INDEX 



283 



Induction, immediate successive, 242 

 Inductorium, 11 

 Inflammation, 174 

 Inhibition, reciprocal, 251 



of the heart, 62 



of reflexes, 101 

 Innervation, reciprocal, 245 



of salivary glands, 226 

 Intestines, movements of, 236 

 Irritability of smooth muscle, 42 

 Isometric contraction, 27 

 Isotonic contraction, 25 



Judgment of space and depth, 178 

 Jugular pulse curve, 95 



Katelectrotonus in nerve, 51 

 Kathodal contractions in the heart, 55 

 Kidney volume, change in due to 

 asphyxia, 205 



change in due to splanchnic stimu- 

 lation, 203 



Knee jerk, 105, 240, 249, 256 

 Kymograph, rapid, 23 



slow moving, 16 



Harvard. 26 



Latent period of muscle contraction 



voluntary muscle, 24 



smooth muscle, 43 

 Lens, attachment of, 154 

 "Light reflex", 167 

 Load and work, 31 

 Localization cerebral, 243 

 Long-sightedness, 151 

 Lymph flow, influences of 



circulatory changes on, 218 



lymphagogues on, 220 



Macula lutea, 163 



Maximal and minimal stimulation, 17 



Measurement of blood flow calori 



metric method, 210 

 Mechanical stimulation, 16 

 Membrane, semi-permeable, 263 

 Metabolism in nerve, 56 

 Middle ear, 186 

 Monocular vision, 180 

 Movements of intestine, 236 

 Muscle contractions, apparatus for 



recording, 16 

 sense, 197 



Muscles of the frog's leg, 21 

 Musical sound waves, 184 

 Myopia, 151 



Near point, 155 



Nerve, conduction of, in both direc- 

 tions, 46 

 Nerve-muscle preparation, 14 



as a rheoscope, 40 

 Nervous control of heart beat, 62 



impulse velocity of, 48 

 Nicotine, effect of, on heart, 65 

 Nodal point, 144 



Oesophagus, movements of, 236 

 Oncometer, use of, 202 

 Ophthalmoscope, use of, 158 



by direct method, 160 



by indirect method, 161 

 Optics, physiological, 139 

 Osmasis, 264 

 Overtones, 185 

 Oxidation in the body, 90 

 Oxygen, percentage of, equivalent to 



nitrogen in expired air, 277 



Pain, sense of, 196 



Pale muscle fibres, 38 



Palpebral reflex, 104 



Pancreatic secretion, control of, 228 



Parotid gland, fistula of, 231 



Peptone, influence of, on lymph flow, 



221 

 Perfusion of the frog, 76 



of excised mammalian heart, 206 



turtle heart, 69 

 Physical basis of sound, 182 

 Pigeon, decerebrate, 253 

 Pinna reflex, 248 

 Pitch, 182 

 Pithing, 15 



Pituitrin, influence on lymph flow, 221 

 Plants, responses of, 271 

 Plasmolysis, 259 

 Polyshygmograph, 93 

 Posterior columns of spinal cord, stim- 

 ulation of, 256 

 Postural tonus, reflex, 250 

 Potassium ions, action of, on cardiac 

 muscle, 62 



influence of, on mammalian heart, 



209 



Preliminary technique, 9 

 Preparation of cat and dog for experi- 

 mental study, 79 



of rabbit, 87 

 Primary circuit, 10 

 Principal axis, 143 

 Propagation of pulse wave, 93 

 Protoplasm properties, 258 



chemistry, 261 



