GENERAL IXDEX. 



531 



Deglutition, analysis of, i. 376 

 apncea, i. 1 12 

 centre for, i. .'!?? 

 explanation of, i. 375 

 nervous regulation of, i. 376 

 Deiters, cells of, in the organ of L'orti, ii. 377 



nucleus of, ii. 238 

 Demarcation currents of injured muscle, ii. 148 

 Demilunes, i. 219 

 Dendrites, definition of, ii. 174 

 1 Repressor nerve, i. 172, 203 

 Dermal sensations, cortical area for, ii. 253 



path of conduction for, in the cord, ii. 235 

 sensibility, ana of distribution of the nerves 

 of, 231 

 Descending impulses, course of, ii. 241 

 Desiccation of nerve, ii. 59 

 Determinants of the germ-plasm, ii. 503 

 Deutero-proteose, definition of, i. 293 

 Deutoplasm of the ovum, ii. 450 



composition of, ii. 451 

 Development of nerve-cells, ii. 176' 

 Dextrose, action of, in delaving rigor mortis, ii. 

 164 

 on the heart, i. 191 

 amount of, in the blood, i. 51, 317 

 origin of, i. 563 



oxidation of. in the tissues, i. 317 

 storage of, i. 563 

 Diabetes mellitus, dextrose excreted in, i. 354, 

 563 

 fatty acids in, i. 536 

 on proteid diet, i. 329 

 phosphorus excretion in. i. 515 

 relation of the pancreas to, i. 266 

 Dialysis, definition of, i. <>5 



of soluble substances, i. 69 

 Diapedesis of maternal leucocytes into the 



foetus, ii. 476 

 Diaphoretics, effect of, on heat dissipation, i. 489 

 Diaphragm, movements of, i. 398 

 Diarthrosis, ii. 415 

 Diastase, i. 280 

 Diastatic enzymes, i. 280, 566 

 Diaxonic nerve-cells, ii. 178 

 Dicrotic pulse, i. 1 1 1 



wave of the pulse-curve, i. 143 

 Diet, accessory articles of, i.357 



average, for man, i. 366 

 Dietetics, i. 366 

 Differential manometer, i. 131 



tones, ii. 387 

 Diffusion, definition of, i. 65 



of central nerve-impulses, ii. 208 



of impulses in the cord, influences affecting, ii. 



217 

 of nerve-impulse, peripheral, ii. 218 

 of proteids, i. 70 

 through membranes, i. 66 

 Digastric muscle, i. 372; ii. 426 

 Digestion, action of alcohol on, i. 535 

 gastric, i. 287 



influence of, on respiratory exchanges, i. 431 

 intestinal, i. 299 

 in the large intestine, i. 309 

 of fats, i. 305 

 of proteids, i. 292, 301 

 of starch, i 284 

 pancreatic, i. :;<il. 3(»s 

 purpose of, i. 275 

 salivary, i 283 

 Digitalin, action of, on coagulation of muscle 

 plasma, ii. 16 1 

 on muscles, ii. HIT 

 Digitalis, action of, on nerves and muscles, ii. 60 



effect of, on the respiratory rhythm, i 125 

 Digits, supernumerary, ii. 494 



1 dioptric apparatus of t he eye. defects of, ii. 314 

 Dioptrics of the eye. ii. 300 

 I >ioptry, definition of, ii. 304 

 Dioxyacetone, i. 558 

 Dioxyphenyl-acetic acid, i. 570 

 1 diphasic current of action, i. L52 

 Direction, judgments of, by means of auditory 

 sensations, ii. 389 



of the nerve-impulse, ii. 1-1 

 Disaccharides, i. 56 1 



digestion of, i. 308 

 Disassimilation, definition of, i. l!t 

 Discord, ii. :>1 



Discriminating sensibility of the skin for pres- 

 sure, ii. :;!»-.' 

 Discriminative sensibility for difference of tem- 

 perature, ii. 397 

 Discus proligerus, ii. 450, 454 

 Diseases, inheritance of, ii. 498 

 Dispermy, ii. 471 

 Dispersion of light, ii. 316 

 Dissociation of electrolytes, i. 67 



of the axial and focal adjustments of the eye, 

 ii. 312 

 Distance, judgments of sensation by means of 

 auditory, ii. 389 



perception of, ii. 354 



visual perception of, ii. 348 

 Disuse, effect of, on muscles, ii. 77 

 i Sureties, action of, i. 254 

 Dizziness, ii. 105 



Dogs, removal of cerebrum in, ii. 267 

 Domestication, effect of, on menstruation in 



animals, ii. 160. 462 

 Dorsal nerve-roots, efferent fibres in, ii. 203 



roots, degeneration resulting from section of, 

 ii. 227 



spinal nerve-roots, number of fibres of, ii. 230 

 Dreams, ii. 293 

 Drinking-water, i. 504 

 Dropsy, i. 147 

 Drowning, phenomena of, i. 445 



resuscital ion from, i. 1 15 

 Drugs, action of, on body-temperature, i. 472 

 on salivary glands, i. 222, 229 

 on sweat-glands, i. -jilil 

 on thermogenesis, i. 18 1 

 on thermolysis, i. 189 

 Du Bois-Eeymond's key, ii. 30 



law of st iinulat ion. ii. .".-.' 



theory of currents of rest, ii. 148 

 Duct of Bartholin, i. 217 



of Rivinus, i. 217 



of Stenson, i. 217 



of Wharton, i. '.'17 



of Wirsung, i. 231 

 Ductus cochlearis, structure of. ii. :;7l 



endol vmphal icus. ii. ,",7-'! 

 venosus of t he embryo, ii. I7n' 

 Duration of electric currents, effeel of. mi their 



irritating power, ii. 16 



Dynamic equilibrium, organs of, ii. L07 



Dyslysin. i. 511 



Dyspepsia accompanying the climacteric, ii. 



I'M) 



cause of, i. 309 

 I >\ spncea, definition of. i. l li 

 effeel of, on t he iris, ii. 32 I 



on intest inal \ ements, i. 386 



phenomena of, i. 1 1 1 



varieties of. i. 1 13, I 1 I 



Ea.b, analysis of composite tones by, ii. 384 

 anatomy of. ii. 362 



discriminative sensibility of, for pitch, ii. :;<, 

 lai Lgue of, ii. :;s7 

 imperfeel ion- of, ii. 3SS 



