GENERAL INDEX. 



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Aiielectrotonus, ii. 62 

 Angular movements of joints, ii. 416 

 Animal foods, composition of, i. 278 

 heat, i. 467 



source of, i. 474 

 Anisotropic substance of muscle-fibres, ii. 104 

 Annulus Vieussens, i. 159 

 Anodal contraction, ii. '■',*'< 

 Anode, physical, definition of, ii. 52 

 physiological, definition of, ii. 52 

 Anosmia, ii. 411 

 Antalbumid, i. 293 

 Anterior association centre, ii. 257 



roots, recurrent sensibility of, ii. 204 

 Antilytic secretion, i. 230 

 Antimony poisoning, i. 514 

 Anti-peptone, definition of, i. 293 



nature of, i. 302 

 An ti peristalsis, intestinal, i. 383 



of the stomach, i. 379 

 Antrum pylori, i. 377 

 Apex beat, i. 117 



preparation of the frog's heart, i. 188 

 ventricular, rhythmicity of, i. 151 

 Aphasia, ii. 257 

 Apncea, definition of, i. 440 

 foetal, i. 464 

 phenomena of, i. 44 

 relation of vagi to, i. 442 

 Apomorphia, action of, i. 389 

 Apraxia, ii. 259 



Aqueous humor, index of refraction of, ii. 303 

 Arabinose, i. 562 

 Arginin, i. 552 

 Argon of the blood, i. 417 

 Aromatic compounds in urine, i. 572 



metabolism of, i. 568, 569 

 Arsenic poisoning, i. 514 

 Arterial blood-pressure, explanation of, i. 92 

 pulse, cause of, i. 93 

 definition of, i. 139 

 extinction of, i. 94 

 Arteries, calcification of, in old age, ii. 491 

 coronary, i. 179 

 elongation of, i. 140 

 rate of flow in, i. 101 

 Arthropods, segmental nervous system of, ii. 212 

 Articular cartilages, ii. 415 

 Articulation, ii. 434 

 Articulations, varieties of, ii. 414 

 Artificial circulation through the heart, ii. 69 

 through the muscles, ii. 68 

 respiration, circulatory effects of, i. 453 



methods of maintaining, i. I hi 

 stimulation of muscle compared with normal, 

 ii. 131 

 Aryepiglottic fold, ii. 422 

 Aryteno-epiglottidean muscle, ii. 426 

 Arytenoid cartilages, ii. 425 



muscle, ii. 426 

 Asexual reproduction, ii. 439 



theory of the origin of, ii. 441 

 Asparagin, i. 558 

 Aspartic acid, i. 557 

 Asphyxia, i. 411 

 circulatory changes in, i. 445 

 effects of, on the blood-vessels, i. 202 



on the respiratory rhythm, i. 125 

 stages of, i. 145 

 Aspirates, ii. 437 



Aspiration of the thorax, influence of, on the 

 circulation, i. 77. 95 

 on the lymph-flow, i. 1 17 

 on venous circulation, i. 77. 95 



Assimilation, general characteristics of, i. 19 



Associated respiratory movements, i. 408 

 Association centre, anterior, ii. 257 



Association centre, middle, ii. 257 

 posterior, ii. 257 

 cerebral, variations in, ii. 260 

 fibres and centres of the cortex, ii. 256 

 tracts, origin of, from central cells, ii. 205 

 Astasia alter removal of the cerebellum, ii. 273 

 Asthenia from removal of the cerebellum, ii. 273 

 Astigmatic accommodation, ii. 310 

 Astigmatism, ii. 317 

 detection of, ii. 319 

 irregular, ii. 319 

 Astral rays, contractility of, ii. 470 

 Asymmetrical carbon atom, definition of, i. 515 

 Atavism, ii. 195 



Ataxia after removal of the cerebellum, ii. 273 

 Atelectasis, i. 396 



Atmospheric air, composition of, i. 410, 413 

 Atonia after removal of the cerebellum, ii. 273 

 Atrophy of the heart after section of the vagi, i. 

 Iti7 

 of the nerve-cells from disuse, ii. 195 

 Atropin, action of, on accommodation, ii. 311 

 on salivary glands, i. 222, 229 

 on sweat glands, i. 260 

 on the eye, ii. 325 

 effect of. on body-temperature, i. 472 

 Attraction sphere of the ovum, ii. 449 

 Auditory area of the cortex, ii. 253 

 canal, ii. 363 



epithelium of the utricle and saccule, ii. 373 

 judgments, ii. 389 

 meatus, external, ii. 362 

 nerves, central paths of, ii. 237 

 cochlear division of, ii. 376 

 subdivision of, ii. 373 

 ossicles, ii. 365 



movements of, ii. 367 

 sensations, limits of, ii. 382 

 successive contrast in, ii. 388 

 theory of, ii. 380 

 Augmentor centre of the heart, i. 177 



nerves of the heart, i. 161, 167 

 Auricle of the external ear, ii. 362 



systolic changes in, i. L15 

 Auricles, connection of. i. 135 

 degree of emptying, in systole, i. 138 

 functions of, i. L35 



influence of, on venous blood-flow, i. 136 

 negative pressure in, i. 137, 138 

 Auricular pressure, i. 135, 137 

 systole, duration of, i. 124, 136 

 ' effect of, on venous blood-flow, i. 138 

 on ventricular tilling, i. 137 

 Auriculo-ventricular valves, i. 108 

 Auscultation, i. L18 

 Automal ism, deflnil ion of. ii. 20 

 Axilla, temperature in. i. 468 

 Axones, definition of. ii. 21. 173 

 growth in diameter of, ii. 179 

 length of, ii. 171 



|: \. ii kiai. decomposition in the intestines, i. 



309 

 Ball-and-sockel joint, ii. 1 16 



Banl ing diet, i. 353 



Barium salts, action of, on muscles, ii. 138 



Barometric pressures, effecl of, on respiration, i. 



134 

 Bartholin, duct of. i. 217 



Lilands of. ii. 162 

 Basilar membrane, structure of. ii. 377 



width of. ii. 380 

 Basophiles, i. 17 



Baths, influence of, on body-temperature, i. 471 

 Bathyasthesia, ii. 233 



Beats in musical tones, production of, ii. 386 



Beckmann's apparatus, i. 68 



