INDEX 



1053 



Pressor and depressor nerves, 157, 170, 



171 



Pressure, arterial, 100, 103, 195, 198 

 endocardiac, 84, 90 

 intracranial, 875 

 intrathoracic, 210, 221 

 negative in heart-, 92, 96 

 respiratory, 222 

 secretory, of saliva, 363 

 sensations, 968, 971, 981, 1000 

 Primary colours, 941 



position of eyes, 951 

 Primitive streak and groove, 1008 

 Prochromatin, 5 



Projection of image into space, 923, 928 

 Prolin, 332 

 Pronucleus, 1007 

 Proprio-ceptive reflexes, 810 



system and cerebellum, 831, 832 

 Proprio -spinal fibres, 761, 765 

 Pro-secretin, 380 

 Prosthetic groups, 2 

 Protagon, 47, 691 

 Protamins, 2 



influence of, on coagulation, 41 

 Proteins, absorption of, 418 

 circulating, 536 

 classification of, 2 

 cleavage products of, i, 332 



in diet, 535 

 composition of, i, 525 

 conjugated, 2 

 derivatives of, 3 

 formation of carbon dioxide from, 



509 



of fat from, 515 

 of glycogen from, 512 

 in urine, 443, 486 

 living and dead, 499 

 metabolism of, 496 



endogenous, 497, 534, 536, 545 

 exogenous, 497, 535 

 influence of poisons on, 526 

 minimum requirement in food, 



533. 544. 545, 53 

 muscular energy from, 538 

 passage of, through placenta, 1014 

 reactions of, 7 

 scheme for testing for, 13 

 specificity of, 3, 418 

 synthesis of, 2, 420, 497, 510 

 Protein -sparing action of other food 



substances, 523, 534, 531 

 Proteolysis, 332 



difference between acid and fer- 

 ment, 535 

 Proteoses, 2, 3, 325, 421 



action of, on blood-pressure, 157, 



201 



influence of, on coagulation, 35, 40, 

 55 



Proteoses, tests for, 10, 486 

 Protopathic sensibility, 981 

 Protoplasm, composition of, i 



functions of, 6, 628 



structure of, 4 

 Prothrombin, 33 

 Protovertebrae, 1009 

 Pseudo-fatigue, 653 

 Pseudo-globulin, 42 

 Pseudopodia, 16, 627 

 Pseudo-reflexes, 802 

 Psychical secretion of gastric juice, 374 

 of saliva, 371 



processes, seat of, 865, 866 

 Ptosis, 820 

 Ptyalin, 320, 422 

 Pulmonary catheter, 257 

 Pulse, the, 92 



anacrotic, 97 



aortic, 95 



characters of, 94, 192 



dicrotic wave of, 94, 95 



frequency of, 98, 195 



influence of posture on, 99, 156, 

 192 



in foetus, 1017 



respiratory variation in 269 

 of swallowing on, 155, 195 



jugular, 91, 193 



venous, 91, 120, 122, 193 

 Pulse-tracings, 94, 192 



effect of amyl nitrite on, 97, 192 

 of muscular exercise on, 97, 

 192 



from different arteries, 97, 193 



from jugular vein, 137, 193 



secondary waves of oscillation in, 



95 



Pulse-wave, disappearance of, in capil- 

 lary region, 103 



reflexion of, 95, 96 



velocity of, 99 

 Pulsus alternans, 142 



bigeminus, 142 

 Pulvinar, 818, 829 

 Puncture fever, 595, 596, 597 



glycosuria, 518, 555 

 Pupil, Argyll- Robertson, 910 



changes in, during accommoda- 

 tion, 909 



constrictor nerves of, 883, 908 



dilator nerves of, 908, 996 



eccentricity of, 914 



influence of drugs on, 911 

 of adrenalin on, 563 

 of light on, 818, 829 



photography of, 910 

 Purin bases, 2, 397, 441, 538, 507 



in fever, 60 1 

 Purkinje's cells in cerebellum, 753, 754 



figure, 930, 998 



