INDEX 



Abdominal muscles, no 

 Abducens nerve, 517 

 Abduction, 584 

 Aberration, chromatic, 557 



spherical, 556 

 Abomasum, 199 

 Absorption, 264, 281 



bands, 1 1 



by bloodvessels, 289 



by chyle vessels, 291 



by lymph vessels, 289 



by the skin, 282 



from cellular tissue, 282 



from conjunctiva, 282 



from peritoneum, 282 



from pleura, 282 



from respiratory passages, 281 



from stomach, 200, 282, 291 



from vagina, 282 



in general, 281 



intestinal, 220, 222, 278, 283, 

 291 



mechanism of, 268 



of carbohydrates, 288 



of fat, 284 



of food, 287 



of grain, 289, 290 



of hay, 287 



of oxygen, 10, 123 



of potassium iodide, 282 



of proteins, 289 



of salts, 290 



of strychnine, 282 



of water, 290 



paths of, 283 



rectal, 284 



selective power of cells, 291 

 Acapnia, 133 

 Accelerator nerves, 51 

 Accommodation, 543 

 Acetone, 262 

 Achroo-dextrin, 166, 759 

 Acid, acetic, 184, 227, 232 



aceto-acetic, 262 



albumin, 189, 755 



Acid, aspartic, 249, 255, 323, 752 



benzoic, 321, 328 



butyric, 184, 232, 358 



caproic, 359, 757 



capryhc, 227, 358, 757 



glycuronic, 340 



hippuric, 321, 327, 331, 338, 

 339 



hydrochloric 184, 186, 187, 252 



hydrolysis, 254 



lactic, 93, 136, 184, 199, 410, 

 729, 761 



oxybutyric, 262 



phosphoric, 333, 751 



propionic, 227 



sarcolactic, 136, 142, 410, 412, 

 417,418 



sodium phosphate, 325 



sulphuric, 329 



uric, 324, 325 

 Acidosis, 329 



Acids, fatty, 221, 245, 256, 312, 358, 

 752 



biliary, 242 



of stomach, 183, 187, 199 

 Acromegaly, 297 

 Adamkiewicz's reaction, 756 

 Addison's disease, 296 

 Adduction, 584 

 J Adenase, 765 

 I Adenine, 326, 755 

 ; Adenoid tissue, 266 

 Adrenal capsules, 59, 93, 296 

 Adrenalin, 59, 93, 297 

 Afferent nerves, 390, 420 

 Age, duration life in animals, 743 



horse compared with man, 743 



indicated by teeth, 740 



influence on work, 742, 746 



of famous horses, 743 



of puberty, 694 



old, 742, 746 



virility, 694, 743 

 Agglutination, 8 

 Agglutinin, 8 

 767 



