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INDEX. 



Spina bifida, 961 



SPINAL canal, 26. Column, 17. Accessory 

 nerve, 252, 266. Cord, 29, 94, 235, 237, 247 ; 

 central canal of, 249 ; central gray commis- 

 sure of, 249 ; columns of, 247 ; enlargements 

 of, 248 ; functions of, 268 ; reflex action of, 

 274 ; of Vertebrata, 327 ; effect of injury of, 

 on respiration, 816 ; effect of in glycogenic 

 function, 749 ; development of, cord, 960, 

 963.' nerves (see Nerves) 



Spirometer, 819 



Spitting, 817 



Splanchnic nerves, influence on glycogenic 

 function, 749 



SPLEEN, 36, 67, 97, 733, 734. Description of, 



733. Coats of, 734. Trabeculje of, 733, 



734. Parenchyma or pulp, 734. Colored 

 cells of, 734. Ma,lpighian corpuscles, 734. 

 Arteries, 734. Veins, 734. Capillaries, 

 734. Lymphatics, 735. Nerves, 735. White 

 blood corpuscles formed in, 735. Corpuscles 

 formed in, 735. Red corpuscles disinte- 

 grated in, 735. Chemical composition, 736. 

 Variable size, 736. Probable office, 736. In 

 animals, 750. Development of, 972, 993 



Spongida, reproduction of, 935, 937 



Spongilla, 937 



Spontaneous amputation, 996. combus- 

 tion, 888. generation, 933 



Squint, 421 



Stammering, 215 



Standing, 173. at ease, 173. on one 

 leg, 173 



Stapes, 395, 968 



Starch, vegetable, 76. Action of saliva on, 

 546; of bile on, 555 ; of pancreatic juice on, 

 558; of intestinal juices on, 560. Destina- 

 tion of, in body. 902. equivalent, 903. 

 In daily food, 898 



Starch, animal. 541. Formed by hepatic cells, 

 744 



Starvation, 351, 909. In Animals, 908 



Stasis of red corpuscles of blood in inflamma- 

 tion, 706 



Statics of Human Body, 895-910 



Stature of Human Body, 896 



Steam Engine, Work of, 913, 918. Com- 

 pared to work of body, 913, 918 



Stearic acid, 75 



Stearin, 75 



Stenonian duct, 521 



Stereomonoscope, 461 



Stereoscope, 460 



Sterni fissura, 962 



Sternum, 18, 962 



Stethoscope, 647 



Stigma, 943 



Stimuli, action on the nerves, 219. Exciting 

 muscular contractility, 130. Of nervous ex- 

 citability, 218. Of the retina, 470. Of sen- 

 sation, 336. Of vital properties of animal 

 tissues, 89, 130 ; external stimuli, 90 ; in- 

 ternal stimuli, 90 ; mental stimuli, 90. Of 

 vital properties, action of, 89, 90 



Stolon, in animals, 935 



STOMACH, 36, 95. Description and structure 

 of, 506-509. Digestion seen in, 552, 553. 

 Function of, 509. Movements of, 509. Al- 

 veoli of, 524. Tubuli or glands of, 525. 

 Peptic cells of, 525. Solitary glands of, 

 626. Post-mortem digestion of, 550, 597. 

 Of Saint Martin, 526, 548, 550-553. Gases 



contained in, 563, 564. Juice of, 526. Coats 

 of, 507. Temperature of, 548. In Mammalia, 

 582,585. In Ruminantia divided into four 

 distinct cavities, 583, 584. In Birds, 586, 

 587. In Reptiles, 588. In Amphibia, 589. 

 In Fishes, 589. luMollusca, 589. In Mol- 

 luscoida. 590. In Annulosa, 590, 591. In 

 Annuloida, 591, 592. Closed sacs of, 741. 

 In animals, 582-593. Development of, 969 



Strabismus, 421 



Stridulation, 217 



Stringed instruments, 203 



Strobila, 937 



Stuttering, 215 



Subarachnoid fluid, 235 



Subcutaneous areolar tissue, 24 



Subjective sensory stimuli, 337, 366, 370, 379, 

 389, 411, 470. "Ego," 299 



Sublingual glands, 30, 521 



Subuiaxillary glands, 31, 521 



Submergence, effect of, in syncope, 854 



Succus entericus, 542 



Sucking, 500. In Mammalia, 572 



Sudoric acid, 792 



Sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands, 791 



SUGAR, 76. Grape, glucose, or dextrose, 76. 

 Inosite, 76. Lactin, or sugar of milk, 76. 

 Absorption of, by veins, 622 ; by lacteals, 

 623. From transformation of glycogen, ab- 

 sorbed by hepatic veins, 745. Average 

 quantity in liver of man and animals, 746. 

 Found in liver of animals, 746. Propor- 

 tion in different kinds of blood, 746. Trotu- 

 mer's test for, 546. Effect of covering ani- 

 mals with varnish, on formation of, 748. 

 Accumulates for hibernation, 748. In dia- 

 betes, 748, 786, 905. *In urine, 775, 786. 

 Increased or diminished by medicines, 748. 

 Increased by section of splanchnic nerves, 

 or of sympathetic in neck, 749 ; by dis- 

 turbed respiratory functions, 749 ; by irri- 

 tating floor of fourth ventricle, 282, 311, 

 749 ; by certain portion of the cerebro-spi- 

 nal axis, 749. Restrained by section of va- 

 gus nerves, or of cord, below origin of phre- 

 nic nerves, 749. Destination of, in body, 

 902 



Sulci of cerebellum, 245. of cerebrum, 240 



Sulphocyanide of potassium, of saliva, 524 



Sunstroke, 880 



Supination, 195 



Supplemental air, 818, 819, 820 



Suppuration, 706 



Suprarenal bodies, 35, 67, 97, 737. Descrip- 

 tion of, 737. Structure of, 737, 738. Func- 

 tions of, 738. In animals, 750 



Suspended respiration and animation, 852 



Sutures, 26, 154. Dentate or serrated, 154. 

 Limbous, 154. Squamous, 154. False, 154 



Swallowing, 500-506 (see Deglutition) 



Sweat, 791 (see Perspiration) 



Sweat-glands, 64, 98, 791 



Swimming of animals, 184. of man, 183 



Sympathetic' Ganglia and Nerves, functions 

 of, 305. Nerves, 34, 36 ; action on vessels, 

 309 ; section increases glycogenic function, 

 749 



Sympathetic nervous system, 235, 256. In ani- 

 mals, 328. Influence of, on secretion and 

 excretion, 755-757. In Vertebrata, 328 



Synapta, 334 



Synarthroses, or immovable joints, 154 



