INDEX. 



N.B. The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. 



Aberration corrected in eye, 957. 

 Absorbent Cells, 243-245. 



Vessels, 489. 



ABSORPTION, from alimentary canal, 489, 490 ; 

 by lacteals, 243. 244 ; by 

 blood-vessels, 491-493. 

 from general and pulmonary* 



surfaces, 522, 523. 

 interstitial, by lymphatics, 502, 

 503; by blood-vessels, 502, 

 503. 



Adipose tissue, 257-263, 423-425. 

 Age, influence of, on pulse, 579 ; on nutrition, 



622-627. 



Air-cells of lungs, 676-679. 

 Albumen, 167-171. 



conversion of, into fibrine, 519. 

 Albuminous compounds of Plants, 174. 

 Albuminuria, 533, 746. 

 Algae, development and generation of, 779, 



780. 

 Aliment, sources of demand for, 406-415. 



effect of variations in supply of, 416- 



426. 

 relative value of different kinds of, 



427-441. 



necessity for mixture in, 437. 

 Allantois, formation of, 817. 

 Amnion, formation of, 816. 

 Amphioxus, see Lancelot. 

 Anterior Pyramids, 890. 

 Apoplexy, 688, 924. 

 Area germinativa, 806. 

 pellucida, 807. 

 vasculosa, 551, 813. 

 Areolar tissue, 194-196, 205. 

 Arteries, movement of Blood in, 582-588. 



elasticity of, 583 ; tonicity of, 584 ; 

 contractility of, 585, 586 ; pulsa- 

 tion of, 583, 584 ; uniform capacity 

 of, 587 ; anastomosis of, 588. 

 ARTICULATA, circulation in, 552, 553 ; respi- 

 ration in, 657-661 ; nervous system in, 

 856-863. 



Articulate speech, 981, 982. 

 Asphyxia, 628, 703-709. 

 Assimilating cells, 514, 519. 

 ASSIMILATION, 519 ; by the liver, 493. 

 Asthma, 678. 

 Atrophy, 619, 620. 

 Attention, effects,of, 935. 

 Auditory ganglia, 900. 

 nerve, 950. 



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Azotized Compounds in Plants, 174,428,429. 

 in Animals, 167-179, 



428, 429. 

 destination of, in food, 



429, 433. 



Basement membrane, 206-209. 



Batrachia, respiration of, 670, 671. 



Bile, composition and properties of, 724-726. 



uses of, in digestion, 476-479. 

 Birds, circulation in, 564, 565; respiration in, 

 672-674 ; lymphatic system in, 500 ; nerv- 

 ous centres of, 872; heat of, 761. 

 Blastodermic vesicle, 805, 806. 

 Blastema, organizable, 213. 

 Blood, composition of, 525-528; uses of seve- 

 ral constituents of, 529, 530 ; changes 

 of, in disease, 531-534. 

 corpuscles of, white, 214 ; red, 215-223. 

 coagulation of, 535. 

 buffy.coatof, 536, 537. 

 rate of movement of, 577. 

 influence of respiration on, 699-702. 

 Blushing, 603. 



Bone, structure and composition of, 287-299 ; 

 development of, 300-306 ; regeneration of, 

 307-309. 



Brunner's glands, 450, 480. 

 Buffy coat of blood, 536, 537. 

 Butyric acid, 430, 833. 



Caecum, secondary digestion in, 481. 



Canaliculi of Bone, 290. 



Cancelli of Bone, 289. 



Cancer-cells, 212, 255. 



Capillaries /movement of Blood in, 589-604 ; 



variations in its rate, 597. 

 variations in size of, 595, 603 ; 

 influence of nerves upon, 603, 

 604. 

 independent force generated in, 



598-600. 



Carbonic acid, decomposition of, by Plants, 

 79-87 ; necessity for excre- 

 tion of, 641 ; sources of, in 

 Animal bodies, 642-G48. 

 mode of its extrication, 649- 

 652 ; amount set free, 691- 

 698. 

 Cartilage, 264-273 ; multiplication of cells of, 



212 ; ossification of, 300-303. 

 Caseine, 172, 832. 

 Catamenia, 798, 799. 



