INDEX 



Aberration, chromatic, 150 



spherical, 149 



Accelerator fibres of heart, 63 

 Acceleration of heart, 63 

 Accommodation, 153 



reflex, 155 

 Acoustic reflex, 249 



Action, of CO 2 , ether and chloroform 

 on nerve, 58, 50 



of cations on cardiac muscle, 70, 62 



current, 41 



pumping, of heart, 223 

 Adrenalin, effect of, on blood vessels in 

 frog, 77 



influence of, on mammalian heart, 



209 



Adsorption, 266 

 Aesthesiometer, 194 

 After images, 174 



All-or-None principle in cardiac mus- 

 cle, 61 



in nerve and voluntary muscle, 57 

 Alveolar air, collection of, 112 

 Analysis of gases, 107 



of tetanus, 37 



Anelectrotonus in nerve, 51 

 Anodal contractions in heart, 55 

 Aqueous vapor, tension of, 277 

 Asphyxia, influence of, on blood pres- 

 sure, 201 



effect of, on kidney volume, 205 

 Astigmatism, 151 



Atropine, influence of on submaxillary 

 secretion, 227 



on heart, 65 

 A-V interval, turtle, 67 



Basis of sound, 182 



Bellows recorder, use of, 202 



Bile, secretion of, 228 



Binocular vision, 181 



Blind spot, 166 



Blood flow, measurement of, by calori- 



metric method, 210 

 Blood gas, determination, 



chemical method, 128 



pump method, 122 



Blood pressure, method of determining 

 in lower animals, 79 



measurement of, in man, 71 

 Blood pump, 122 



Blood vessels, response of, to chemical 



substances, 76 

 Bones of middle ear, 186 

 Brodie's apparatus for heart per- 



fusion, 207 

 Buffer action, 268 



Calcium ions, action of, on cardiac 

 muscle, 70 



influence of, on mammalian heart, 

 209 



influence of, on turtle heart, 70 

 Calculation of respiratory quotient, 118 

 Calorimetric method for measurement 



of blood flow, 210 

 Capillary circulation, 273 

 Carbon dioxide, action of on nerve, 50 



combining power of the alkaline 

 reserve of blood, 138 



influence of, in lowering the disso- 

 ciation curve, 137 

 Cardiac muscle, 61 

 Cardiograms, 96 

 Carotid pulse, 94 



Cations, action of, on cardiac muscle, 

 62 



influence of, on mammalian heart, 

 209 



influences of, on turtle heart, 70 

 Central nervous system, 239 

 Cells, physical chemistry, 263 

 Cerebral localization, 243 

 Cerebrum, function of 



in frog, 102 



in mammal, 243 



in pigeon, 253 

 Chemical substances, response of blood 



vessels to, 71 



Chloroform, action on nerve, 50 

 Chromatic aberration, 150 

 Ciliated cells, 45 

 Circulation, reflex control of, 199 



capillary, 273 



scheme, 74 



time, 90 

 Coagulation of muscle proteins, 39 



of blood, 91 

 Cochlea, 188 

 Cold spots, 192 

 Colloids, 263 

 Colour biindfless, 175 



vision, 170 



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