INDEX. 



427 



Colour blindness, Bering's theory of, 



iv. 102 



,, absolute, iv. 105 



Colours, complementary, iv. 89 

 ,, primary, iv. 91 

 ,, of arterial and venous blood, 



553565 



Columns of spinal cord, 858 

 Combustion of various foods, rates of, 



compared, 802 



Connective tissue, structure of, 187 

 corpuscles, 189 

 "loose," 188 

 action of gastric juice on, 



374 



re ti form or reticular, 443 

 in relation to lymphatic 



vessels, 481 

 ,, to lymph spaces, 485, 



486 

 Constant current, its action, 126 



,, ,, as compared with in- 



duction shock, 134 

 Commissure, inferior optic, 1074 

 Commissures of cord, anterior and pos- 

 terior, 858, 863 

 Cones of retina, iv. 62 et sup. 

 approximate dimensions 



of, iv. 81 



Coni vasculosi of testis, iv. 365 

 Conjunctiva, structure of, iv. 173 

 Consciousness, its connection with ner- 

 vous action, 911 

 Consonants and vowels, iv. 334 



,, manner of formation, iv. 337 



,, classification of, iv. 338 



Constriction of arteries, 307 



,, of pupil a reflex act, iv. 37 



Constrictor fibres, 312 

 Contour, double, of nerve fibre, 114 

 Contractile tissues, the, 54 167 



,, material of muscle tissue, 1 .33 



Contractility, 56, 166 

 Contraction of muscle, movements of 



body due to, 54 

 , , simple and tetanic, 58 



,, graphic method of record- 



ing, 58 

 ,, simple, phenomena of, 68 



tetanic, 78, 82 

 \, of skeletal muscles tetanic 



in character, 81, 1066 

 ,, wave of, 86 



,, visible changes of muscle 



during, 91 



nature of act of, 94, 151 

 chemical changes due to, 



102 



heat given out during, 104 

 making and breaking, 126 

 influence of nature of 



stimulus on, 13(5 

 prolonged, of red muscle, 

 140 



Contraction, as influenced by load, 



141 



,, idio-muscular, 143 



,, exhausting effects of the 



products of, 150 

 ,, result of chemical changes 



in, 151 



,, of unstriated muscle, 159 



,, peristaltic, 159 



,, spontaneous, 160 



tonic, 162 



,, relation of amoeboid move- 



ments to, 166 

 ,, of arterial muscular fibre, 



313 



of heart, auricular and ven- 



tricular synchro- 

 nous, 252 



,, ,, features of, 286 



of villas, 519 



Contractions, peristaltic, in plain, muscu- 

 lar tissue, 159 

 of ureter, 664, 680 

 of bladder, 682 

 of the stomach, 459 

 of the intestine, 465 

 of gall-bladder and 



duct, 708 

 ,, rhythmical, of spleen tissue, 



741 



,, of the uterus during 



pregnancy, iv. 395 



,, ,, during ' labour,' 



iv. 396 

 ,, ,, ,, after parturition, 



iv. 398 

 ,, ,, ,, intrinsic nature 



of, iv. 400 

 ,, of the abdominal walls, 464, 



iv. 397 

 Contrast visual, simultaneous, iv. 126 



,, ,, successive, iv. 128 

 Conns medullaris, 878 

 Convulsions, anserine, how produced, 607 

 Co-ordination of movements, machinery 



of, in birds, 1009 

 ,, machinery of, in 



mammals, 1011 

 ,, ,, machinery of, in 



man, 1012 



,, ,, parts of middle 



brain concerned 

 in, 1019 



,, of ocular movements, iv. 148 



,, ,, nervous mecha- 



nism govern- 

 ing, iv. 151 

 Cord, spinal, 169, 849928 



general features, 856 

 white matter, structure, 859 

 ,, tracts of, delimita- 

 tion of, 869, 872 

 neuroglia, 859, 860 



,, structure, 862 



