INDEX 



1107 



Attraction sphere, 5, 823, 1079 



in nerve-cells, 823 

 Auditory centre, 899, 932 

 nerve, 898, 903 



cochlear division of, 899 

 vestibular branch of, 899 

 ossicles, 1025, 1029 

 path, scheme of, 898 

 Auerbach's plexus, 323, 324 

 Augmentation of heart-beat, 157, 170, 



204 



nature of, 165 

 primary, 159 

 secondary, 159 

 Augmentor nerves, effect of, on quiescent 



heart, 166 

 Aura, 937 

 Auricular canal, 81 

 fibrillation, 151 

 flutter, 151 

 pressure curve, 98 

 Auriculo-ventricular bundle, 81, 135, 



138, 147 



pulse-tracings in disease of, 149 

 junction, stimulation of, 196 

 node, 81, 147 

 valves, 89, 204 



moment of opening of, 96 

 Auscultation of breath -sounds, 298 

 of heart-sounds, 205 

 of lungs, 298 



Auto-digestion of stomach, 382, 459 

 Autogenetic theory of nerve regenera- 

 tion, 776 

 Autolysis, 569 



Automatic actions of spinal cord, 888 

 Autonomic nervous system, 864, 963 



functions of, 965 

 Avalanche theory, 959 

 Axial strand fibrils, 775 

 Axis-cylinder or axon, 755, 846, 854 

 bifurcation of, 776 

 fibrils in, 823 

 Axon-reflexes, 394, 776, 824 



Babinski's sign, 887 



Bacteria and digestion, 415, 416 



in faeces, 419 



in intestine, 337, 416 



synthesis of amino-acids by, 606 

 Bactericidal action of gastric juice, 351 

 Balloon ascents, deaths in, 292 

 Baryta, absorption of carbon dioxide by, 



239 



Basal ganglia, 903 

 Basilar membrane, 1027, 1032 

 Bat's wing, contractile vessels of, 81, 178 

 Batteries, 195, 697 

 Beats (hearing), 1070 

 Beaumont on digestion, 343 

 Bechterew's nucleus, 899 

 Beckmann's apparatus, 421, 521 



, < 1 1< i\\ s recorder, 296 



Bell's expeuments on nerve-rools, 863 



Belt recorder for respiration, 232 



Benzoic acid, 516 



Beri-beri caused by polished rice, 620 



thymus in, 620 



Bert on double conduction in nerves, 766 

 on effects of oxygen at high pres- 

 sure, 291 



Betz cells, 820, 847 

 Bichromate cell, 196 

 Bidder's ganglia, 141 

 Bile, 357. 363 



absorption of, 378, 406 

 acids, 359, 45 6 



circulation of, 406 

 formation of, 378 

 Hay's test for, 456 

 Pettenkofer's reaction, 456 



test for, 360 



adaptation of, to food, 407 

 and absorption of fat, 363 

 and pancreatic juice, adjuvant 



action of, 361 

 and surface tension, 363 

 as an excretion, 419 

 circulation of, 406 

 composition of, 357 

 curve of secretion of, 407 

 digestive functions of, 361 

 formation of, 378 

 freezing-point of, 381 

 gases of, 264, 360 

 in emulsification of fats, 361 

 influence of nerves on secretion of, 



406 



inhibition of heart by, 170 

 mucin, 360, 405 

 pigments, 358, 379, 456 

 circulation of, 406 

 Gmelin's test for, 359, 456 

 production of, in liver, 379 

 relation of, to spleen, 650 

 precipitation of gastric digest by, 



364 



quantity of, 361 

 rate of secretion of, 407, 413 

 reactions of, 456 

 reinforcing action of, 363 

 salts, 359 



action of, on blood, 28, 70 

 decomposition of, 359 

 Hay's test, 520 

 influence of, on secretion of 



bile, 407 

 secretion of, influence of nerves on, 



405 



influence of secretin on, 406 

 secretory pressure of, 408 

 spectrum of, 359 

 Biliary fistula, 363, 406 

 Bilirubin, 358 



