INDEX. 



595 



Pulse, relation of, to body-temperature, 171 



respiratory, 96 

 Pulse-curve, 142 



Pulse-rate, diurnal variations of, 121 

 Pulse-volume of the heart, definition of, 105 

 Purin. 553 



bases, 552 



in leucocythtemia, 557 

 Putrefaction, intestinal, products of, 310 

 Putrescin, 543 

 1'yin, 579 



Pyramidalis muscle, expiratory action of, 407 

 Pyridin, 571 

 Pyrocatechin, 569 



QUADRATI lumborum, respiratory action of, 399 

 Quinine hydrochlorate, action of, on salivary 

 glands, 222 



Rarefied air, respiration of, 452 

 Eate of conduction in heart muscle, 154 

 of heart-beat, variations of, 121 

 of progress of the food in the intestines, 314 

 of respiratory movements, 425 

 of transmission of the pulse, 140 

 Reaction, influence of, on action of ptyalin, 286 

 of bile, 322 

 of blood, 34 

 of gastric juice, 288 

 of intestinal contents, 310 

 of pancreatic juice, 232, 300 

 of succus entericus, 308 

 of sweat, 342 

 of urine, 250, 334 

 Rectus abdominis, expiratory action of, 407 

 Red corpuscles, behavior of, in the capillaries, 81 

 color of, 35 

 composition of, 51 

 disintegration of, 45 

 form of, 35 

 function of, 35 

 number of, 35 

 origin of, 45, 46, 333 

 size of, 35 

 structure of, 35 



variations in the number of, 46 

 Reduction, 502 



processes in the animal body, 536 

 Reflex acceleration of the heart, 177 

 coughs, 455 

 discharge of bile, 248 

 inhibition of the heart, 172 

 secretion of gastric juice, 239 

 of pancreatic juice, 236 

 of saliva, 230 

 viiso-motor changes, 202 

 Reflexes through sympathetic ganglia, vaso- 

 motor, 200 

 Refractory period of the heart, 156, 158 

 Regeneration of blood after hemorrhage, 63 

 Rennin, 238 

 action of, on milk, 296 

 occurrence of, in gastric juice, 295 

 of the kidneys, 274 

 preparation of, 295 

 Reproduction of living matter, 18, 20 

 Reproductive organs, vaso-motor nerves of, 208 

 Residual air, definition of, 427 

 Respiration, artificial, 446 

 associated movements of, 408 

 cutaneous, 122 

 definition of, 395 

 heat dissipated in, 488 

 intensity of, 129 

 internal, 422 



nervous mechanism of, 455 

 rhythm of, 423 



Respiratory activity, conditions affecting, 429 

 centres, 455 



afferent nerves to, 459 

 conditions influencing the, 458 

 foetal, Ml 



rhythinicity of, 458 

 food-stuffs, definition of, 346 

 movements, circulatory effects of, 447 

 duration of, 424 

 effect of, on blood-pressure, 448 

 on venous circulation, 95, 96 

 frequency of, 425 

 special, 453 

 nerves, afferent, 460 



efferent. 463 

 pauses, 424 

 pressure, 408 

 quotient, 410 



during hibernation, 434 

 relation of, to the diet, 353 

 variations of, 437 

 sounds, 409 

 Resuscitation from drowning, 445 

 Rete mirabile of the Malpighian corpuscles, 249 

 Rh am nose, 562 

 Rheometer, 99 



Rhomboideus muscles, respiratory action of, 405 

 Rhythm of the respiratory movements, 423 

 Rhythmic activity of the vaso-coustrictor cen- 

 tre, 201 

 Rhythinicity of the heart, abnormal, 152 



cause of, 148 

 Ribs, respiratory movements of, 400 

 Rickets. 351!, 525 

 Right lymphatic duct, 145 

 Ringer's solution for the heart, 190 

 Riviuus, ducts of, 217 

 Roy's tonometer, 188 



Saccharose, 564 

 Saliva, composition of, 220, 283 

 mineral constituents of, 530 

 properties of, 220, 283 

 uses of, 286 

 Salivary corpuscles, 283 

 glands, 215 

 anatomy of, 217 

 histology of, 219 

 histological changes in, 226 

 nerves of, 218, 221 

 vaso-motor nerves of, 222 

 secretion, action of drugs on, 229 

 normal mechanism of, 230 

 Salkowski's reaction for cholesterin, 575 

 Sahnin, 580 

 Salt-licks, 355 



Salt solution, physiological, injection of, 64 

 Salts, absorption of. 318 

 lympbagogic act ion of, 73 



nutritive value of, 27l>. 354 

 Saponification of fats, 306, 558 

 Saprin, 543 

 Sarcin, 553 

 Sarco-lactic acid, 546 

 Sarcosin, 538 



Scaleni muscles, inspiratory action of. 401 

 Scombrin, ">^'> 



Sebaceous glands, structure <<(, 257 



secretion, composition of, 342 



function of, 258 

 physiological value of, 312 



Sebum, composil ion of, 257 



Secreting glands, electrical changes in, 231 

 histological changes in, 226 



Secret ion, anl ilytic, 230 

 biliary, 248 

 capillaries of the gastric glands, 238 



