INDEX 



1033 



Blood -pressure, effect of freezing the 



cord on, 168 



of haemorrhage on, 174, 200 

 of muscular exercise on, 106, 



198 



of peptone on, 157, 201 

 of posture on, 106, 173, 199 

 of transfusion on, 174, 20O 

 factors which maintain, 107 

 fall of, in sleep, 876 

 hydrostatic and hydrodynamic 



factors in, 173 

 in capillaries, 118, 120 

 in pulmonary artery, 108 

 in right and left ventricles, 85, 108, 



127 



mean arterial, 100-107 

 measurement of, 100, 195 

 in man, 104, 173, 198 

 permanent element in, 103 

 respiratory variations in, 104, 265- 



272 



systolic and diastolic, 105, 106, 198 

 Blood-pump, 250 



Blood-serum, freezing-point of, 357 

 Blood-supply, regulation of, 172 

 Bloodvessels, anastomosis of, 1024 



rhythmically contractile, 73, 160, 



164 



structure of, 74 

 tone of, 169, 886 

 Body, composition of, 529 

 Bohr, on tension of blood-gases, 256 

 Bone-marrow and blood-formation, o, 



22 



action of extracts of, 570 

 Bones, composition of, 529 



effect of deficiency of lime salts on, 



542 



of various salts on, 542 

 influence of pituitary on, 569 



of testicles on, 557 

 ' Boot ' electrodes, 739 

 Brain, anaemia of, 876 



chemistry of, 880, 88 1 

 circulation in, 878 

 condition of, isolated, 867 



in sleep, 874 

 development of, 746 

 functions of, 827-878 

 heat-production in, 586 

 respiratory changes in volume of, 



271 



resuscitation of# 879, 880 

 size of, at different ages, 878 



and intelligence, 878 

 Bread, chemistry of, 612 

 Break-contraction, Tigerstedt's theory 



of, 727 



Breast-feeding, superiority of, 1022 

 Breath, holding, 219 



Broca's area, 855, 863, 866 

 aphasia, 862, 864 



Bromine, reflex inhibition by inhala- 

 tion of, 235 



Bronchi, 207 



movements of, in respiration, 216 

 nerves of, 237 



Bronchial breathing, 216, 291 



Brown-Sequard's syndrome, 793 



Brunner's glands, 298, 343, 345, 354 



' Buffy ' coat, 29 



Bulb us arteriosus, 72 



' Bull-dog ' forceps, 55 



Burdaclrs column. See Postero-me- 

 dian column 



Burdon-Sanderson on negative varia- 

 tion, 720-722 



Burns, superficial, death from, 276 



Caffeine, 441, 552 



diuretic action of, 470 

 Caisson disease, 274 

 Calcium salts, action of, on heart strips, 

 185 



in milk-curdling, 327 

 and bone formation, 542 

 and glycosuria, 520 

 deficiency of, 542 

 in bone, 529 

 relation of, to heart-beat, 139, 



183 



Calorie, definition of, 574 

 Calorimeter, air, 576 



respiration, 579, 613 

 Atwater's, 575 



water equivalent of, 613 

 Calorimetry, 573, 613 

 Cancer, autolytic ferments in, 510 



gastric juice in, 324 

 Cane-sugar, 3, 10 



absorption of, 405, 416, 433 



inversion of, 10, 315 



by gastric juice, 328 

 Cannula, three-way, 196 



to put into artery, 55 

 trachea, 186 

 vein, 200 



gastric, 427 

 Capillaries, blood-pressure in, 120 



changes in lumen of, 109, 157 



circulation in, 109, in, 177 



pulse in, 120 



resistance in, in, 119 



structure of, 74 



total cross-section of, 119 



velocity of blood in, 119 

 Capillary electrometer, 621, 622, 739 

 records, 720, 721, 730 



tubes, flow of liquid through, 77 

 i Carbo-hydrates, absorption of, 403, 41 



classification of, 3 



