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INDEX 



Fatty acids, absorption of, 413, 415 



tests for, ii, 12 

 Fechner's law, 984 

 Fehling's solution, 489 

 Fenestra rotunda, 955 

 Ferments, 314 



glycolytic, 517 



intracellular, 314, 359, 509, 510, 

 527 



in urine, 444 



mode of action of, 316 



oxidizing, 42, 68, 264, 295, 314, 

 507, 509, 1013 



quantitative estimation of, 317, 422 



reducing, 509 



reversible action of, 317, 509, 528 

 Ferricyanide of potassium, action of, 



on haemoglobin, 46 

 estimation of oxygen in blood 



by, 251 



Fertilization of ovum, 1007, 1008 

 Fever, 597 



effect of, on pulse, 99 



metabolism in, 597, 600, 60 1 



produced by cocaine, 586 

 by puncture, 595 



retention theory of, 599 



significance of, 60 1 



Fibrillar contraction of heart, 138, 190 

 Fibrin-ferment, 32 



formation of, 33 



nature of, 32, 38 



precursors of, 33 



preparation of, 33, 57 



source of, 36 

 Fibrin, formation of, 30 



protein reactions of, 9 



quantity of, in blood, 41 

 Fibrinogen, 32, 33, 49 

 Fick and Wislicenus' experiment, 537 

 Fifth nerve. See Trigeminus 

 Fillet, 772 



decussation of, 772, 791 



descending fibres of, 773 



lower or lateral, 772, 824 



upper or intermediate, 772, 829 

 Fish -sperm, proteins of, 2 

 Fistula, biliary, 339, 383 



double gastric and oesophageal, 

 257, 374 



Eck's, 356 



gastric, 373 



intestinal, 341 



pancreatic, 378 



salivary, 370 

 Flavour, 968 

 Flechsig's cortical fields, 854, 855 



tract. See Direct cerebellar tract 

 Flour, chemistry of, 612 

 Flow of liquids, 75 



with intermittent pressure, 77 



Fluorides, influence of, on coagulation, 



35 



Focal illumination of eye, 929 

 Foetus. See Embryo 

 Folin's method of estimating indican, 



480 



kreatiniu, 485 

 uric acid, 485 



Fontanelle, sinking of, in sleep, 875 

 Food and climate, 590 



relation of, to surface, 549, 593 

 time of passage of, along gut, 311 

 Foods, composition of, 546, 611, 612 



isodynamic, 670 

 Foot-jerk, 811 

 Foramen of Magendie, 882 

 of Monro, 747 

 ovale, 954, 955, 960 

 Forced movements, 836 

 Fore-brain, 747 

 Formaldehyde reaction for proteins, 8 



reflex inhibition by inhaling, 235 

 Formatio reticularis, 768 

 Formic acid in saliva ' of Octopus, 



361 



Fourth or trochlear nerve, 820 

 Fovea centralis, 899, 900, 935, 946 



representation of, on cortex, 



859 



Freezing and thawing, haimolysis by, 27 

 Freezing-point and osmotic pressure, 



398 



determination of, 399, 492 

 of solid tissues, 411 

 of urine 446, 492 



Frontal lobes, function of, 865, 866 

 Fundus of stomach, in digestion, 304, 



305 



Funiculus gracilis and cuneatus, 767 

 Furfuraldehyde in Pettenkofer's test, 



337. 430 



Furunculosis, opsonins and treatment 

 of, 53 



Galactose, 3, 316 



Gall-bladder, action of peptone on, 411 



nerves of, 384 

 Galvanic rotation, 836 

 Galvani's experiment, 717, 738 

 Galvanometer, 617, 740 



' string,' 619 

 Galvanotonus, 636 



Ganglion-cells, changes in, with age, 

 755 



bipolar, 753 

 Ganglion jugulare, 825 



nodosum, 825 



petrosum, 822, 825 



spirale, 823 



superius, 825 



vestibulare, 823 



