INDEX 



1039 



Erepsin, 342, 4^9 



Ergograph, 556, 649, 650, 652, 708 



Ergot and blood-pressure, 157 



Erucic acid, 523 



Erythroblasts, 21 



Erythrocytes, 15 



enumeration of, 18, 58 

 gases of, 252, 253 

 life -history of, 19 

 Erythrodextrin, II, 321, 423 

 Esbach's albuminimeter and reagent, 



488 

 Eserine, action of, on accommodation, 



908 



on pupil, 911 

 Ether, action of, on blood-corpuscles, 



27, 28, 61 



on urine secretion, 471 

 Ethyl butyrate, synthesis of, by lipase, 



415 



Eudiometer, 215 

 Euglobulin, 42 

 Eustachian tube, 274, 954 



valve, 1015 



Evaporation, loss of heat by, 578, 579 

 Excitability, a property of living 



matter, 6 



direct, of muscle, 633, 706 

 of nerve, effect of temperature on, 



681, 687 

 effect of electrical currents on, 



658, 741 



Excitable tissues, the, 627 

 Excretion, 435 

 Exothermic reactions, 585 

 Expectoration, 435 

 Expiration, 213 



duration of, 218 

 forced, 214 



Expired air, composition of, 241, 293 

 Extensibility of muscle, 630 

 Extension reflex, crossed, 800, 887 

 Extensor reflex, the, 798 



thrust, the, 799 

 Exteroceptive reflexes, 810 

 Extra contraction of heart, 141 

 systoles, in man, 141, 142 

 Exudation, inflammatory, 53 

 Eye, chemistry of refractive media 



of, 901 



compound, of insects, 897 

 currents of, 734, 735 

 defects of, 912 

 development of, 747 

 Kuhne's, 988 

 movements of, 951 

 muscles of, 952 

 nerves of, 818, 908, 909 

 optical constants of, 902, 903 

 reduced, 903, 904 

 refraction in, 902 



I Eye, structure of, 898, 985^ 



' Eyes, conjugate deviation of, 838, 845, 



858 



primary position of, 951 

 wheel movements of, 951 



Facial nerve, 822 



union of, with accessory, 868 



palsy, 822 

 Fasces, bacteria in, 397 



composition of, 396, 432 



odour of, 396 



storage of, in sigmoid flexure, 309 

 Fainting, 175 

 Fallopian tubes, 1004 

 Falsetto voice, 281 

 Faradic current, 624 

 Far -point of vision, 915, 988 

 Fasciculus solitarius, 822, 825 

 Fasting men, metabolism in, 532 

 Fat, absorption of, 412, 432, 433 

 function of bile in, 414 



composition of, i, 3, II, 523, 529 



digestion of, 328, 334, 338 



emulsification of, 12, 338 



excretion of, into intestine, 354, 



415 



formation of, from carbo-hy- 

 drates, 524 

 from fatty acids, 523 

 from proteins, 525 

 in faeces in jaundice, 340 

 influence of, on pancreatic secre- 

 tion, 380 



iodine value of, 4, 526 

 melting-points of, 4, 12 

 metabolism of, 522, 527 



in phosphorus-poisoning, 525, 



526 



migration of, 522, 525, 526, 527 

 organized, 526 



passage of, through placenta, 1014 

 protein-sparing action of, 523, 534 

 saponification of, II 

 solvents of, 4 



sources of, in body, 523, 524 

 stained, absorption of, 414, 432 

 synthesis of, in intestine, 415 

 Fatigue, muscular, 648, 650, 653, 708 



cause of, 650 

 of nerve-cells, 873, 874 

 of reflex arcs, 800 

 seat of exhaustion in, 65 r, 652, 



708, 709 

 Fat-splitting ferment of gastric juice, 



323. 328 



of intestinal juice, 342 

 of pancreatic juice, 331, 334, 



339. 4 2 9 

 of tissues, 527 

 bacteria of intestine, 393, 395 



