INDEX. 



1025 



Apparatus, electric, 43-45 

 Area, visual, cortical subdivisions of, 712. 

 Areas, cortical. See Brain, 

 Arteries and heart, general changes in, 404 

 blood-speed in the, 393 



coronary, closure of the, changes in the heart- 

 beat from, 473 

 exciting cause of ventricular arrest from, 



474 



frequency and results of ventricular ar- 

 rest from, 473 

 in the dog, 471 

 terminal nature of, 472 

 great, changes in the, in the open chest, 407 

 Articulation, defined, 874 

 Articulations, the, 855 



of the auditory ossicles, 812 

 Asparagin, 1000 

 Asphyxia defined, 548 



stages of, 552, 553 

 Assimilation. See Nutrition. 

 Astigmatism, 763-765 

 Atavism, 933 

 Atropin, action of, upon the salivary glands and 



their secretions, 170 

 Auditory meatus, external, 807 

 ossicles, 810 



sensation, theory of, 824 

 Auricle a feeble force-pump, 427 

 are the venous openings into the, closed during 



its systole ? 430 



changes in the, from vagus excitation, 455 

 connections of the, 426 

 function of the, 428 

 is the, emptied by its systole ? 430 

 pressure of the systole of the, 427 



within the, negative, 429 

 Auricles, beating, changes in size of, 404, 405 



changes in the, in the open chest, 407 

 color of the, 407 



functions of the, 426. See also Heart. 

 Auricular cycle, relations of time of the, 413 

 Auscultation, inventor of, 410 

 Automatism, muscle, defined, 35 

 Axilla, temperature of the, mean, 577 

 Axis-cylinder of nerve, 36, 151 



BACTERIA, intestinal, 248-250 

 pathogenic, destruction of, by the leucocytes 



of the blood, 346 

 Basilar membrane, cochlear, 821, 824 



fibres of the, number of, 824 

 Basophiles, 345 



Baths, influence of hot and cold, on body-tem- 

 perature, 579 



Beats in notes or tones, production of, 830 

 Benzol, 1010 

 Benzopyrol, 1013 

 Bidder's ganglion, 440 

 Bile, 261 



absorption spectrum of, 262 

 analysis of, chemical, 261 

 antiseptic properties of, 266 

 circulation of the, 263 

 color of, 185, 186, 262 

 constituents of, 186, 261-265 

 bile-acids, 263 

 bile-pigments, 262 

 cholesterin, 264 

 fats, 265 

 lecithin, 265 

 nucleo-albumin, 265 

 ejection of, from the gall-bladder, process of, 



188 



normal mechanism of, 189 

 formation of, action of secretory nerve-fibres 

 upon the, 188 



65 



Bile, formation of, during the digestive process, 



189 ' 



not controlled by the nervous system, 185 

 function of, 154 



importance of, physiological, 265 

 influence of, in the emulsification of fats, 246 

 in the blood, action of the presence of, 187 

 method of obtaining, 261 

 quantity of, secreted, 186, 261 

 reaction and specific gravity of, 262 

 Bile-acids, 263, 264 



Bile-capillaries, relations of the, to the liver- 

 cells, 185 

 Bile-duct, complete occlusion of the, effect of, 



189 



Bile-ducts, lining epithelium of, relationship be- 

 tween the liver-cells and the, 185 

 Bile-pigments, 262, 1015 



Gmelin's test for, 262, 1015 

 reabsorption of, 265 

 relationship of haemoglobin to, 343 

 Bile-salts, 154 

 Bile-secretion, conditions influencing the amount 



of, 187 



digestive function of, 265 

 normal mechanism of, 189 

 quantity of, 186 

 relation of, to the blood-flow in the liver, 



187 



Bile-vessels, motor nerves of the, 188 

 Bilirubin, 262, 1015 

 Biliverdin, 262, 1015 

 Birth. See Parturition. 

 body-growth before and after, 924, 925 

 length and weight of fetal body at, 925 

 Birth-rate, relative, of the two sexes, 922, 923 

 Births, multiple, 920, 921 



periods of largest number of, 899, n. 

 Bladder, changes in size of the, from reflex 



stimulation, 329 

 contraction of the, influence of the force of, 



upon the urinary stream, 328 

 contractions of the, physiological mechanism 



of, 329 

 mechanism of the, nervous, 330 



of urinary injection into the, 327 

 movements of the, 328 

 nerve-fibres of the, sensory and motor, 330 

 nerves of the, vaso-motor, 500 

 "Blind spot," retinal, 774 

 Blood, absorption-coeflicient of, for O, 523 

 alkalinity of, degree of and test for, 332 

 ammonia carbamate of the, 276 

 appearance of, in asphyxiation, 553 

 arterial, gases of, alterations in the, 519 

 per cent, of, of various animals, 519 

 proportions of O and CO2 in, 519 

 pulmonary, color of, 519 

 speed and pressure of, compared, 393 

 bile in the, presence of, action of the, 187 

 capillary, speed and pressure of, compared, 393 

 CO2 in the, influence of the quantity of, 551 

 composition of, chemical, 347 

 gaseous, effects of, on the respiratory move- 

 ments, 548 



importance of, upon the respirations, 566 

 defibrinated, 331, 332 

 defibrination of, 352, 353 

 functions of the, '73, 331 

 gases in the, alterations in the, 519 



extraction of, 528 

 haemoglobin in, amount of, 336 

 in the body, distribution of, 360, 361 



quantity of, 360 

 in the central system, 734-736 

 " laky," 333 

 menstrual, amount of, discharged, 896 



