336 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Catalysts, theories of action of, 232-240 

 Catalytic action, reversibility of, 176 



specific nature of, 222-224 

 Cells, living, absorption of drugs by, 



257, 304, 331 

 action of acids, alkalis, and salts 



on, 207 

 action of antiseptics and poisons 



on, 211-213 



action of radiations on, 207 



action of sunlight on, 206 



colloids and crystalloids in, 

 300-332 



energy changes within, 1, 131, 

 132, 138-140, 170, 243, 250, 324 



influence of temperature on, 

 204-206 



labile equilibrium in, 254 

 metabolism in, 243 



osmosis in, 325-328 



- permeability of, 258, 317 



selective absorption by, 251 



structure of, 137 



secreting, intrinsic activity of, 

 249-264 



work done by, 264-269 

 Chemical energy, 142 



reactions, means of inducing, 241- 

 244 



Chlordla, 65, 104, 107 

 Chlorides, distribution in blood, 3i3 

 Chloroform, action on heart, 303 

 toxic action of, 212 

 Chlorophyll and photo-synthesis, 53-58 



as an energy transformer, 133, 139 



formation of formaldehyde from, 

 91-94 



penetration by light, 47 



spectrum of, 31 

 Chloroplasts, 24 



iron in, 53-68 

 Chlorosis, 56 



Chromatoplasts, yellow, 56 

 Cladothrix, iron in, 66 

 Cohesion, molecular, 167 

 Colloids, absorption of gases by, 23 7 



equilibrium with crystalloids, 300- 

 332 



inorganic, photo-synthesis by, 38- 

 52, 79-83 



properties of, 10, 11, 12 

 Conductivity of living matter, 133 

 Coniferin, action of emulsion on, 222 

 Coniiine, poisonous action of, 313 

 Contractility of living matter, 133 

 Copper glycocoll, 307 



Copper salts as catalysts, 83, 222 



Crystallisation from supersaturated so- 

 lutions, 235 



Crystalloids, equilibrium with colloids, 

 300-332 



Cyanophyceae, iron in, 60 



Daphnin, action of emulsion on, 222 

 Dew, nitrates and nitrites in, 72-77 

 Dextrose. See Glucose 

 Diastase, action on starch, 189 

 Diet, adaptation of secretion to, 298 

 Digestive glands, periodicity of, 15 

 work of, 296 



secretion, effects of food on, 296-299 

 Diseases, infectious, 221 



Drugs, absorption by cells, 257, 304, 

 331 



antagonistic action of, 319 

 Duodenum, secretion induced by acid 



in, 286, 289 

 Dyes, concentration in fabrics, 309 



Echinus esculentus, cell division in eggs 



of, 210 

 Egg-albumin, action of light on, 92 



of pepsin on, 200 

 Elodea, iron in, 66 



Emulsin, action of heat on, 202, 204 



action on amygdalin, 223 



on glucosides, 185, 222 

 Energy changes during secretion, 264- 



272 

 in chemical reactions, 142-163 



equilibrium, 141 



transformations in living matter, 

 125-137 



transformers, 1. 127, 129, 165, 169- 

 173, 300, 301, 324 



Enteric fever, 222 

 Enterokinase, 217-219 

 Enter omorpha compressus, 118 

 Enzymes, action of acids, alkalis, and 

 salts on, 207 



of antiseptics and poisons on, 

 211-213 



of sunlight on, 206 



attempted separation of, 225 



chemical and physical nature, 224 



coagulating, action of calcium salts 

 on, 220 



influence of temperature on, 202- 

 206 



inorganic, 225-231 



intracellular, 134 



milk-curdling, in fish, 224 



specific action of, 222-224 



synthesis of fats by, 155, 156 



theories of action of, 232-240 



velocity of reactions induced by, 

 182-201 



Equations for equilibrium reactions, 

 143-163 



for velocity of reaction, 173-181, 

 190, 194-196 



Equilibrium, effect of concentration, 

 153, 154 



labile, in living cells, 254 



points, false, 186 



