INDEX. 



ABDOMINAL, reflex, 679 

 Abducent nerve, 827 

 distribution, 827 

 function, 827 

 origin, 827 

 pathology, 827 

 physiology, 827 

 Aberration, 794 

 chromatic, 794 

 spherical, 794 

 Absorption, 135 

 by blood-vessels, 163 

 by the skin and lungs, 164 

 from intestines, 144 

 stomach, 144 

 within, 135 

 without, 135 

 of alcohol, 144 

 carbohydrates, 145 

 fats, 147 

 proteids, 146 

 salts, 145 

 water, 145 

 rapidity of, 148 

 time of, 149 

 Accessory foods, 44 

 Accessory nucleus dentatus, 686 

 Accommodation of the eye, 795 

 act of, 794 

 defects of, 794 

 for distance, 796 

 mechanism of, 795 

 Acetic acid fermentation, 128 

 Acetonaemia, 124 



Achromatic nuclear substance, 12 

 Achroodextrin, 63 

 Acid fermentation of urine, 455 

 Acid poisoning, 486 

 Acid sodium urate, 447 

 Acids in the gastric juice, 75 

 Acromegaly, 420 

 Adam's apple, 565 

 Adaptation, 868 

 Addison's disease, 414 

 Adenin, 417 

 Adipocere, 544 

 Adrenal glands, 412 

 blood supply of, 414 

 choline secretion, 413 

 extract of, 416 

 function of, 414 

 results of extirpation of, 414 

 secretory nerves of, 417 

 structure of, 412 

 Adrenalin, 416 

 Aeroplethysmograph, 356 

 JEsthesiometer, 732 

 Afferent impulses of cerebellum, 692 

 After-images, 809 

 Age, influence on capacity of respiration. 



354 



Agglutinins, 215 

 Agraphia, 573 

 Aim of alimentation, 488 

 Air, 393 



complemental, 355 

 compressed, 394 

 quantity breathed, 355 

 rarefied. 395 

 reserved, 355 



Air, residual, 355 



tidal, 355 



vital capacity of, 355 

 Air cells, 342 

 Air passages, 338 

 Air tubes (see bronchi), 338 

 Ala cinerea, 628 

 Alanin, 33 

 Albumin, 35 



alkali, 35 



acid, 35 



derived, 35 



egg, 36 



in urine, 459 



native, 36 



serum, 36 

 Albuminuria, 459 



causes, 459 



tests, 459 

 Albuminates, 35 

 Albuminoids, 35 

 Albumoses, 85 

 Albumosuria, 458 

 Alcohol, 44 



heat value of, 500 

 Alcoholic fermentation, 128 

 Aleuron granules, 35 

 Alexia, 573 

 Alimentary canal, 47 

 length, 47 



parts of, 47 



substances, 38 

 Alkali albumin, 35 



Alteration theory of nerve currents, 595 

 Alternate hemiplegia, 693 

 Alveolus, 51 

 Amido acids. 34, 476 

 Ammonia, 33, 450 

 Ammonium carbonate, 445 



magnesium phosphate, 458 

 Amnion, 856 

 Amoeba, 9, 15 

 Amoeboid movement, 15 

 Amphipyrenin, 13 

 Ampulla, 769 

 Amyloses, 28, 29 

 Amyloses or starches, 29 



action of saliva upon, 63 



pancreatic juice, 104 

 Amylopsin, 104 

 Anabolic processes, 468 

 Anatomy, 3 

 Animal heat, 506 

 estimation of, 513 

 extremes of temperature, 512 

 post-mortem rises, 527 

 Animals, 509 

 cold blooded, 509 

 temperature of, 509 

 warm blooded, 509 

 Anions, 136 

 Ankle clonus, 629 

 Anosmia, 747 

 Anospinal center, 131 

 Anterior columns, 617 

 root fibers, 617 

 pyramids, 625 

 Antero-lateral ascending cerebellar tract, 



619 

 Antero-lateral ground bundle, 617 



(873) 



