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INDEX. 



Oxide, nitric, 956 



nitrous, 956 

 Oxybenzol, 1010 

 Oxycholin, 986 

 Oxygen, 944 

 absorption-capacities of tissues for, 530 



-coefficient of blood for, 523 

 compounds, 956, 958 

 effect of respiration of, 548 

 influence of, on the heartbeat, 481 

 of muscle, 150 



preparation and properties of, 945 

 reduction defined, 946 

 Oxygen and COa, diffusion of, in the lungs, 



forces concerned in, 520 

 interchange of, between the alveoli and the 



blood, 522, 525 



between the blood and tissues, 527 

 proportion of, in the blood, 519 



in room-ventilation, 547 

 quantity of, absorbed and eliminated, 518 

 tension of, 523 



volumes of, respired, 536 

 Oxygen, CO 2 , and N, absorption-coefficients of 



water for, 522 

 and other gases, compounds of haemoglobin 



with, 336 



Oxygen-dyspnoea, cause of, 550, 551 

 Oxy haemoglobin, 336 



absorption spectrum of, 339, 340 

 Oxyphiles, 345 

 Ozone, 946, 947 



PACINIAN BODIES, 836 

 Pain, 842, 843 



special nerves of, 674 

 Pains, " sympathetic" or transferred, 844 

 Pancreas, 172-176 

 anatomical relations of the, 172 

 changes during activity in the, 174 

 characters of the, 172 

 consumption of sugar by the, 293 

 removal of the, result of the, 206 

 secretion of the. See Secretion. 

 Pancreatic diabetes, 293 

 juice, action of, in the emulsification of fats, 



246 



artificial, 240 

 composition of, 238, 239 

 enzymes of, 238-244 

 amylopsin, 243 

 steapsin, 244 

 trypsin, 239 



flow of, during digestion, rapidity of, 176 

 obtaining the, methods of, 238 

 Papillae of the tongue, 851, 852 



sensitiveness of, to stimuli, 854 

 Paraffins or hydrocarbons, saturated, 975 

 Paraglobulin, 350 

 amount of, in the blood, 351 

 coagulation-temperature of, 351 

 composition and reaction of, 350, 351 

 function of, 351 

 occurrence and origin of, 351 

 Paralysis agitans, 73, 743 

 Paranuclein, 1019 

 Parapeptone, 230 

 Parathyroids, 207 

 Paraxanthin, 996 



Parotid, appearance of, after stimulation, 168 

 in a fresh state, 168 

 in a resting condition, 167 

 changes in, following stimulation, 167 

 nerve-fibres of the, 159 

 position of, 158 

 structure of, 160 

 Parturition, contractions in, uterine, 919, 920 



Parturition, date of, estimating the, 916 



mechanism of, 917-919 

 Pate de foie gras, 1002 

 Pause, respiratory, 506, 532 

 P-eresol, 1011 

 Penis, the, 887 



erection of, mechanism of, 902, 903 

 Pentamethylene-diamine, 986 

 Pentyl compounds, 983 

 Pepsin, action of, 235 

 on proteids, 219 



nature and properties of, 228 



preparations of, Briicke's method, 229 



commercial and laboratory, 228 

 Pepsin and trypsin, differences in action of, 241 

 Peptones, 232, 1018 



absorption of, from the stomach, 253 



diffusibility of, 233 



formation of, 230-232 



properties and reactions of, 232 

 Peptones and proteoses, analysis of, 233 



conversion of, into serum-albumin, 350 

 Peristalsis defined, 310 



intestinal, 320-322 



of the oesophagus in deglutition, 312 



of the stomach during digestion, 317 



of the ureters, causation, 327 

 Peroxide, phosphorus, 958 

 Perspiration, 198, 281 

 " Pettenkofer's test," 988 

 Phagocytes, 346 



Phagocytosis theory of Metsclmikoff, 346 

 Phakoscope, the, 754 

 Pharynx, deglutition in the, 311 



respiratory movements of the, 516 

 Phenol, 280, 1010 



Millon's reagent, 1011 

 Phenyl-hydroxide, 1010 

 Phonation, 874 

 Phosphate, ferric, 972 



sodium-ammonium, 967 

 Phosphates, calcium, 967 



excreted, derivation of, 959 



magnesium, 971 



of urine, 280 



potassium, 963 



sodium, 966 

 Phosphenes, 751, 777 

 Phosphorus, 957 



compounds of, with oxygen, 958 



detection of, 958 



in the body, 959 

 Phosphorus-poisoning, 957 

 Physiology defined, 17 



divisions of, 17 



special, differentiation of, from general, 29, 30 



study of, experimental methods used and pre- 

 liminary knowledge required in, 30, 31 

 Pia and fluid, weight of, 716 

 Pigments, bile. See Bile-pigments. 



urinary, relationship of haemoglobin to, 343 

 Pilocarpine, action of, upon the salivary glands 



and their secretions, 170 



Pince myographique and recording tambour, 89 

 Pinna or auricle, 807 

 Pitch, musical, 825, 826 

 Pituitary body, internal secretions of, 211 

 Placenta, the, 912 



relationship of the, to embryonic nutrition, 



914, 915 



Plant-cell assimilation, 18 

 Plant-cells, conductivity in, 84 

 Plants and animals, structural dissimilarity of, 

 17, 18 



enzymes of, 218 

 Plasma (blood-), coagulation of, 147, 148 



composition of, 347-349 



