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INDEX 



Alanin, 2, 332 



formation of dextrose from, 514 

 Albinos, intravascular clotting in, 38 

 Albumins, 2, 8 



heat-coagulation of, 8 



in urine, 443, 451, 460, 462, 486- 



488 



Albuminates or derived albumins, 9 

 Albuminoids, 2, 529 

 Albuminous glands, 319 

 Albumoses, 3 



action of, on blood-pressure, 157, 



201 



on coagulation, 35, 40, 55 

 in peptic digestion, 325 

 tests for, 10, 426 

 in urine, 486 

 Alcohol, action of, on respiratory 



centre, 175, 236 

 on gastric secretion, 388 

 in diet, 551 

 poisoning, blood-pressure curve in, 



175 , 



precipitation of proteins by, 8 

 Alcohols, relation of, to carbo- 

 hydrates, 3 

 Aldehydase, 265 



Aldehyde groups in living protein, 499 

 Aldehydes, relation of, to carbo- 

 hydrates, 3 

 Alexins, 53 

 Algometer, 979 



Alimentary canal, anatomy of, 297 

 length of, 297 



time of passage through, 311 

 glycosuria, 516, 610 

 Alkali-albumin, 9, 333, 429 

 Alkalinity of blood, etc., titratable, 24 

 Alkaptonuria, 444 

 Allantois, formation of, ion 

 ' All or nothing ' law, 141 

 Alloxuric bodies, 441, 507 

 Amblyopia after occipital lesion, 859 

 Amboceptors, 27, 63 

 Amide-nitrogen in proteolysis, 332 

 Amino-acetic acid, 2 

 Amino-acids, i, 325, 332 

 absorption of, 420 

 conversion of, into glycogen and 



dextrose, 514 

 formation of urea from, 501, 503, 



505, 536 



in liver diseases, 503 

 in phosphorus-poisoning, 526 

 in urine, 441, 450 

 reaction for, 450 

 Amino-valerianic acid, 332 

 Ammonia, action of, on muscle and 



nerve, 633, 659 



impermeability of lungs for, 242 

 in proteolysis, 332 



Ammonia in urine, 440 



after Eck's fistula, 502 

 reflex inhibition of heart by, 154, 



195 



Ammonium salts, formation of urea 



from, 501, 504, 505 

 sulphate, precipitation of proteins 



by, 8, 486 

 Amnion, ion 



Amniotic fluid, ion, 1012, 1017 

 Amoeba, 6, 14, 359, 627 

 Amoeboid movement, 17, 18, 53, 627 

 Ampere, 616 

 Amylase, 321 



Amyl nitrite, action on pulse, 97, 192 

 formation of methasmoglobin 



by, 46 

 Amylolytic stage of gastric digestion, 



322, 390, 403 

 Amylopsin, 331, 333, 429 



influence of bile on, 340 

 Anabolic changes in living matter, 6 

 Anacrotic pulse, 97 

 Anesthesia by A.C.E. mixture, 55 

 by chloral, 204 

 by chloroform (Grehant's method), 



186 



by morphia, 55, 186 

 by pressure on brain, 875 

 Anelectrotonus, 683, 742 

 Angular gyrus and vision, 859 

 Animal heat, 572 

 Anions, 401 

 Ankle-clonus, 811, 813 

 Annulus of Vieussens, 143, 147, 162, 



163, 190 

 Anode, 401, 615 

 Anterior commissure, 817 

 horn, cells of, 748, 762 

 connections of, 775 

 roots, 775 

 Antero-lateral ascending tract, 764, 



772, 781 



connections of, 773 

 descending tract, 765, 776 



connections of, 776 

 ground bundle, 765 

 Anti-bodies, 30, 318 

 ' Antidromic ' nerve-impulses, 165, 688. 



701 



Antiferments, 318, 361 

 Antigens, 30 

 Antikinase, 36, 39, 361 

 Antilytic secretion, 369 

 Antimony and protein metabolism, 526 

 Antiperistalsis, 308, 394 

 Antipyretics, 597 

 Antiseptics for operations, 2O2 

 Antithrombin, 35, 36, 40, 41 

 Antitrypsin, 318, 361 

 Antrum pylori, 304, 305 



