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INDEX TO VOLUME II. 



Contracture in dying muscles, 132 



in rigor mortis, L28 



in veratria poisoning, 128 



normal, 129 



of the nick muscles after cerebellar injury, 

 272 



pathological, 127, L32 



relation of, to tetanus, 117. 122, 124 

 ( 'out ractures, 127 

 Contrast, visual, 3 16 



in space perception, 352 

 Convergence of the eyes in accommodation, 311 



muscular mechanism of, 300 

 Co-ordination of the efferenl impulses in re- 

 flexes, -.'l 1 



< lopulal ion, i<>3 



( tore-conductors, 158 

 Cornea, curvature of, 303 

 Cornicnlum laryngis, 125 

 Cornutine, action of, on muscles, 137 

 Corona radiata, 454 



of the ovum, 150 

 Corpora cavernosa of the penis, 148 



striata, functions of, •-'71 

 Corpus callosum, functions of, 27<» 

 luteum, 455 



spongiosum of the penis, 448 

 Corresponding points of the retinas, 359 

 Cortex cerebri, effects of localized electrical 

 stimulation of, 241 

 electrical stimulation of. 242 

 number of nerve-cells in, 284 

 course of efferenl impulses from, 251 

 latent areas of, 261 

 Corti, cells of, 377 



organ of, structure of, 377 

 rorls of, 377 

 Cortical areas, 213 



motor, in man, 250 



size of, '.'17 



centres, 243 



motor control, crossed, 251 



multiple character of, 250 

 regions. 243 



stimulation, inhibitory effects of, 224 

 Cowper's gland, 443 

 histology of, 448 

 secret ion of, 1 16 

 Crabs, regeneration of lost parts in, 4!»6 

 Cranial nerves, afferent, 236 

 Creatin in muscle, 166 

 ( Ireal inin of muscle, 167 

 Cretinism, sporadic, 289 

 t i ic arytenoid muscle, lateral, 426 



posterior, 126 

 Cricoid cartilage, 425 

 Crico-thyroid muscles, 426 

 Criminals, weigh 1 of the brain in, 277 



< 'rista acusl ica of the semicircular canals. 373 

 Critical period of nerve.-,, 66 

 Cross-suturing of nerve-trunks, 201 



( Iruciate heat cent re, 271 

 Cupola of the cochlea. 375 

 ( 'urare, act ion of, 26 

 Current - of acl ion in muscle, L50 

 in nerves, 153 

 of rest. 1 17 



theories as to their cause, 148 

 Curve of fatigue with repeated single contrac- 

 tions, 113 

 of intensity of sleep, 294 

 of musch contraction, effect of frequent exci- 

 tation on, 1 15 

 of mnscular contractions, l 1 " 1 

 of work for muscles, 1 l" 

 Cutaneous sensations, cortical area for, 253 

 disturbance of, in disease, 103 



Cutaneous sensations, varieties of, 390 



temperature points, 398 

 Cytoplasmic changes in nerve-cells, 182 



Daniell cell, 28 



Darwin's tin cry of heredity, 501 



Death, definition of, 491 



of the tissues, 192 



somatic, 191 



theory of, 192 

 Decidua graviditatis, 461,471 



menstrualis, 458, 461 



reflex a, 172 



serotina, 172 



vera, 172 



I decidual cells, 171 



Defecation, cerebral control of, 270 



reflex character of, 213 

 Degeneration after hemisection of the spinal 

 co nl, 228 



following removal of motor cortical areas, 244 



of cut nerves, 78 



of muscle after section of its nerve, 70 



of nerve-cells, 199 



of nerve-elements. 197 



of nerves after section, 69 



reaction of, 17, 54, 7(1 

 Deglutition, action of the epiglottis in, 422 

 Deiters' cells of the organ of Corti, 377 



nucleus, 238 

 Demarcation currents of injured muscle, 148 

 Dendrites, definition of, 174 

 Dermal sensations, cortical area for. 253 



path of conduction for, in the cord, 235 



sensibility, area of distribution of the nerves 



of. 231 

 Descending impulses, course of, 244 

 Desiccation of nerve, 59 

 Determinants of the germ-plasm, 503 

 Deutoplasm of the ovary, 450 

 ovarian, composition of, 451 

 Development of nerve-cells, 176 

 Dextrose, action of, in delaying rigor mortis, 



164 

 Diapedesis of maternal leucocytes into the 



fetus, 176 

 DiaTthrosis, 115 



I >ia SOniC nerve-cells, 178 



Differential tones, 3-7 



Diffusion of central nerve-impulses, 208 

 of impulses in the cord, influences affecting, 



217 

 of nerve-impulses, peripheral, 21s 

 I ligasl lie muscle. 126 



Digitalin, action of, on coagulation of niuscle- 

 plasma, 164 

 on muscles, 137 

 Digitalis, action of, on nerve-, and muscles, 60 

 Digits, supernumerary, 194 

 Diopl lie apparatus of the eye, defects of, 314 

 Dioptric- of the eye, 300 



1 >iopt i y. definition of, 30 1 



Diphasic current of action, 152 



Direction, judgments of, by means of auditory 

 sensal ions, 389 

 of the nerve-impulse, 184 



Discord, 3-7 



Discriminating sensibility of the skin for pres- 

 sure, 392 



Discriminative sensibility for differences of tem- 

 perature, 397 



Discus proligerus, 450, 454 



Diseases, inheritance of, 498 



Dispermy, 171 



Dispersion of light. 316 

 ; Dissociation of the axial and focal adjustments 

 of the eye, 312 



