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Aqueous humour, 255 



Arginin, 42 



Army, British, peace diet of, 345 



Artcriae rectse, 474 



Arterial cannula, 186 



pressure, 168, 186 



circumstances affecting, 192 



cuiwcs, relations of, 149 



measurement of, 186 



of kidney, 247 



record of, in cat, 512 



pulse curve, 215 



system, pulse wave in, 217 



wall, deformation of, effect of surround- 

 ing tissues upon , 1 90 



Arteries, contracted, elongation of, with 

 rise of internal pressure, 1 84 



coronary, circulation in, 238 



elasticity of, 184 



relaxed, elongation of, with rise of 

 internal pressure, 184 



structure of, 124 



velocity of flow in, 208 



Arteriole muscle, pressor afferent impulses 



affecting, 231 

 Arytenoids, 742 

 AAscending " current, 582 



spartic acid, 41 

 Asphyxia, 306 



effect of, 168 



of rabbit, 304 

 Association areas, 729 

 Astigmatism, 612 

 Atmosphere, effects of, 499 



temperature of. 499 



See also Air 



Atmospheric pressure, diminished, effects j 

 of, 307 



increased, 309 



Auditory judgments, 653 



nerve, course and connection of fibres, ! 

 697 



Auricle, right, 119 



of calf, 121 



Auriculo-ventricular bundle, 121 



node, 120 

 Autolysis, 69 



Avogadro's hypothesis, 17 

 Axis cylinder of nerve-fibre, 569 

 Axon, 569 



section of, effects, 576 

 Axon reflex, 484 



Bacteria, life cycle of, 258 



Bacterial action in intestinal digestion, 404 



haemolysis, 107 



Barcroft's blood-gas apparatus, 262 



Barfold's test, 61 



Basilar membrane, 648 



Bathmotropic fibres, 173 



Baths, effect on metabolism, 499 



Beckmann's apparatus, 27 



Beef, composition and value of, 348 



Beer, alcohol percentage of, 365 



Biceps, cruris of frog, 549 



Bile, 391 



Bile, excretion of, 447 



flow of, 369 



formation of, 447 



functions of, 394 



in urine, 469 



mechanism of secretion, 394 



organic salts of, 392 



pigments of. 393 



secretion of, mechanism, 394 

 Binocular vision, 630 

 Biological force, 15 



Bio tic energy, 15 

 Bismuth meal, 407, 418 

 Biuret, 46 

 Blastocyst, 772 

 Blaze currents, 567 

 Blind spot, 621 

 Blood, 75 



absorption coefficients for, 263 



acid hfematin of, 94 



acid hnsmatoporphyrin of, 94 



alkali of, diffusible, 77 

 non-diffusible, 77 



alkaline hfematin of, 94 

 reduced, 94 



amount of, 78 



analysis of, 80 



carbon dioxide of, 290 



clotting of, 101 



coagulation time of. 103 



corpuscles of, 86 



pale, 97 



functions of, 98 



origin of. 98 



red, 86 



chemistry, 90 



enumeration of, 87 



fats of, 90 

 function, 89 



origin, 88 



white, enumeration, 98 

 coiint, differential, 98 



effect of high altitude on, 79 



electrical conductivity of, 80 



fixing agent of, 97 



flow of velocity, 203 



gases of, 259, 263, 275 

 extraction of by pump, 259 



pressure of, 269 



haemoglobin of, estimation, 96 



human, analysis of, 81 



Haldano's apparatus for determining 



tension in, 273 

 oxygen curves of, 266 



in urine, 466 



osmotic pressure of, 80 



oxygen capacity of, 264 



partial, 269 



platelets of, 99 



pressure of, 186 



aortic, 178 



capillary, 221 



carotid, of pithed cat, 230 



fall of, 177 



in nipple of cat, 522 

 in veins, 225 



