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INDEX. 



Reproduction of the Species, 20. 



Rhenish Wines. Contain so much tartar, that 

 their, use prevents the formation of uric acid 

 calculus, 49. 



Respiration. Theory of, 77 et seq. Its connexion 

 with the food and with animal heat, 14 et seq. 

 S. 



Salt, Common. Essential to the formation of 

 bile in the herbivora, and to that of gastric juice, 

 52 et seq. 



Saussure, De. His analysis of grape sugar and 

 of starch sugar, 88, of wax, 92. 



Scherer, Dr. Jos. His analysis of albumen from 

 serum of blood, 87, of fibrine of blood, 87, 

 of vegetable fibrine, 87, of vegetable caseine, 88, 

 of animal caseine, 88, of proteine from differ- 

 ent sources, 92, of albumen from white of egg, 

 92, of albumen from different sources, 94, of 

 fibrine, 94, of gelatine from different sources, 



94, of tissues containing chondrine, 95, of the 

 tunica media of arteries, 95, of horny tissues, 



95, of the lining membrane of the egg, 95, of 

 feathers, 95, of the pigmentum nigrum oculi, 

 95. Results of his researches, 42. 



Secretions. See Bile and Urine, 



Seguin. His calculation of the amount of inspired 



oxygen, 80. 



Serpents. Their excrements consist of urate of 

 ammonia, 24. The process of digestion in 

 them, 24. 



Sleep, Theory of, 68. Amount of sleep necessary 

 for the adult, the infant, and the old man, 73 et 

 seq. Induced by alcohol or wine, 71. 

 Soda. Essential to blood and bile, and derived 



from common salt, 76 et seq. 

 Sodium, Chloride of. See Salt. 

 Solanine. Contains nitrogen, 56. Its analysis, 100. 

 Starch. Exists in the food of the herbivora, 28. 

 Is convertible into sugar, 28, 29. Its relation 

 to gum and sugar, 29. Its function in food, 29 

 et seq. Amount of carbon in starch compared 

 with that in flesh, 30. Its composition com- 

 pared with that of fat, 32, 33. Is the source 

 of diabetic sugar, 35. Is an element of respi- 

 ration, 35. Dissolved by diastase, 38. Its re- 

 lation to choleic acid, 48. Its relation to the 

 principal secretions and excretions, 49, to cho- 

 loidic acid, 51, to bile, 51, 52, 53. Its analysis 

 from fifteen different plants, 88. 

 Starvation. Process of, 17. Cause of death in, 17. 

 Strecker. His analysis of starch from twelve dif- 

 ferent plants, 88. 



Sugar. Analysis of grape-sugar, 88, of sugar of 

 milk, 89, of cane sugar, 90. Is an element of 

 respiration, 35. 



Sulphur. Exists in albumen, and caseine, 21, 42. 

 Sulphuretted Hydrogen. Theory of its poison- 

 us action, 80. 



>huric Acid. See Acid, Sulphuric, 

 ply of matter. See Nutrition, 

 ply and Waste. Equilibrium between them 

 institutes the abstract state of health, 74, 75. 

 ffects of its disturbance, 75' et seq. Means 

 restoring the equilibrium, 73, 75 et seq. 



T. 



3s of the food consumed by soldiers of Ger- 

 jiy, 83. Of the food and excretions of the 

 se and cow, 86. 



ne. How produced from bile, 44. Its re- 

 on to choleic acid, 44. Its relation to uric 

 I and urea, and to allantome, 49, to uric acid 



50, to alloxan, 50, to choloidic and choleic acids, 

 and ammonia, 51, to caffeine or theine, 56, to 

 asparagine, 56, to theobromine, 57. 



Temperature. Its effects on the amount of in 

 spired oxygen, 15, and on the appetite, 15 ti 

 seq. A slight depression of temperature causes 

 death in aged people, 75. Temperature of the 

 blood in different animals, 87. Temperature 

 of the body constantly kept up by internal 

 causes, 15, 16. 



Tendons. Analysis of, 94. 



Thaulow. His analysis of cystic oxide, 99. 



Theine. Is identical with caffeine, 56. And 

 with guaranine, 57. Theory of its action, 57 

 et seq. Its relation to bile, 56. Its analysis, 

 101. 



Theobromine. Analogous to theine, 56. Theory 

 of its action, 57 et seq. Its relation to bile, 56, 

 57. Its analysis, 101. 



Theory. Of animal heat, 15 et seq. Of diges- 

 tion, 37 et seq. Of respiration, 77 et seq. Of 

 the motions in the animal organism, 60 et seq. 

 Of disease, 74 et seq. Of the action of caffeine, 

 &c., 57 et seq. Of the action of the vegetable 

 alkalies, 57 et seq. Of health, 74, 75. 



Tiedemann and Gmelin. Their attempt to sup- 

 port a goose upon albumen alone, unsuccessful, 

 37. 



Tissues, Metamorphosis of: see Metamorphosiy. 

 Analysis of the animal tissues, 94, 95. Formu- 

 las of, 42. 



Tobacco. Arrests or retards the change of matter, 

 56. 



Transformation. See Metamorphosis. 



Turnips. Juice of, contains vegetable fibrine and 

 albumen, 22. 



U. 



Urea. Derived from uric acid, 45. Also from 

 the oxidation of blood, 45 ; from allantoine, 16. 

 Its relation to choleic acid, 48; to hippuric 

 acid, 48; to proteine, 48; to proteine and 

 starch, 49 ; to proteine and fat, 49 ; to taurine, 

 50; to carbonate of ammonia, 51 ; to theobro- 

 mine, 56. Its analysis, 98. Occurs in the 

 urine of those who have taken benzoic acid 

 along with hippuric acid, 102. 



Urinary Calculi. See Calculus. 



Uric Acid. See Acid, Uric. 

 V. 



Varrentrapp and Will. Their analysis of ve- 

 getable albumen, 87. Of sulphate of potash 

 and caseine, 88. 



Vegetables. Alone produce compounds of pro- 

 teincj 37. Azotized constituents of, nutritious, 

 22: medical or poisonous, 55. Analysis of 

 those vegetables which are used for food, 82 

 et seq. 



Vegetable Life. Distinguished from nervous life, 

 20. Predominates in the early stages of life, 

 20. Also in the female, 20. 



Venous Blood. See Blood. 



Vital force, or vitality. Definition of, 1 1 et seq 

 Theory of, 60 et seq. 



Vogel. His analysis of gas from the abdomen of 

 cattle after excess in green food, 93. 



W. 



Water. Is one of the two constituents of the 

 body which contain no nitrogen, 21. Its use 

 as a solvent, 21. Contributes to the greater 

 part of the transformations in the body, 44 

 57. 



