584 



INDEX. 



Albuminoids, digestion of, in the stomach. 297 



enumeration of, 577 



nutritive value of, "-'77, 349 



properties of, 579 



protection of proteids by, '■'>l'.< 



tryptic digestion of, 304 

 Albuminous glands, 216 

 Albumins, properties of, 577 

 Albumose injections, effect of, on blood, coagu- 



lation, 62 

 Alcaptonuria, 570 

 Alcohol, absorption of, in the stomach, 313 



amy I. 539 



cerotyl, 540 



cetyl, 540 



ethyl. 535 



melicyl, 540 



nutritive value of, 358 



physiological action of, 357, 535 



propyl. 536, 538 



toxic effects of, 359 

 Alcoholic fermentation, 535 

 Alcohols, monatomic, 531 

 Aldehydes, general properties of, 534 

 Aldoso. 561 

 Alimentary canal, movements of, 369 



principles, 276 

 Allantoic, 555 



Alloxunc bases, 338, 339, 552 

 Altitude, effect of, on the number of red cor- 

 puscles, 46 

 Alveolar air, composition of, 413 



capacity, 427 



tension of carbon-dioxide, 413 

 of oxygen, 413 

 Alveolus, glandular, definition of, 212 

 Amido-acetic acid, 537 

 Amido-acids, properties of, 538 

 Amines, definition of, 541 

 Ammonia, inhalation of, 440 



occurrence of, 511 



origin of, in the body, 511 



properties of, 511 

 Ammoniacal fermentation of urine, 512 

 Ammonium carbamate, 548 



carbonate, 523 



cyanate, 542 



magnesium phosphate, 527 

 Amniotic fluid, inhibitory eflect of, on respira- 

 tion, 464 

 Amoeboid movement of leucocytes, 48 

 Ampho-peptone, definition of, 293 

 Ainygdalin, fermentative decomposition of, 542 

 Amy] alcohol, 539 

 Amylodezl rin, 566 

 Amyloid, 578 



Amylolytic enzyme of gastric juice in the dog, 

 296 

 of succns entei icns, 308 

 of the liver, 330 



enzymes, definition of, 280 

 action of. in I lie bod v, 2*5 

 Amylopsin, 232, 280 



action of, on starch. 566 



digestive action of, 305 



■ mi in rence of, 304 



properties of, 305 

 Anabolism, definition of, 19 

 A usesthetics, effect of, on body-temperature, 472 

 Animal foods, composition of, 278 



heat, 167 

 source of, 17 1 

 Annulus Vieussens, L59 

 Antalbumid, 293 

 Antilytic secretion, 230 

 Antimony poisoning, 5] I 

 Anti-peptone, definition <>f, 293 



Anti-peptone, nature of, 302 

 Antiperistalsis, intestinal, 383 

 of the stomach, 379 



Antrum pylori, 377 

 Apex beat, 117 



preparation of the frog's heart, 188 



ventricular, rhythmicity of, 151 

 Apncea, definition of, 440 



foetal, 164 



phenomena of, 441 



relation of vagi to, 442 

 Apomorphia, action of, 389 

 Arabinose, 562 

 Arginin, 552 

 Argon of the blood, 417 

 Aromatic compounds m urine, 572 



metabolism of, 568, 569 

 Arsenic poisoning, 514 

 Arterial blood-pressure, explanation of, 92 



pulse, cause of, 93 

 definition, 139 

 extinction of, 94 

 Arteries, coronary, 179 



elongation of, 14(1 



rate of flow in, 101 

 Artificial respiration, circulatory effects of, 453 



methods of maintaining, 446 

 Asparagin, 558 

 Aspartic acid, 557 

 Asphyxia, 441 



circulatory changes in, 445 



efl'ects of, on the blood-vessels, 202 

 on the respiratory rhythm, 425 



stages of, 445 

 Aspiration of the thorax, influence of, on the 

 circulation, 77, 95 

 on the lymph-flow, 147 

 on venous circulation, 77, 95 

 Assimilation, general characteristics of, 19 

 Associated respiratory movements, 408 

 Asymmetrical carbon atom, definition of, 545 

 Atelectasis, 396 



Atmospheric air, composition of, 410, 413 

 Atrophv of the heart after section of the vagi, 



167 

 Atropin, action of, on salivary glands, 222, 229 

 on sweat glands, 260 



eflect of, on body-temperature, 472 

 Augmentor centre of the heart, 177 



nerves of the heart, 161, lt>7 

 Auricles, connection of, 135 



degree of emptying, in systole, 138 



functions of, 135 



influence of, on venous blood-flow, 136 



negative pressure in the, 137, 138 



systolic changes in the, 115 

 Auricular pressure, 135, 137 



systole, duration of, 124, 136 



eflect of, on venous blood-flow, 138 

 on ventricular tilling, 137 

 Auriculo-ventricular valves, 108 

 Auscultation, 118 

 Axilla, temperature in the, 468 



Bacterial decomposition in the intestines, 



309 

 Banting diet. :i.">:: 

 Barometric pressures, effect of, on respiration, 



434 

 Bartholin, duct of, '.'17 

 Basophiles, 47 



Baths, influence of, on body-temperature, 471 

 Beckmann's apparatus, 68 

 Beef-tea, physiological action of, 359 

 I leer. 535 

 Beeswax, 540 

 Benzoic acid. 340, 569 



