INDEX 



Abruzzi, Duke of the, 58 

 Absorption curve of carbon 

 dioxide, constancy of, 34 

 effect of dissociation of 



haemoglobin on, 33 

 in blood, 32, 33, 34 

 Accelerator nerve, 73 



effect of rise in venous 

 pressure on, 73 

 Acclimatisation, at high alti- 

 tudes, 48, 56, 58, 59 

 at high altitudes, effect on 

 haemoglobin percentage, 

 51, 52, 56, 57 

 at high altitudes, factors in, 



59 

 to oxygen want, 47, 48, 49, 



55, 58, 59 

 to repeated balloon ascents, 

 59 

 Acid poisoning, ammonia 



formation in, 39 

 Acidosis, ammonia formation 

 in, 39 

 effect on alveolar CO2, 27 

 Acids, effect on alveolar CO2, 

 35 

 effect on breathing, 35 

 effect on dissociation of 

 oxy-haemoglobin curve, 

 31 



effect on respiratory cen- 

 tre, 36 

 Activity, "normal," 1 

 Adaptation, alteration of the 

 normal in, 102 

 in memory, 97 

 in reproduction, 98 

 of epithelium to injury, 96 

 structural changes in, 94 

 to changes in environment, 



93, 94, 95, 96 

 to disease, 95, 96 

 to injury, 95, 96, 97 

 to oxygen want, 94 

 to repeated bleeding, 95 

 to repeated blood transfu- 

 sion, 95 

 Adrenal, glands in regulation 

 of vaso-constriction, 75, 

 80 

 Adrenalin, in regulation of 



vaso-constriction, 75 

 Aerotonometer, 53 

 Aggregation of haemoglobin 



by inorganic salts, 31 

 Air, supply, to divers, 20 

 regulation of, 4 

 vitiated, 18 

 Albuminous substances in 

 blood, as weak acids, 32 



