INDEX. 



1027 



Brain-weight, influence of social environment 



on, 721 



interpretation of, 720 

 of criminals, 722 

 of different races, 722 



variations in, according to age, sex and stat- 

 ure, 718, 719, 720 

 Brain-weight and weight of the pia and fluid, 



716 



of the spinal cord, 715-724 

 Breathing. See Respiration. 



nasal, value of, 517 

 Bromine, 953 

 " Buffy coat," 353 



Bulbus arteriosus, action on the, from vagus ex- 

 citation, 455 

 Bulimia, 846 

 Butyl compounds, 98 



CADAVERIN, 986 

 Caffein, 996 

 Calcium, 967 



carbonates, 968 



chloride, 967 



detection of, 968 



fluoride, 967 



in the body, 969 



phosphates, 967 



sulphate, 967 



Calorie, or heat unit, 584, 948 

 Calorimeter, Keichert's, 586 

 Calorimeters, classes of, 585 

 Cane-sugar, 218, 247, 1006 



chemical action of invertin on, 220 



inversion of, 257 



relation of, to glycogen-formation, 267, 268 

 Capillaries, blood-flow of the, 377, 379 



blood in the, movement of, 371 



blood-pressure of the, 376 



blood-speed in the, 393 



calibre of the, 371, 376 



characters of the, 371 



of the lungs, 504 



red corpuscles of the, behavior of, 373 

 deformity of, 373 



"systemic," 369 

 Capillary, structure of the, histological, 372 



systemic, time spent by the blood in a, 395 

 Capsules, suprarenal, removal of the, symptoms 



preceding death from, 210 

 Carbamate of ammonia, derivation of urea from, 



275, 276 

 Carbamide, 991 

 Carbohydrates, 215, 861, 1003 



absorption of the, 257 



action of gastric juice on, 235 

 of intestinal secretion on, 247 



combustion equivalents of, 303 



effect of, on the amount of glycogen in the 

 liver, 267 



nutritive importance of, to the body, 215, 292 



oxidation of, 292 



potential energy of, determination of, 303 



production of fat by the, 291 



proper regulation of, to the tissues, essential 



to health, 269 

 Carbon, 960 



atom, asymmetric, 989 



compounds, chemistry of, 974 



dioxide, 961 



detection of, 962 



elementary, 960 



equilibrium defined, 284 



metabolism of, 962 



monoxide, 960 

 Carbonate, ammonium, 967 

 Carbonates, calcium, 968 



Carbonates, magnesium, 971 

 potassium, 964 

 sodium, 966 

 Cardiac centre, augmentor, localization of, 469 



inhibitory, localization of, 467, 468 

 cycle, defined, 396, 414 



relations in time of the main events of, 413 

 cycles, brevity and variability of each, 414 



frequency of the, 412 

 excitation-wave, 443 

 fibres, inhibitory, origin of, 468 

 " impulse," 405, 409 

 nerve-centres, 467-470 

 nerves, 450 

 Cardiogram, the, 409 

 Cardiometer, the, 398 

 Cardio-pneumatic movements, 520 

 Carnin, 998 



Caitilages of the larynx, 865 

 of Santorini, 865 

 of Wrisberg, 865 

 the arytenoid, 865 

 the cricoid, 865 

 the thyroid, 865 

 Casein, 234 

 Casein ogen, 234 

 Castration, physiological changes due to, 871, 



872, 900, 933 

 Cataleptic rigor, 145 

 Catalysis of enzymes, 220, 947 

 Cell, combustion in the, in general, 1009 

 death of the, somatic, 943 

 the, the unit of structure of living organisms, 



20 

 Cell-bodies, nerve, change in, resulting from 



stimulation, 629-633 



relation of, in the cerebral cortex, 729, 730 

 Cell-differentiation, 22, 37 

 Cell-division, 20 

 Cell-granules, 157 

 Cell-groups, localization of, in cerebral cortex, 



682-696 

 Cell-protoplasm, conductivity of, 81 



irritability of, conditions determining 



the, 65 



Cell-reproduction, asexual, 879 

 Cells, auditory, classes of, 818 

 "border," function of, 178, 179 

 capillary, 372 

 daughter-, 20 

 dineuric, defined, 607 

 embryonic, growth of, 924 

 epithelial, glomerular, influence of the, in 



urinary secretion, 193, 194 

 influence of, in the secretory processes, 154, 



155 



of resting mammary gland, 202 

 erythroblastic, of red marrow, formation of 

 red blood-corpuscles by the, 343, 344 

 ganglion-, intracardiac, 440 

 gland-, sebaceous, 197 

 goblet, secretory, 157 

 hair-, auditory, of Corti, 818, 822, 824, 825 

 hepatic, relations of the, to the ducts, 184, 185 

 mononeuric, defined, 607 

 mucous (secretory), 157 

 muscle-tissue, of alimentary canal, 307 

 nerve-, classes of, defined, 641 

 gustatory, 851 

 tactile, 853 

 vaso-motor, 488, 489 

 of Langerhans, 172 



of mucous gland, appearance of, after stimu- 

 lation, 169 



in a resting state, 169 



of pancreas, appearance of, during fasting, 174 

 during the stages of digestion, 175 



