INDEX 



1031 



Aorta, effect of compression of, 188 

 Aortic insufficiency, effect of, on pulse, 

 98 



notch, 89, 96 



stenosis, effect of, on pulse, 98 



valves, 79, 89, 191 



and dicrotic wave, 96 

 Apex-beat, 82, 191, 193 

 Apex preparation of heart, 131, 178 

 Aphasia, motor, 862 



sensory, 864 



temporary, 864 



Wernicke's, 864 

 Aphemia, 864 

 Apncea, 231, 238, 288 



vagi, 232 



vera, 232 

 Apocodeine, action of, on vaso-motors, 



157 



Apomorphine as emetic, 313, 427, 432 

 Aqueduct of Sylvius, 819 

 Aqueous humour, 901 

 Arachnoid, 758 

 Arachnolysin, action of, on erythro- 



cytes, 27 



Arcuate fibres, internal, 772 

 Arginase, 503 

 Arginin, 331, 332, 503 

 Argyll-Robertson pupil, 910 

 Arhythmia, respiratory, 270 

 Aromatic sulphates in urine, 445, 479 

 Arsenic and protein metabolism, 526 

 Arteries, structure of, 74 



to insert cannuke into, 55 



tone of, 169, 813 

 Arterioles, resistance in, no, 119 

 Arteriosclerosis, velocity of pulse in, 99 

 Articulation, positions of, 283 

 Artificial respiration, 187, 214 



with oxygen, 189 

 Ascending degeneration, 763 

 Aspartic acid, 332 



formation of dextrose from, 414 

 Asphyxia, 231, 269, 274 



condition of haemoglobin in, 44 



effect of, on circulation, 171, 172, 

 189, 198 



glycosuria caused by, 518 



in the foetus, 1019 

 Association fibres, 761, 783, 785 



centres, 855, 865, 866 

 Astatic system of magnets, 619 

 Asthma, spasmodic, and bronchial 



muscles, 238 

 Astigmatism, irregular, 914 



regular, 917, 989 

 Astrospheres, 1006 

 Atelectasis, 222 



Atheroma, effect on pulse, 97, 98 

 Atrio-ventricular bundle. See Aurir- 

 ulo-ventricular bundle 



Atropine, action of, on heart, 149, 183 

 on digestive secretions, 387 

 on pupil, 911 

 on salivary secretion, 363, 



367, 425 

 Attraction sphere, 5, 1004 



in nerve-cells, 748 

 Auditory centre, 824, 860 

 nerve, 823, 828 



vestibular branch of, 824 

 ossicles, 954, 955, 959 

 path, scheme of, 823 

 Auerbach's plexus, 298, 307, 308 

 Augmentation of heart-beat, 143, 145, 



148, 156, 184 

 nature of, 151 

 primary, 145 

 secondary, 145, 147 

 Augmentor nerves, effect of, on 



quiescent heart, 152 

 Aura, 865 



Auricular canal, 72, 73 

 pressure curve, 90 

 Auriculo-ventricular bundle, 73, 134. 



137 



pulse tracings in disease of, 137 

 Auriculo-ventricular junction, stimula- 

 tion of, 183 

 node, 73 

 valves, 80, 190 



moment of opening of, 89 

 Auscultation of heart-sounds, 191 



of breath-sounds, 291 

 Auto-digestion of stomach, 360, 434 

 Autogenetic theory of nerve regenera- 

 tion, 697 

 Autolysis, 509 

 Automatic actions of spinal cord, 812- 



814 

 Autonomic nervous system, 790, 883, 



884 



Avalanche theory, 682 

 Axial strand fibrils, 696 

 Axis-cylinder or axon, 677, 748, 749, 



755 



bifurcation of, 697 

 fibrils in, 748 

 Axon-reflexes, 372, 697, 809 



Babinski's sign, 8n 

 i Bacteria in faeces, 397 



in intestine, 318, 393, 394, 395 

 I Bactericidal action of gastric juice, 328 



ferments, 510 



Balloon ascents, deaths in, 275 

 Banting cure for obesity, 534 

 Baryta, absorption of carbon dioxide 



by, 241 



Basal ganglia, 777, 828 

 Basilar membrane, 956, 958, 963 

 ' Bat's wing, contractile vessels of , 73 , 1 64 



