INDEX 



1105 



Adrenalin, action of, o i artery rings, 66, 



214 



on coagulation time, 639 

 on heart, 638 

 on nerve-endings, 180 

 on pupil, 639 

 on sympathetic, 965 

 on vaso-motors, 173, 177, 638 

 on veins, 179 



action of small doses of, 642 

 arterio-sclerosis, 642 

 artificial, 643 

 assay of, 639 

 biological tests for, 639 

 chemistry of, 643 

 formation of, 643 

 function of, 640 

 glycosuria, 541 

 secretory influence of nerves on, 



640 



Adsorption, 424 

 Aerotonometer, 256 

 Aisthesiometer, compasses, 1072 

 Frey's, 1040 

 hair, 1040, 1071 



Afferent impulses, decussation of, 866 

 paths, 864 



scheme of, 852 



After-brain (myelencephalon), 822 

 After-images, 1015, 1069 

 Agglutination, 30,71 



by foreign serum, 71 

 Agglutinogens, 31 

 Agraphia, 935 

 Alanin, 2, 354 



formation of dextrose from, 530 

 Alanyl-tyrosyl-glycin, 443 

 Albinos, intravascular clotting in, 43 

 Albuminates or derived albumins, 9 

 Albuminoids, 2, 543 

 Albumins, 2, 9 



heat-coagulation of, 9 

 in urine, 483, 492, 494. 516-518 

 Albumoses, 3 



action of, on blood-pressure, 171, 213 



on coagulation, 37, 45 

 in peptic digestion, 346 

 tests for, in urine, 516 

 Albumosuria, 517 

 Alcohol, 618 



action of, on respiratory centre, 189 



on gastric secretion, 618 

 in diet, 618 

 poisoning, blood -pressure curve in, 



189 



precipitation of proteins by, 8 

 Alcohols, relation of, to carbohydrates, 3 

 Aldehydase, 268 

 Aldehyde groups in living protein, 529, 



552 



Aldehydes, relation of, to carbo-hy- 

 drates, 3, 552 



Aldohexoses, 529 

 Aldol, 553 

 Algometer , 1049 



Alimentary canal, anatomy of, 312 

 length of, 313 



time of passage through, 328 

 glycosuria, 532, 691 

 Alkali-albumin, 10, 455 

 Alkalinity of blood, etc., titratable, 25 

 Alkaptonuria, 477, 572 

 Allantoin, excretion of, 586 

 Allantois, 1084 

 ' All-or-nothing ' law, 154 

 Alloxuric bodies, 475 

 Alveolar air, partial pressure of gases in, 



261 



Amblyopia after occipital lesion, 932 

 Amboceptors, 28, 73 

 Amide-nitrogen in proteolysis, 354 

 Amino-acetic acid, 2 

 Amino-acids, i, 346, 353, 403 

 absorption of, 443, 444 

 chemical nomenclature of, 353 

 conversion of, into glycogen and 



dextrose, 346, 530 

 formation of, from tissue -proteins, 



569 



of urea from, 573, 574, 612 

 in blood, 565 

 in liver diseases, 574 

 in phosphorus poisoning, 554 

 in urine, 475, 483 

 metabolism of, 572 

 synthesis of, by bacteria, 606 

 Amino-bodies, deamidization of, 578 

 Amino-succinic acid, 354 

 Amino-valerianic acid, 354 

 Ammonia, action of, on muscle and nerve, 



712,733 



impermeability of lungs for, 240 

 in proteolysis, 354 

 in the blood, source of, 578 

 in urine, 513 



after Eck's fistula, 502 

 reflex inhibition of heart by, 168, 



211 

 Ammonium salts, formation of urea 



from, 574- 578 

 sulphate, precipitation of proteins 



by, 8, 517 

 Amnesia, 935 

 Amnion, 1084 

 Amniotic fluid, 1084, 1090 

 Amoeba, 6, 382, 627 

 Amoeboid movements, 16, 17, 706 

 Ampere, 698 

 Amylase, 338 



pancreatic, 352, 356 

 salivary, 356 

 Amyl nitrite, action on pulse, 106 



formation of methaemoglobin 

 by, 53 



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