INDEX. 



563 



Facial nerve, 888. 



Fat, 257-263, 423-425. 



Fatty liver, 754. 



Fecundation of ovum, 803, 804. 



Ferments, action of, on blood, 534. 



Fertilization of ovum, 803, 804. 



Fibre, white, 189, 191. 

 yellow, 190, 192. 



Fibres, formation of, from cells, 193. 



Fibrillation, 183, 213. 



Fibrine, coagulation of, 180-187. 

 composition of, 178, 179. 

 production of, 519. 



Fibrous membranes, 188. 



Fibrous tissues, simple, 188-193. 



Fibro- Cartilage, 188, 269, 272. 



Fifth Pair, 686, 888. 



Fishes, lymphatic system in, 499 ; circulation 

 in, 558-560; respiration in, 663-667; heat 

 of, 760 ; electricity of, 771-774 ; nervous 

 centres in, 869, 870. 



Foatus, circulation in, 822-824. 



Follicles of glands, 238, 714-719. 



Follicles of Lieberkiihn, 449. 



Food, see Aliment. 



Force, abstract nature of, 18, 71. 



Forces, Physical, see Physical Forces. 



Vital, see Vital Forces ; their relation 

 to the Physical, 61. 



Gall-bladder, 478. 



Ganglion, 380. 



Gangrene, 634. 



Gases, mutual diffusion of, 650. 



Gastric fluid, properties and actions of, 468- 



472. 



conditions of its secretion, 474, 

 475. 



Gastric follicles, 469. 



Gelatinous nerve-fibres, 375. 



Gelatine, 175, 176, 264, 298; uses of, as food, 

 429. 



Gemmation, in Plants, 779; in Animals, 782. 



GENERATION, essential character of the pro- 

 cess, 780-783 ; action of the male in, 786- 

 790 ; action of the female in, 791-804. 



Geographical distribution of Animals, 133. 



distribution of Plants, 102-106. 



Germ-cells, 240, 242, 780, 783. 



Germinal membrane, 805. 

 spot, 794. 

 vesicle, 794. 



Gestation, duration of, 825, 826. 



Gills, structure of, 651, 655, 656, 663. 



Glands, essential parts of, 238, 714-719. 



Globuline, 221. 



Glosso-pharyngeal nerve, 888, 897. 



Glottis, regulation of aperture of, 976. 



Glycerine, 260. 



Glycocoll, 176, 734. 



Gout, 422, 615. 



Graafian Vesicle, 796. 



Granulation, 637. 



Gravity, influence of, on venous circulation, 

 609, 610. 



Gray nerve-fibres, 375. 



Gymnotus, 771-774. 



Haematine, 221, 222. 

 Hair, 328-330. 

 Haversian canals, 293-297. 

 Hearing, sense of, 949-954. 



Heart, action of, 568-570; sounds of, 571- 

 575 ; propulsive power of, 576-578 ; 

 frequency of contractions of, 579. 

 power of, independent of nervous 

 agency, 580 ; influenced by mental 

 emotions, 580; by state of nervous 

 system, 581. 

 first development of, in embryo, 554, 



566, 814. 



Heat, amount of, developed in Insects, 123; 

 in Fishes, 760 ; in Birds, 761 ; in 

 Mammals, 761 ; in Plants, 762. 

 development of, chiefly dependent on 

 production of carbonic acid, 763, 764 ; 

 but partly on other oxidizing pro- 

 cesses, 765 ; inferior in young ani- 

 mals, 766. 

 of body, kept down by perspiration, 



745, 768. 



its influence upon vital activity in gene- 

 ral, 97, 98; upon Vegetation, 99-111 ; 

 upon Animal life, 112-141. 

 degree of, sustainable by Animals, 138- 



141 ; by Plants, 108. 

 Hemispheres, Cerebral, 912-916. 

 Hippuric acid, 730, 734. 

 j Hunger, sense of, 483-485. 

 Hybernation, 120, 121. 

 Hydra, stomach of, 443. 

 Hydrophobia, 886, 908. 

 Hypertrophy, 617, 618. 

 Hypo-glossal nerve, 888. 

 Hysteria, 741, 887, 908. 



Inanition, Chossat's experiments on, 117. 



Incubation, heat supplied in, 125-127. 



Inflammation, nature of the process, 631, 632; 

 state of the blood in, 531, 536. 



Inorganic substances in food, 438-441. 



Insalivation, 446, 451, 452. 



Insects, circulation in, 552; respiration in, 

 659, 660 ; nervous system of, 856-864 ; re- 

 flex actions of, 858-860; instinctive actions 

 of, 860, 861 ; heat of, 123. 



Instinctive actions of Man, 904. 



Intelligence, 913, 920. 



Intercellular substance, 248-253. 



Intestinal canal, structure of, 447-450; move- 

 ments of, 460, 461. 



Iris, movements of, 969. 



Irritability of Muscles, 348-363. 



Kidneys, structure of, 727, 728 ; action of, 



729-741, 755. 

 Kreatine, 735. 

 Kreatinine, 735. 



Lacteals, 494, 496, 499. 



Lactic acid, in gastric fluid, 470; in urine, 735. 



Lacunae of Bone, 290. 



Laminae dorsales, 812. 



Lancelot, 215, 251, 560, 869. 



Laryngeal nerves, 976. 



Larynx, structure and actions of, 974, 979. 



Lead-palsy, 614. 



Leucin, 170, 176. 



, laws of transmission and refraction of, 



955. 

 influence of, on vegetation, 79-92 ; on 



growth and development of animals, 



93-96. 

 emission of, by animals, 769; by man, 



770. 



