420 



INDEX. 



Air, expired, changes of, 550, 552 

 Albumin, acid- and alkali-, 19, 97 

 Albuinose, clotting prevented by, 29 

 ,, distinguished from peptone, 



M9 

 Alcohol, changes in proteids ]>roduced by, 



24 



,, physiological action, 348 

 ,, use in diet, 837 

 Alimentary canal, vnso-constrictor nerves 



of, 322, 438 

 ,, structure, 377 



mucous membrane of, 378 



glands of, 379 



,, circular and longitudinal 



coats of, 456, 464 

 spontaneous movements of, 



464, 465, 468 

 ,, nerve supply to coats, 466, 



467 



peristaltic action, 464 

 ,, mutually destructive juices 



of, 476 



,, absorption from, 481, 511 



Alkaloids, vegetable, their kinship to 



urea, 828 

 Allantoin, iv. 390 

 Allantois, growth of the, iv. 376 

 Altitudes, nigh, diminished oxygen pres- 

 sure in, 575 



Alveolus of lung tissue, 527, 529, 532 

 of gland, 380, 386 

 ,, ,, lymphatic, 492 



,, ,, mammary, 777 



of pancreas, 391 

 Alvergniat's gas-pump, 555 

 Amblyopia, 1078 

 Ammonia, mode of conversion into urea, 



756, 757 



Amnion, true and false, iv. 376, 385 

 Amniotic fluid, iv. 385 



,, function, iv. 386 

 ,, composition, iv. 390 

 Amoebse, 3 7 

 Amoeboid movements of white corpuscles, 



38, 42, 166, 337, 490 

 Amphibia, ending of nerve fibres in 



muscles of, 120 

 urinary tubule in, 643 



,, double vascular supply to 



kidney, 666 

 Ampullae of the semicircular canals, 



J009 



Amylolytic action of saliva, 361 

 Anabolic changes of living substance, 42 

 Anacrotic pulse, usually pathological, 



265, 271 



Anaemia, lessened number of red cor- 

 puscles in, 34 



,, respiration imj>eded by, 629 

 Anelectrotonus, 129 



,, relation to irritability, 



133 

 " Animal starch," 730 



Animals, cold-blooded, temperature of, 



809 

 ,, warm-blooded, 



810 



Annulus of Vieussens, 299 

 Anode, 60 

 Aorta, proportion of sectional area of 



capillaries to the, 199 

 comparative blood-pressure in, 



239 



closure of valves of, 246 

 ,, absence of nerves from, 272 

 Aphasia, connection of with cortical 



lesion, 1053, 1056 

 ,, phenomena of, 1057 

 Apncea, how produced, 603, 604 

 Aqueduct of Sylvius, 930 

 Aqueous humour, iv. 168 

 Arachnoid membrane, 1125 

 Arantii, corpus, 197 

 Area, cortical motor, in dog, 1035 

 ,, ,, in monkey, 1038 

 ,, ,, ,, in anthropoid ape, 



1043 



,, ,, ,, in man, 1052 

 ,, ,, mode of action of, 



1056 

 ,, ,, for movements of 



the eyes, 1079 

 ,, ,, for. speech, 1053, 



iv. 326 

 ,, ,, ,, for movements of 



larynx, iv. 325 

 ,, ,, ,, for respiratory 



movements,iv. 326 

 ,, ,, for vision, 1081 



for smell, 1087 



,, ,, for cutaneous sensations, 



1091 



diabetic, 730 

 ,, visual, iv. 81 

 ,, tactile, iv. 277 

 Areolar tissue, 188 

 Aristotle, experiment of, iv. 305 

 Arterial pressure, 203, see also Blood, 



pressure of. 



,, ,, tracings of, 206 



,, ,, heart -beat in inverse 



ratio to, 305 



as affected by tonic con- 



traction, 307 

 ,, ,, ,, by quantity of 



blood, 341 



,, ,, ,, by exercise, 350 



vaso-motor action on, 



319, 327 



scheme, model of, 215 

 tone, 308 



,, ,, intrinsic nature of, 329 



Arterialization, effect of deficient, 622 

 Arteries, effect of ligature on , 28, 202 

 structure of, 193, 194 

 elasticity and contractility of, 

 198, 214, 306 



