INDEX 



%* References to the Practical Exercises are in black figures. 



ABDOMINAL breathing, 214 

 muscles in expiration, 213 



Abducens or sixth nerve, 822 

 inhibition by, 838 



Aberration, chromatic, 913, 992 

 spherical, 912, 991 



Absinthe convulsions, 857 



Absorption, 398 



from the peritoneal cavity, 406 

 from the stomach, 391, 403, 433 

 in different animals, 402 

 intra- and inter-epithelial, 417 

 of bile-constituents in jaundice, 



355 



of cane-sugar, 405, 416, 433 



of carbo-hydrates, 416 



of fat, 412, 432, 433 



of light, 897 



of proteins, 418 



of the food, 401 



physical introduction to, 398 

 theories of, 404-406 



of water and salts, 395, 417 



parenteral, 418 

 Acapnia and blood-pressure, 168 



and mountain sickness, 275 



and shock, 175 

 Acceleration of heart by sipping water, 



155, 195 

 Accelerator nerves of heart, 143, 147, 



184 

 Accessory auditory nucleus, 824 



vagus nucleus, 825 

 Accommodation, 905, 987, 988 



mechanism of, 907 



pupil in, 909 

 A.C.E. mixture, 55, 47* 

 Acerebral tonus, 836, 847 

 Aceto-acetic acid in diabetes, 520 

 Acetone in diabetes, 520, 492 

 Acid albumin, 2, 9, 325, 426 

 Acidity of gastric juice, 323, 390, 391 

 Acidosis, 521 

 Acrolein, 12 

 Acromegaly and pituitary, 568 



Action currents, 718, 719, 72O, 726, 



739 



diphasic, 720 



double conduction of, 688 



electromotive force of, 722 



in polarized nerves, 727 



monophasic, 722 



of eye, 735 



of glands, 734 



of heart, 78, 720, 730, 733, 74 



of human muscles, 662, 724 



of phrenic nerves, 724 



of spinal cord, 688, 733, 746, 793 



of vagus, 225 



of veratrinized muscles, 726 



reflex, 809 



theories of, 725 



velocity of propagation of varia- 

 tion, 723 



Adaptation of digestive juices to food, 

 340, 369. 376, 381, 387 



of retina, 935, 946 

 Adenase, 507 

 Adenin, 441, 507 

 Adequate stimuli, 798, 870, 891 

 Adipocere, 527 

 Adrenal glands. See Suprarenal cap 



sules 

 Adrenalin, 157, 201, 564 



action of, on heart, 156, 564 

 on pupil, 911, 912 

 on uterus, 563, 1025 

 on vasomotors, 157, 163, 201, 

 563 



artificial, 565 



glycosuria, 522, 566 

 Aerotonometer, 256 

 jEsthesiometer compasses, 1000 



hair, 970, 999 

 Afferent impulses, decussation of, 792 



paths of, 779, 79*> 794 

 After-images, 943, 997 

 Agglutination, 29, 63 

 Agglutininogens, 30 

 Agraphia, 862 



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