INDEX. 337 



GLOBULES of the blood are the carriers of oxygen to all parts of the 



body, 163 - 166. They contain iron, 253 et seq. 

 GLUTEN. Contains vegetable fibrine, 45. Analysis of it, 233. 

 GMELIN. On the sugar of bile, 140. 

 GOOSE. How fattened to the utmost, 91. 

 GRAMINIVORA. See Herbivora. 

 GRAPE-SUGAR. An element of respiration, 92. Is identical with 



starch sugar and diabetic sugar, 72. Its composition, 73. Its anal- 

 ysis, 286. 

 GROWTH, or increase of mass, greater in graminivora than in carniv- 



ora, 77. Depends on the blood, 38 ; and on compounds of pro- 



teine, 102. See Nutrition. 

 GUM. An element of respiration, 92. Its composition, 71. Is related 



to sugar of milk, ib. Its analysis, 287. 

 GUNDLACH. His researches on the formation cf wax from honey of 



the bee, 291. 



H. 



HAIR. Analysis of, 302. Its relation to proteine, 120. Analysis of 

 proteine from hair, 298. 



HAY. Analysis of, 288. 



HEART. Action of the, 320. 



HEPATIC DISEASES. Cause of, 22. 



HERBIVORA. Their blood derived from compounds of proteine in 

 their food, 47. But they require also for their support non-azotized 

 substances, 68. These last assist in the formation of their bile, 140 

 et seq. They retain the phosphoric acid of their food to form brain 

 and nervous matter, 77. Their urine contains very little phospho- 

 ric acid, 76. The energy of vegetative life in them is very great, 

 78. They become fat when stall-fed, 79. 



HESS. His analysis of wax, 296. 



HYBERNATING ANIMALS. Their fat disappears during the winter 

 sleep, 24. They secrete bile and urine during the same period, 60. 



HIPPURIC ACID. See Acid, Hippuric. 



HORN. Analysis of, 302. Contains proteine ; its relation to proteine, 

 120. Analysis of proteine from horn, 298. 



HORSE. Amount of carbon expired by, 14. Comparison of his food 

 with his excretions, 279. Force exerted by a horse in mechanical 

 motion compared to that exerted by a whale, 226. 



HYDROCYANIC ACID. See Acid, Hydrocyanic. 

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