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INDEX 



Antithrombin, 889 

 Antitoxins, 1080 



of milk, 1296 

 Aphasia, 454 

 Apnoaa, 1145 



Appetite, influence on gastric "secretion, 736 

 Aqueous humour, 516 

 Arabino.se, 61 

 Archi pallium, 416 

 Arcuate fibres, 366 

 Arginine, fate of, 810 

 Aromatic compounds, 49 



groups, metabolism of, 814 

 sulphates, 813 



in urine, 1170 

 Arteries, blood flow through, 962 



pressure in, 916 

 structure of, 915 

 Asparagine, 81 



in seedlings, 112 

 Aspartic acid, 81 

 Asphyxia, 1129 



influence on circulation, 1027 

 Assimilation, 2, 25 



by cells, mechanism of, 24 

 relation of nucleus to, 31 

 Associated fibres of brain, 424 

 Association processes in brain, 451 

 Asthma, 1099 

 Astigmatism, 538 



radial, 532 

 Ataxia, 346 

 Auditory ossicles, 602 



sensations, 611 

 Auricles, pressure in, 945 

 Auriculo-ventricular bundle, 936, 993 

 Axis cylinder, electrolytes in, 172 

 Axon, 295, 301, 309 



-reflexes, 323, 475 



' BAHNTJNG,' 305 

 Basal metabolism, 675 

 Batteries, electrical, 186 

 Beats (sound), 613 

 Benzene derivatives, 49 

 Bidwell's experiment, 572 

 Bile, 759-763 



composition of, 760 

 digestive functions of, 762 

 secretion of, 762 

 Binocular vision, 588-594 

 Biogen molecule, 20 

 Biophore, 20 

 Biuret reaction, 92 

 Bladder, functions of, 1206 



in spinal animal, 332 

 innervation of, 1211 

 in man, after transection of cord, 337 

 Blindness, 577 

 Blindspot, 549 

 Blood, 853-912 



characters of, 854 

 circulation of, 913-1060 

 coagulation of, 882 

 conductivity of, 906 

 -corpuscles, 854 



destruction of, 1085 

 numeration of, 901 

 haemolysis of, 23 

 red, 861 



Blood corpuscles, red, life history of, 874 



white, 856 

 functions of, 34 

 gases of, 1103 

 general composition of, 907 

 osmotic pressure of, 906 

 oxygen capacity of, 901 

 -pigment of cephalopods, 44 

 -plasma, absorption of, 891 

 collection of, 882 

 composition of, 909 

 properties of, 885 

 protein of, 909 

 relative amount of, 900 

 -platelets, 879 



in coagulation, 887 

 -pressure, 916 



dependence on heart output, 



929 



diastolic, 919 

 in different vessels, 922 

 distribution of, 919 

 effect of asphyxia on, 1027 

 of spinal centres on, 



1032 

 influence on heart, 1023 



of capacity on, 927 

 measurement of, 916 



in man, 920 

 in spinal shock, 331 

 systolic, 919 

 venous, 922 

 quantity of, 897 

 reaction of, 904 

 regeneration of, 874 

 serum, composition of, 910 



proteins of, 910 

 specific gravity of, 903 

 tension of gases in, 1107 

 velocity of, 931 



methods of measuring, 932 

 -vessels, chemical control of, 1045 

 nervous control of, 1025 

 tone of, 1033 



-volume, estimation of, 897 

 Body, material basis of, 36-120 

 Bone, composition of, 105 

 Brain. See Cerebral hemispheres, 

 chemical composition of, 58 

 development of, 360 

 nerve cells of, 426 



path of motor impulses in, 389, 422 

 -pressure, 464 

 -stem, conduction in, 381 



descending tracts of, 389 

 functions of, 390-394 

 structure of, 360-394 

 tracts of, 384 

 structure of, 416 

 vertebrate, comparative structure of, 



363 



Broca'a convolution, 454 

 Bronchi, innervation of, 1096 

 Brown-Sequard paralysis, 359 

 Bulbo-spinal animal, 391 

 Burch's experiment, 573 

 Butyric fermentation, 119 



CAFFEINE, 101 

 Calcium, 43 



