354 INDEX. 



URINARY CALCULI. See CALCULUS. 

 URIC ACID. See ACID, Uric. 



V. 



VARRENTRAPP and WILL. Their analysis of vegetable albumen, 

 294. Of sulphate of potash and caseine, 295. 



VEGETABLES. Alone produce compounds of proteine, 106. 

 Azotised constituents of, nutritious, 45 ; medicinal or poison- 

 ous, 176. Analysis of those vegetables which are used for 

 food, 285 et seq. 



VEGETATIVE LIFE. Distinguished from nervous life, 38. Pre- 

 dominates in the early stages of life, ib. Also in the female, 

 39. 



VENOUS BLOOD. See BLOOD. 



VITAL FORCE, or vitality. Definition of, 1 et 'seq. Theory of, 

 195 et seq. 



VOGEL. His analysis of gas from the abdomen of cattle after 

 excess in green food, 309. 



W. 



WATER. Is one of the two constituents of the body which con- 

 tain no nitrogen, 43. Its use as a solvent, ib. Contributes 

 to the greater part of the transformations in the body, 136, 

 140, 141, 142, 148, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 180, 181. 



WAX. On its production from honey by the bee, 301306. Its 

 analysis, 307. 



WHEAT. Contains vegetable fibrine, 46. Analysis of fibrine, 

 albumen, and gluten, from wheat, 294. 



WILL and ETTLING. Their analysis of lithofellic acid, 322. 



WINE. The wines of the south promote the formation of calcu- 

 lus, 139. But not Rhenish wines, ib. Theory of its action, 

 239, 240. 



WosKRESENSKr. His analysis of theobromine, 324. 



Y. 

 YAMS. Analysis of starch from, 297. 



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