spasm of, 538 

 theories of, 524 

 Acetone in urine, 1173 

 Acid albumin, 96 



intoxication, 810 

 Acidosis, 810 

 Acids, organic, 48 

 Acroodextrine, 68 

 Acrose, 62 



Acrylic acid series, 54 

 Activity associated with disintegration, 4 

 Adaptation, 5, 177 



dark, 556 

 sensory, 483 

 visual, 508, 570 

 Addison's disease, 1234 

 Adenine, 100 

 Adrenaline, 51 



action of, 1234 



on heart, 1020 

 on nerve endings, 278 

 on pupil, 509 

 influence of, 1046 

 in muscular exercise, 1055 

 production of glycosuria by, 840 

 Adsorption, 145 



by protein, 72 

 JSrotonometer, 1107 

 Afferent impulses, 345 

 After image, 567 



cause of, 574 

 fate of, 570 

 utility of, 574 

 Alanine, 80 

 Albumin, crystallisation of, 73 



in plants, 44 

 Albuminoids, 104 

 Albumins, 95 

 Alcaptonuria, 814 

 Alcohol as food, 702 

 Alcohols, 46 



Aldehydes, 47 



Aldol condensation, 118 



Aldoses, 60 



Aleurone crystals, 72 



Alexia, 456 



Allantoin, 822 



' All or none ' law, 205 



Alveolar air, analysis of, 1101 



Amboceptor, 1085 



Amines, 49 



formation from amino -acids, 76, 154 

 Amino-acetic acid, 80 

 Amino-acids, 48, 75-95 



action of bacteria on, 76 

 aromatic, 83 

 containing sulphur, 85 

 conversion into sugar, 845 

 into urea, 803 

 distribution in albumoids, 106 



in proteins, 89 

 energy value of, 805 

 fate after absorption, 795 

 formation of, 154 



in plants, 37 

 heterocyclic, 84 

 intestinal absorption of, 793 

 linkage of, 87 

 optical activity of, 78 

 pancreatic digestion of, 750 

 properties of, 77 

 separation of, 79 

 synthesis of, 80 8 



in plant, 112 

 transformation of, 116 

 value as food, 690 

 Amino -propionic acid, 80 

 Ammonia, effects on muscle, 186 



estimation in urine, 1177 



excretion of, 809 



formation of purines from, lli> 



of urea from, 803 

 Amoeba, removal of nucleus in, 28 



structure of, 14 

 Amoeboid movements, 248 

 Amphoteric nature of amino-acids, 79 



of colloids, 147 

 Amylodextrin, 68 

 Anacrotic pulse, 971 

 Anaesthesia, 454 

 Anaesthetics, influence on peripheral nerves, 



260 



Anelectrotonus, 265 

 Anisometropia, 539 

 Anode, 187 



excitation at, 263 

 Antidromic impulses, 323, 1041 

 Antigens, 1085 



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