532 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Ear, membranous labyrinth of, ii. 372 

 ossicles of, ii. 365 



sensibility of, in perception of time intervals, 

 ii. 388 

 Earth-worms, regeneration of lost parts iu, ii. 



4! Mi 

 Ecfc fistula, i. 336 

 Edestine, i. 577 



Efferenl fibres of the optic nerves, ii. 240 

 impulse in reflexes, co-ordination of, ii. 214 

 neurones of the dorsal spinal nerve-roots, ii. 

 203 

 of the spinal cord, ii. 203 

 * paths from the cortex, course of, ii. 244 



respiratory nerves, i. 163 

 Egg albumin, absortion of, i. 315 

 Ejaculation, ii. 165 

 Ejaculatory duct. ii. I IT 

 Elasticity of muscle, ii. 105 

 Elastin, i. 580 



Electric currents, correlation of their duration 

 with histological structures, ii. 47 

 effect of, duntt ion of, ii. 46 

 on muscles, ii. 61 

 on nerves, ii. 62 

 their density, ii. 41 

 galvanic, effect of, on normal human 



nerves, ii. 51 

 influence of their direction in nerves, ii. 48 



varying duration of, ii. 47 

 methods of detecting, ii. 145 

 spread of, in moist conductors, ii. 41 

 stimulating effect of, ii. 28 

 organs, ii. 145 

 Electrical changes iii active glands, i. 231 

 in the beating heart, i. 152, 153 

 in the heart during vagus stimulation, i. 



164 

 in the retina, ii. 331 

 phenomena of muscle and nerve, ii. 144 



of nerves, interpretation of, ii. 15S 

 stimulation of nerve, ii. 25 

 of nerves, law of, ii. 32 

 Electrodes, shielded, ii. 41 



varieties of, ii. 29 

 Electrolytes, definition of, i. 67 

 Electrostatic changes, stimulating action of, ii. 42 

 Electrotonic changes of conductivity, ii. 50 

 of irritability, ii. til 



in human nerves, ii. 65 

 twitch, ii. 157 

 Electrotonus, ii. 62 

 Embryo, nutrition of, ii 175 



rate of growth of, ii. 487 

 Emigration of leucocytes, i. 83 

 Emmetropia, ii. 313 

 Emmetropic eye, ii. 312 

 Emphysema, influence of, on the respiratory 



rhythm, i. 424 

 Emulsification of Eats, i. 306 



influence of the bile on, i. 307 

 Emulsions, preparation of, i. - 1< >T . 559 

 Encephala, classification of, according to weight. 



ii. 275 

 Encephalon, specific gravity of, ii. 275 



weight of, ii. 274, 275 

 End-bulbs, sensory, ii. 392 

 Endocardiac pressure. See Intracardiac pressure. 

 Endolymph, ii. 372 



End-organs, importance of, in touch sensations, 

 ii. 396 

 transmission of excitation by means of, ii. 82 

 Enemata, nutritive, i. 315 

 Energy liberated in contracting muscles, ii. 138 



potential, of foods, i. 364 

 Engelmann's theory of the nature of muscular 

 contraction, ii. 105 



Environment, influence of, on organisms, ii. 493 

 Enzyme action, theories of, i. 282 



glycolyl ic, i. 354 

 Enzymes, classification of, i. 280 



composition of, i. 279 



definition of, i. 27!i 



effect of, on blood coagulation, i. 63 



genera] properties of, i. 281 



nn.de of action of. i. 282 



of pancreatic juice, i. 232, 235, 301 



solubility of, i. 281 



Eosinophiles, i. 47 

 Epididymis, ii. 447 

 Epigenesis, theory of, ii. 500,504 

 Epiglottis, ii. 421 

 Epiguanin, i. 554 

 Epinephrin, i. 272, 572 



action of, on muscles, ii. 138 

 Episarcin, i. 554 

 Equilibrium of the body, definition of, ii. 404 



relation of the cerebellum to, ii. 273 



sense of, ii. 1<>4 

 Erect ion, ii. 464 



of t he heart, i. 114 



spinal centre for, ii. 464 

 lire, tor clitoridis muscle, ii. 464 



penis, action of, in erection, ii. 464 

 muscles, ii. 1 19 

 Hreetores spime muscles, respiratory action of, 



i. 405 

 Erythroblasts, i. 45 

 Erythrodextrin, i. 285, 566 

 Erythrose, i. 562 



Escape of the heart from vagus inhibition, i. 163 

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

 Ether, action of, on coagulation of muscle- 

 plasma, ii. 164 

 on conductivity of nerves, ii. 93 



effect of, on nerve-currents, ii. 155 



ethyl, i. 536 



vapor, action of, on nerves, ii. 60 

 Ethereal sulphates, i. 506 



of the urine, i. 572 

 Ethers, properties of, i. 536 

 Ethyl alcohol, i. 535 



El li\ la in i tie, i. 541 



Eudiometer, i. 421 

 Eupnoea, definition of, 440 

 Eustachian tube, ii. :;<;:; 



function of, ii. 369 

 Excitability, changes in, during Walleriau de- 

 generation, ii. 69 

 Excitation, cardiac, electrical variation in, i. 153 



propagat ion of, i. 153, 154 



wave, cardiac, i. 152 

 Excretin, occurrence of, in feces, i. 320 

 Excretions, definition of, i. 213 

 Exercise, effect of. on growth, ii. 489 

 on metabolism, i. 359 

 on muscular endurance, ii. 76 

 on pulse-rate, i. 121 

 Exhaustion of muscles, ii. 72 

 Expiration, forced, muscles of, i. 407 



movements id', i. 406 

 Expiratory centre, i. 157 

 Explosive consonants, ii 137 

 Extensibility of muscle, ii. 105 

 External auditory meatus, ii. 362 



ear, anatomy of. ii. 362 



rectus muscle, ii 299 

 Extirpation of the liver, i. 336 



of t in- pancreas, i. 266 



of the thyroids, i. 268 

 Extractives, nitrogenous, of muscle, ii. 166 



of t he blood, i. 50, 51 

 Ext tacts, adrenal, i. 271 



ovarian, i. 271 



