526 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Beef-tea, physiological action of. i. 359 



Beer, i. 535 



Beeswax, i. 540 



Benham's spectrum top, ii. 344 



Benzoic arid, i. 340, - — >• ii • 



Benzol, molecular constitution of, i. 56?! 



BenzopjTol, i. 571 



Bidder's ganglion, i. 1 1- 



Bile, amount secreted, i. 246, 321 



antiseptic property of, i. 326 



composition of, i. 245, 32J 



discharge of, from the gall-liladder, i. 248, 249 



fatty acids of, i. 541 



influence of. on emulsification of fats, i. 307 



mineral constituents of, i. 530 



physiological value of, i. 325 



pigments of, i. 245, 322 



relation of, to fat absorption, i. 325 



secret ion of, i. 246 



sulphur of, i. 507 

 Bile-acids, i. 245 



detection of, i. 324 



Neukomm's test for, i. 545 



occurrence of, i. 323 



origin of, i. 324 



Pettenkoi'cr- test for, i. 324, 544 



relation of, to fat absorption, i. 326 

 Bile-capillaries, i. 244 

 Bile-ducts, occlusion of, i. 249 

 Bile-pigments, i. 322 



chemical properties of, i. 574 



Gmelin's test for, i. 322, 574 



origin of, i. 45. 530 

 Bile-salts, i. 245 



chemistry of, i. 543 



circulation of, i. 544 

 Bile-secretion, normal mechanism of, i. 248 



relation of, to blood-flow in the liver, i. 247 

 Bile-vessels, motor nerves of, i. 248 

 Biliary fistula, i. 321 

 Bilicyanin, i. 571 

 Bilirubin, i. 245, 574 

 Biliverdin, i. 245. 574 

 Bilixanthin, i. 571 

 Binocular combination of colors, ii. 358 



vision, ii. 356 



illusions in. ii. 359 



rivalry of the fields of vision in. ii. 358 

 Biopbors of the germ-plasm, ii. 503 

 Birds, removal of cerebral hemispheres in, ii. 267 

 Birth, size of the child at. ii. 187 

 Birth-rate of the two sexes, ii. 483 

 Births, multiple, ii. 482 



ratio of male to female, ii. 483 

 Biuret, i. 5 1!' 

 Bladder, urinary, movements of, i. 369, 390 



vaso-motor nerves of, i. 209 

 Blastomeres, ii. 17o 

 Blind-spot. ii. 328 

 Blood, i. 33 



amount of, in the central nervous system, ii. 

 288 



changes in, during pregnancy, ii. 477 



chemical composition of, i. 50 



circulation of, i. 76 



coagulation of, i. 51 



defibrinated, i. 34 



distribution of, in the body, i. 63 



foreign, action of, on the heart, i. 192 

 ■ n- exchanges of, i . Ill 



general function of, i. •'!:; 



histological structure of, i. 33 



identification of, i. 57:; 



oxidations in, i. 123 



reaction of, i. 34, 290 



regeneration of, after hemorrhage, i. 63 



specific gravity of, i. ::i 



Blood, total quantity of, in the body, i. 63 



transfusion of, i. 64 

 Blood-corpuscles, inorganic salts of, i. 50, 530 



varieties of, i. 33 

 Blood-gases, analyses of, i. 411 



extraction of, i. 420 



tension of, i. 415 

 Blood-leucocytes, i. 17 



Blood-plasma, color of, i. 33 

 composition of, i. 51 

 inorganic salts of, i. 50 

 Blood-plates, i. 49 

 Blood-pressure, aortic, i. 91 

 capillary, i. 84, 93 



effect of the accelerator nerves on, i. 170 

 of the depressor nerves on. i. 173 

 on renal secretion, i. 253, 256 

 mean, definition of, i. 90 

 methods of measuring, i. 84, 85 

 origin of, i. 91,92 

 pulmonary, i. 91 

 respiratory changes in, i. 447 

 venous, i. 91, 94 

 Blood-serum, composition of, i. 51 

 definition of, i. 34 

 mineral constituents of, i. 530 

 osmotic pressure of, i. 68 

 Blood-supply of the central nervous svstem, ii. 

 286 

 relation of, to irritability, ii. 67 

 Bodily metabolism, estimation of, i. 343 

 movements, effect of, on lymph-flow, i. 147 

 temperature, effect of, on respiratory ex- 

 changes, i. 132 

 Body-sense area of the cortex, ii. 252, 254 

 Body-temperature, rise of, from injury to the 

 opt ic thalami. ii. 271 

 from lesions in the corpora striata, ii. 271 

 Body-weight, influence of, on heat-productiou, 

 i. 482 

 loss of, from starvation, i. 362 

 Bolometer, ii. 142 



Bones, action of muscles on, ii. 417 

 Border-cells of the gastric glands, i. 237, 238 

 Bottcher's crystals, ii. 445 

 Brain, circulation in. regulation of, ii. 287 

 curve of growth of, ii. 279 

 growth of, ii. 278 



number of nerve-elements during, ii. 280 

 relation of, to growth of the body, ii. 280 

 size of neurones (luring, ii. 281 

 metabolic activity in, ii. 288 

 vaso-motor nerves of, i. 203 

 weight of, ii. 273 

 Brain-stem, ii. 274 

 Brain-ventricles, capacity of, ii. 274 

 Brain-weight, decrease of, in old age, ii. 296 

 relation of, to insanity, ii. 278 

 to sex. ii. 27<i 



to social environment, ii. 277 

 Brain-weights of different races, ii. 278 

 Breaking contraction, point of origin of, ii. 35 

 •' Breaking " shock, ii. :;i 

 Broca's convolution, ii. 257 

 Bromelin, i. 280 

 Bromine, i. 508 

 Bronchia] capacity, i. 427 



const rictor nerves, i. p;~, 

 Broncho-dilator nerves, i. p;.~> 

 Brown-Sequard's paralysis, ii. 233 

 Brucin, action of, on end-plates, ii. 27 

 Brunner's glands, i. 243 

 Buffy coat, i. .">5 



Bulbo-cavernosus muscle, ii. 149 

 action of, in erection, ii. 464 

 Bulimia, ii. 404 

 Butvric acid, i. 539 



