INDEX. 



875 



Blood, laking, 177 

 medico-legal tests, 211 

 odor, 168 

 oxygen in, 200 

 pigments in urine, 452 

 plasma, 197 

 plates of, 183 

 proteids of, 198 

 quantity of, 169 

 reaction, 167 

 renewal of, 208 

 serum, 197 

 specific gravity, 168 

 spectra, 194 

 taste, 168 



temperature of, 168 

 estimation of, 169 

 transfusion,- 209 

 volume of, 198 



Welcker's estimation, 169 

 venous, 170 

 Blood-corpuscles, 171 

 blood-platelets, 183 

 chemical composition of, 189 

 chemistry of, 197 

 count of, 174 

 destruction of, 186 

 diapedesis of, 182 

 experiments upon, 177 

 of different animals, 209 

 parasites, 172 

 vitality of, 174 



red corpuscles, action of inorganic sub- 

 stances, 178 

 destruction of, 186 

 formation of, 185 

 in extra-uterine life, 186 

 in intra-uterine life, 185 

 function of, 211 

 life cycle of, 174 

 methods of counting, 174 

 number, 173 



conditions affecting, 173 

 parasites, 172 

 place of destruction, 187 

 rouleaux, 172 

 shape, 171 

 size, 171 



white corpuscles, 179 

 amoeboid movements of, 180 

 disappear when blood is drawn, 179 

 function of, 181 

 number of, 179 

 origin of, 183 

 structure of, 180 

 variations in number, 179 

 varieties, 180 

 where found, 181 

 Blood-crystals, 190 

 Blood-platelets, 183 

 Blood-pressure, 296 



effect of vagus on, 368 

 extremes of, 307 

 in man, 303 

 measurement of. 299 

 pathological, 307 

 respiratory wave, 302 



causes, 302 



Traube-Hering curve of, 308 

 variations of, 306 

 venous, 309 

 Blood-vessels, 284 

 circulation in, 284 



Weber's schema, 283 

 Body, chemical constituents of, 25 

 Bowditch stair-case contraction, 273 

 Body cavity, 6 

 Bony labyrinth, 753 

 Bowman's capsule, 436 

 Boyle-Van 't Hoff law, 139 



Boveri on fertilization, 849 



Brain (see cerebellum, pons, etc.). 



action of extracts of, 706 



aqueduct of Sylvius, 639 



artery of haemorrhage, 659 



blood-supply of, 658 



circulation in, 319 



claustrum, 653 



corpora quadrigemina, 654 



corpora striata, 658 



external form, 642 



extirpation of, 695 



fissures of, 642 



fourth ventricle, 638 



ganglia of, 650 



gray matter of, 648 



internal capsule, 654 



lobes, 645 



motor areas, 697 



optic thalamus, 695 



sensory areas, 697 



structure of convolutions of, 649 



tracts, cortico-pontal cerebellar, 656 

 motor, 656 

 sensory, 658 



white matter, 650 

 Bread, 43 



Bread juice, comparative value of, 79 

 Breathing (see respiration). 

 Bromelin, 104 

 Bronchi, 342 



blood-supply of, 343 



unstriped muscle, 363 

 Bronchial system, 342 

 Brunner's glands, 93 

 Buffy coat, 200 

 Bulb (see medulla). 

 Bulbar nerves, 682 

 Burdach's column, 621 

 Butter, 43 

 Buttermilk, 43 

 Butyric fermentation, 128 



CACHEXIA strumipriva, 404 



Caecum, 94 



Caffeine, 45 



Caissons and effect of compressed air, 394 



Caisson paralysis, 394 



Calamus scriptorius, 627 



Calcium carbonate, 458 



oxalate, 458 



phosphate, 458 

 Calorie, 500 

 Calorimeter, 514 

 Calyces of kidney, 435 

 Camera obscura, 793 

 Canal, alimentary, 47 



external auditory, 750 

 function, 750 



Petit's, 788 



Schlemm's, 775 



semi-circular of ear, 768 



Stilling's, 788 



Cannon's experiments on stomach, 73 

 Capacity of chest, vital, 354 

 Capillaries, 280 



anatomy of, 280 



bile, 111 



blood-pressure in, 309 



capacity, 280 



circulation in, 281 



histology, 280 



passage of corpuscles through walls, 294 



rate of blood in, 296 



size, 280 

 Capillary circulation, 292 



blood-pressure, 309 



swiftness, 296 

 Capsule of Bowman, 436 



of Glisson, 109 



