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INDEX 



Sphygmograms, sphygmograph, 93, 94, 



192 

 Sphygmomanometer of Erlanger, 104, 



198 



of Riva-Rocci, 198 

 Sphygmometer of Hill and Barnard, 



106 



Spider-poison, action of, on blood- 

 corpuscles, 27 

 Spinal canal, 746, 754 

 Spinal cord, action currents of, 733, 793 

 action of strychnine on, 797, 



801 

 of tetanus toxine on, 797, 



801 



anatomy of, 762 

 ascending tracts of, 763 

 automatic functions of, 813 

 centres of, 811, 814 

 complete section of, 786 

 conduction of impulses by, 



788 



descending tracts of, 764 

 endogenous fibres of, 761, 765, 



795 



excitability of fibres of, 788 

 functions of, 788 

 grey matter of, 762 

 removal of, 787 

 semisection of, 793 

 white matter of, 763 

 Spinal frog, experiments on, 885, 886 

 ganglion, cells of, 747, 753 

 fatigue of, 809, 875 

 fibres, bifurcation of, 769 

 relation of, to posterior root- 



fibres, 693, 808 

 preparation, mammalian, 886, 



88 7 



reflexes, 796, 799 

 centres for, 811 

 inhibition of, 800, 801, 806, 



886 



long, 804 



relation of, to brain, 806 

 short, 803 



respiratory centres, 236 

 roots, functions of, 790 



section and stimulation of, 



884 



shock, 786 



Spindle, nuclear, 1007 

 Spino-tectal fibres, 772 

 vSpino-thalamic fibres, 772 

 Spirometer, 219, 291 

 Splanchnic nerves, 161, 309, 470, 518 

 and gastro-intestinal move- 

 ments, 309 



and glycogenolysis, 519 

 and ileo-colic sphincter, 310 



Spleen and blood-formation, 21, 571 

 and blood-destruction, 21, 571 

 and formation of bile-pigment, 571 

 and formation of trypsin, 383 

 proteolytic ferment of, 383 

 relation of, to pancreas, 382, 571 

 removal of, 571 



Spongioblasts, 746 



Spring myograph, 643 



' Staircase ' or ' treppe,' 143, 649, 651 



Standard dietaries, 543-549 



solution of ammonium sulpho- 



cyanide, 478 

 of silver nitrate, 478 

 of uranium nitrate, 478 



Standing, 837 



Stannius' experiment, 132, 151, 183 



Stapedius, 822, 955, 961 



Stapes, 954. 955. 959 



Starch, 3 



action of acids on, II 

 digestion by saliva, 320, 423] 

 tests for, 10 



Starvation, excretion of salts in, 542 

 loss of weight of organs in, 530 

 metabolism in, 530, 532 

 premortal rise in urea excretion in, 



531 



respiratory quotient in, 243 



serum proteins in, 498 

 Stasis, 53. 177 

 Stationary air, 220 

 Steapsin, 33 L 334 

 Stearin, 4 



Stenson's experiment, 676 

 Stercobilin, 336, 396 

 Stereognosis, 856 

 Stereoscope, 925 

 Stereoscopic vision, 924 

 Stethograph, 287, 289 

 Stethoscope, 191 



Stilling's sacral and cervical nuclei, 762 

 Stimulants, 550 

 Stimulation, law of polar, 637 



chemical, of nerve, 680 



electrical, 638, 681, 685 

 Stimuli, adequate, 798, 870, 891 



summation of, 655, 711 

 Stokes-Adams disease and auriculo- 



ventricular bundle, 137 

 Stomach, absorption from, 391 



auto-digestion of, 360, 434 



excision of, 329 



glands of, 345 



changes in, during secretion, 

 347 



movements of, 304 



nerves of, 309 



protection of, from gastric juice, 

 359 



