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INDEX. 



Blood, quantity and distribution, 52 

 ,, ,, iii a part, mode of meas- 



uring, 314 

 ,, results of changes in, 



341 



,, rate of flow in vessels, 220 

 its dependence on vaso- 



motor action, 319 

 ,, amount driven by each heart-beat, 



201,253 

 ,, time occupied by one circulation, 



254 

 ,, quality of, its effect on heart-beat, 



303 



,, on peripheral re- 



sistance, 340 

 ,, ,, as affected by exercise, 



349 

 ,, ,, by deficient aeration, 



600 



in infant, iv. 406 



oedema due to changes in, 509 

 ,, respiratory changes in, 553 571 

 ,, gases of, 557 

 ,, how measured, 555 



,, entrance of oxygen into by diffu- 

 sion, 626 



exit of carbonic acid from, 575 

 ,, relations of oxygen in, 557 

 ,, of carbonic acid in, 570 



,, of nitrogen in, 671 



venous, its influence on muscular 



irritability, 148 

 colour of, 565 

 ,, ,, spectrum of, 565 

 ,, ,, an excitant of respiratory 



centre, 598 



, , , , its slowing effect on heart- 

 beat, 621 

 ,, ,, arterial in colour during 



hibernation, 820 

 ,, ,, in umbilical arteries, iv. 



384 



,, arterial, colour of, 565 

 constancy of percentage of sugar 



in, 727 



,, proteids of the, 823 

 course of, in foetus, iv. 390 

 ,, circulation of, see Circulation. 

 ,, platelets, 47 



,, in relation to inflam- 



mation, 337 



pressure, arterial and venous com- 

 pared, 202, 209, 215 

 how measured, 202, 207 



,, ,, mode of registering, 204 



,, in arteries, 207 



in veins, 203, 207 



,, ,, in capillaries, 208 



,, ,, nature and causes of, 21 1 



,, its relation to peripheral re- 



sistance, 215 



,, to heart-beat,304, 



351 



Blood pressure, as affected by cardiac 

 inhibition, 296 



,, ,, by stimulation of de- 

 pressor, 324 



,, by stimulation of sci- 

 atic, 325 



,, ,, ,, by action of drugs, 340 

 ,, ,, ,, by changes in amount 



of blood, 342 



,, ,, ,, by respiration, 614 

 ,, ,, in the kidneys, 657, 660, 



665 



,, ,, iu the brain, 1134 

 ,, in umbilical vein and artery, 



iv. 383 



,, serum, constituents of, 19 

 supply, its influence on muscular 



irritability, 146 

 vessels, their influence on fluidity 



of blood, 28 



Blushing, its cause, 332, 347 

 Body, the, characteristics of in life and 



death, 1, 2 



average composition of, 788 

 ,, metabolic processes of, 703 

 ,, changes during starvation, 789 

 ,, potential and actual energy of, 



801 



expenditure of energy by, 803 

 sense of position of, 1012 

 Bois-Reymond, du, his ' key,' 61 



,, ,, on muscle-currents, 



109, 110 



Bone, presence of lymph in, 486 

 Bowman, glands of, iv. 247 

 Brachial plexus, constrictor and dilator 



fibres in, 315 



Brain, the, reaction of, 123, 1138 

 ,, its action on spinal reflexes, 916 

 ,, embryonic, 929 

 ,, primary vesicles of, 



929 

 ,, ,, transformations of, 



930 

 ,, correspondence of with 



adult brain, 935 

 ,, cerebral hemispheres, 930 

 ,, ,, ,, relation of to crossed 



side of body, 1093 

 ,, ,, ,, their action not 



identical, 1118 

 ,, ., results of removal of 



in frog, 999 

 , f ,, results of removal of 



in birds, 1003 



,, ,, results of removal 



of in mammals, 

 1005, 1008 

 ., ,, lateral . ventricles, 



931 



,, corpus striatum, 932 



,, ,, ,, lenticularis, 



932 

 ,, ,, callosum, 932 



