INDEX 



nog 



Blood -pressure, estimation of the ar. 



terial, 211 



factors which maintain, 116 

 fall of, in sleep, 950 

 hydrostatic and hydrodynamic ele- 

 ments, 1 88 



in capillaries, 130, 131 

 influence of position of body on, 



211 



of proteoses on, 213 

 of respiration on, 283 

 in man, influence of exercise on, 115 

 measurement of, by stetho- 

 scope, 113 



in pulmonary artery, 116 

 in right and left ventricles, 116, 138 

 mean arterial, 109, 112 

 measurement of, 109, 211 

 permanent element in, in 

 systolic and diastolic, 113 

 tracings, 163, 208 

 Blood-pump, 248 



Blood-serum, freezing-point of, 380 

 Blood-supply, regulation of, 187 

 Bloodvessels, anastomosis of, 1099 



rhythmically contractile, 81,173, 178 

 structure of, 82 

 suturing, noo 

 tone of, 959 



Body, composition of, 590 

 Bohr, on composition of blood-gases, 256 

 Bolometer, 657, 756 

 Bone-marrow and blood-formation, 20, 



22 



action of extracts of, 649 

 Bones, composition of, 609 



influence of pituitary on, 648 



of testicles on, 628 

 * Boot ' electrodes, 814 - 

 /3-oxybutyric acid, 553 

 Brain, anaemia of, 950 



chemistry of, 955 



circulation in, 952 



condition of, isolated, 940 

 in sleep, 949 



development of, 821 



functions of, 903 



heat-production in, 664 



influence of, on spinal reflexes, 882 



respiratory changes in volume of, 

 289 



resuscitation of, 953, 954 



size of, at different ages, 952 

 and intelligence, 952 



temperature of, 686 



volume, respiratory variations in, 



289 



Bread, 693 



Breast-feeding, superiority of, 1096 

 Breath, holding, 233 

 Broca's area, 936, 939 



aphasia, 935 



Bronchi, 222 



movements of, in respiration, 230 



nerves of, 280 

 Bronchial breathing, 231 



muscles, innervation of , 280 

 Bronchoscope, 230 

 Brownian motion, 448 

 Brown-Sequard's syndrome, 866 

 Brunner's glands, 374, 377 

 ' Buffy coat,' 39 



Burdach's column, connections of, 842 

 See Posterior median column 



tract, 838 

 Burdon- Sanderson on negative variation, 



799> 800 



Burns, superficial, death from, 293 

 Buttermilk diet, 417 

 Butyric acid, 553 



fermentation, 4x8 



Cachexia strum ipriva, 633 

 Caecum, nerves of, 326 

 Caffeine, 619 



as diuretic, 502 

 Caisson disease, 291 

 Calcium and bone formation, 609 

 deficiency of, 609 

 relation of, to heart-beat, 152. 



198 



Calorimeter, air, 654, 655 

 differential micro-, 656 

 respiration, 239, 653, 694 



Atwater's, 654 

 water equivalent of, 694 

 Calorimetric method for blood-flow in 



hands, 218 



for vaso-motor reflexes, 186 

 Calorimetry, 651, 652,694 

 Campbell, visuo-psychic area of, 932 

 Cancer, gastric juice in, 350 

 Cane-sugar, absorption of, 439, 429, 



458 

 inversion of, 10, 333 



by gastric juice, 350 

 tests for, iz 



Cannula, three-way, 210 

 gastric, 453 



to put into an artery, 63 

 trachea, 199 

 vein, 213 



Capillaries, blood -pressure in, 131 

 changes of calibre of, 171 

 circulation in, 120, 129, 190 

 pulse in, 131 

 resistance in, 120, 130 

 total cross-section of, 130 

 velocity of blood in, 130 

 Capillary electrometer, 702, 703, 800 

 Caproic acid, 557 



Capsule, internal. See Internal capsule 

 Carbo-hydrates, absorption of, 439 

 amount of, in standard diet, 611 



