INDEX 



Abdominal muscles, action of, in vomiting, 

 387 

 respiratory action of, 407 



respiration, definition of, 398 

 Absorbents, 318 

 Absorption, effect of alcohol on, 535 



in the small intestine, 313 



in the stomach, 312 



mechanism of, 312 



nature of process, 27 



of fats, 317 



of gases by liquids, 414 



of proteids, 316 



of sugars, 317 



of water and salts, 318 



part played by leucocytes in, 48 



paths of, 311 



spectrum of oxyhemoglobin, 41 

 Accelerator centre, cardiac, 177 

 respiratory, 457 



nerves of the heart, 167, 168, 169 

 Accessory articles of the diet, 357 



thyroids, 268 

 Acetic acid, 536 



Acetone, relation of, to fat metabolism, 539 

 Acetonitril, 542 

 Acetonuria, 537 

 Acetyl-acetic acid, 537 

 Acetyl-propionic acid, 538 

 Achroodextrin. 285, 566 

 Acid, acetic, 536 



acetyl-acetic, 537 



acetyl-propionic, 538 



amido-acetic, 537 



amido-ethyl-sulphonic, 543 



a-amido-a-thiopropionic, 546 



aspartic, 557 



benzoic, 569 



butyric, 539 



capric, 541 



caproic, 540 



caprylic, 541 



carbamic, 548 



carbolic, 569 



carbonic, chemical structure of, 545 



choleic, 543 



cholic, 543 



chondroitic, 578 



cynurenic, 571 



diamido-acetic, 551 



o-e-diamido-caproic, 552 



diamido- valeric, ~>.->2 



dithio-diamido-ethidene lactic, 547 



fellic, 543 



formic, 534 



glutamic, 558 



glycerin phosphoric, 559 



glycuronic, 567 



hippuric, 33ft, 569 



homogentisic, 570 



hydriodic, 509 



hydrobromic, 509 



hydrochloric, 507 



hydrocumaric, 570 



Acid, hydrocyanic, 542 



hydrofluoric, 510 



iso-butyl amido-acetic, 540 



iso-valerianic, 539 



lactic, 545 



levulic, 538 



malic, 558 



mercapturic, 547 



metapliosphoric, 514 



methyl amido-acetic, 538 



monobasic fatty, 532 



nucleic, 579 



oleic, 560 



orthophosphoric, 514 



oxalic, 557 



oxaluric, 555 



oxybutyric, 548 



oxyphenyl-acetic, 570 



oxy phenyl -am ido-propionic, 570 



palmitic, 541 



parabanic, 555 



phenaceturic, 569 



phenyl-acetic, 569 



propionic, 538 



sarco-lactic, 546 



silicic, 519 



stearic, 541 



succinic, 557 



sulphuric, 506 



sulphurous, 506 



thiolactic, 547 



thvmic, 579 



uric, 322, 338, 554, 557 

 Acids, effect of, on pancreas, 236 

 Acinus, definition of, 212 

 Acromegaly, 273 



Adamkiewicz reaction for proteids, 576 

 Addison's disease, '.'71 

 Adenin, :i:«», 554 

 Adipocere, 541, 560 



Adrenal bodies, internal secretion of, 27'.' 



removal of, 271 



secretory nerves of. 272 

 Adrenal extracts, physiological action of. 271 



Afferent respiratory nerves, 460 



Age, influence of. on heal production, 182 



on pulse rate, 121 



on respiration. 125 

 relation of body temperature to. 469 

 Air, alveolar, composition of, 113 

 atmospheric, composition of, 110, 113 

 complemental, \'~. 



expired, COmpOSil Ion of. I |0 



inspired, composil ion of, l lo 



in t lie lungs, renewal of, 1 13 



passages, obsl i ucl ion of, 152 

 residual. 127 



respiratory changes In, 110 

 stationary, 127 

 suction of, into veins, 97 

 supplemental, 127 

 tidal, volume of, 126 

 variations in the composition of, 435 

 Albuminates, 577 



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