INDEX. 343 



urine, 126. Of the action of muriatic acid on bile, 127. Of the 

 action of potash on bile, ib. Of the action of water and oxygen on 

 blood or fibre, 129. Of the oxidation of uric acid, 130. Of the ox- 

 idation of blood, 133. Of the action of water on proteine, 135. Of 

 the action of urea on lactic and benzoic acids, 143. Of oxygen and 

 uric acid on proteine, 144. Of oxygen on starch and hippuric acid, 

 ib. Of oxygen and water on proteine and starch, 145. Of oxygen 

 and water on proteine, when soda is absent, 146. Of the separation 

 of oxygen from starch, 149. Of the action of water on urea, 151. 

 Of the action of water and oxygen on caffeine or theine, asparagine, 

 and theobromine, 170. 



PROTEINE. Discovered by Mulder, 101. Its composition, 102. Pro- 

 duced alone by vegetables, ib. Is the source of all the organic 

 azotized constituents of the body, 103. Its formula, 1 16. Its rela- 

 tion to fibrine, albumen, caseine, and all the animal tissues, 120. 

 Gelatine no longer yields it, although formed from it, 123. Its re- 

 lation to bile and urine, 130. Its relation to allantoine and cho- 

 loidic acid, 134; to gelatine, 135; to hippuric acid, 143; to the 

 chief secretions and excretions, 144, 145 ; to fat, 146. Analysis of 

 proteine from the crystalline lens, from albumen, from fibrine, from 

 hair, from horn, from vegetable albumen and fibrine, from cheese, 

 297 et seq. 



PROUT. His analysis of starch, 286 ; of grape sugar from honey, ib. ; 

 of sugar of milk, 287 ; of cane sugar, 289 ; of urea, 309. His dis- 

 covery of free muriatic acid in the gastric juice, 107. On the effect 

 of fat food on the urine, 132. 



PRTJSSIC ACID. See Acid, Hydrocyanic. 



PULMONARY DISEASES. Arise from excess of oxygen, 22. Prevail in 

 winter, 23. 



PULSE. Its frequency in different animals, 281. 



PUTREFACTION. Is a process of transformation, 104. Membranes 

 very liable to it, 105. Effects of the putrefaction of green food in 

 the stomach of animals, 110. Is analogous to digestion, 114. Pu- 

 trefying animal matters cause the fermentation of sugar, 115. Is 

 checked by empyreumatics, 116, 162. 



Q. 



QUININE. Contains nitrogen, 168. Its analysis, 313. 



