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INDEX 



Biliverdin, 358 



Bioplasm. See Protoplasm, and Living 



matter 



Bipolar ganglion cells, 828 

 Bird's blood, coagulation of, 36, 43 

 Biuret reaction, 8, 453 

 Bladder, 503 



pressure in, in micturition, 503 

 Blastoderm, 1081 

 Blind spot, 1004, 1064 



mapping the, 1064 

 Blood, bird's, 36 



carbon dioxide content of, 26, 253 



chemical composition of, 47 



circulation of, 80 



coagulation of, 62, 33 



composition of, 49 



-corpuscles, coloured, composition 



of, 50 



osmotic resistance of, 73 

 crenation of, 1-6 

 destruction of, 21 

 dextrose in, 50 

 enumeration of, 1 8, 67 

 formation of, in embryo, 20 

 gaseous metabolism of, 250 

 graveyard of, 22 

 life-history of, 20 

 osmotic resistance of, 73 

 pernicious anaemia, 21 

 red, 15 



destruction of, 21 

 origin of, 20 



rouleaux formation of, 16 

 shadows or ghosts of, 70 

 size of, 15 

 structure of, 15 

 white. See Leucocytes 

 distribution of, 56, 187 



carbon dioxide in, 253 

 electrical conductivity of, 26, 68 

 flow, calorimetric method of mea- 

 suring, 122 



in different organs, 127 

 in feet, 127 

 in hands, 126 



measurement of, 218 

 functions of, 59 

 gases of, 244, 264. 360 



estimation by ferricyanide, 249 

 quantity of, 249 

 tension of, 256 



results, 259 

 guaiacum test for, 76 

 kinetic and potential energy of cir- 

 culating, 119 

 laking of, 70 

 living test-tube, 34 

 measurement of velocity of, 120-124 

 morphology of, 14 

 opacity of, 70 

 pigment, microscopic test for, 78 



Blood pigment, preparation of, 73 

 plasma, proteins of, 563 



relative volume of, 68 

 plates, 18 



platelets and coagulation, 39, 40 

 anticoagulants and preserva* 



tion of, 40 

 disintegration of, 40 

 functions of, 62 

 precipitin test for, 31 

 quantity of, 55 

 in lungs, 224 

 which may be lost, 189 

 reaction of, 62, 24 

 regeneration of, 22 

 relative volumes of corpuscles and 



plasma, 27 

 serum, electrical conductivity of, 



380 



freezing-point of, 380 

 specific gravity of, 62, 26 

 substances, 314 

 sugar in, 525, 494, 532, 538 

 temperature of, 684 

 testing for adrenalin in, 640, 641 

 tests for, 45-47 

 titratable alkalinity, 25 

 vaso-constrictor property of shed, 



45 

 velocity of, 117-127 



in arteries, 119, 125 

 in capillaries, 120, 130 

 in veins, 120, 134 

 measurement of, 120, 122, 218 

 vessels, suturing, noo 

 viscosity of, 497, 23 

 volume of corpuscles and plasma, 



27, 68 

 why it does not clot in the vessels, 



45 

 Blood -pressure, arterial measurement of, 



107 



and acapnia, 182 

 curves with elastic manometers, 93, 



in 

 with mercurial manometers, 



no, 112, 209 



effect of changes of posture on, 188 

 of extracts of bone-marrow on, 



182 



of freezing the cord on, 182 

 of haemorrhage and transfusion 



on, 212 



of kidney on, 649 

 of muscular exercise on, 115, 



211 



of nervous tissue on, 650 

 of peptone on, 213 

 of pituitary on, 646 

 of suprarenal on, 214 

 of testicle on, 628 

 of thymus on, 631 



