INDEX. 333 



CHYLE. When it has reached the thoracic duct, it is alkaline, and 

 contains albumen coagulable by heat, 138. 



CHYME. It is formed independently of the vital force, by a chemical 

 transformation, 105. The substance which causes this transforma- 

 tion is derived from the living membrane of the stomach, 105. 

 Chyme is acid, 138. 



CLOTHING. Warm clothing is a substitute for food to a certain ex- 

 tent, 21. Want of clothing accelerates the rate of cooling, and the 

 respirations, and thus increases the appetite, ib. 



COLD. Increases the appetite by accelerating the respiration, 21. Is 

 most judiciously employed as a remedy in cerebral inflammation, 

 249. 



CONCRETIONS. See Calculus, and Acid, Uric; also, Acid, Lithofellic. 



CONSTITUENTS, Jlzotized. Of blood : see Fibrine and Albumen. Of 

 vegetables: see Fibrine, Vegetable ; Albumen, Vegetable; Caseine, 

 Vegetable; Alkalies, Vegetable; and Caffeine. Of bile: see Acid, 

 Choleic, Cholic, and Choloidic. Of urine : see Acid, Uric ; Urea, 

 and Allantoine. 



COOLING. See Cold, and Clothing. 



COUERBE. His analysis of cholesterine, 289. 



Cow. Amount of carbon expired by the, 14. Comparison of the 

 food with the excretions of the cow, 280. 



CRUM. His analysis of cane-sugar, 289. 



CULTIVATION. Is the economy of force, 75. 



CYAMELIDE. Its formula, 268. 



CYANIC ACID. See Acid, Cyanic. 



CYANIDE OF IRON. Its remarkable properties, 257. 



CYANURIC ACID. See Acid, Cyanuric. 



D. 



DAVY. Oxygen consumed by an adult man, 271. 



DEATH. Cause of, in chronic diseases, 26. Caused in old people by 



a slight depression of temperature, 243. Definition of it, 242. 

 DEMAR<JAY. His analysis of choleic acid, choloidic acid, and taurine, 



305. Remarks on his Researches on Bile, 305. 

 DENIS. His experiments on the conversion of fibrine into albumen, 



39, 40. 

 DESPRETZ. His calculation of the heat developed in the combustion 



of carbon, 32. 

 DIABETES MELLITUS. The sugar found in the urine in this disease 



is grape sugar, and is derived from the starch of the food, 92. 



