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INDEX 



temperature regulation, 80 



function of, 68 



percentage of oxygen in, 28 



saturation with mixture of 

 CO and oxygen, 53, 54 



sugar contents of, 76, 77 

 Blood, concentration after 

 sweating, 79 



venous gas pressure of, 71, 

 72 

 Blood composition, and spe- 

 cific "structure," 90, 91 



effect of sweating on, 79 

 Blood flow, in organs, 69, 70, 

 71 



effect of metabolism on, 70 



relation to blood composi- 

 tion, 76 



subordinate centres regu- 

 lating, 70 

 Blood alkalinity, 36, 38 



at high altitudes, 50, 51 



at low barometric pressure, 

 51 



dissociation curve as index 

 of, 31 



effect of diet on, 37 



in regulation of breathing, 

 by, 42 



nitrogen of urine as index 

 of, 39 



regulation by ammonia, 38, 

 39 

 by "buffer" substances, 



36 

 by kidneys, 39, 40, 51 

 by liver, 39, 40, 51 



Blood pressure and oxygen 



deficiency, 75 

 Blood reaction (see blood 



alkalinity) 

 Blood transfusion, effect on 

 blood volume and red 

 blood corpuscles, 80, 81 

 effect of repeated, 81, 95 

 Blood volume at high alti- 

 tudes, 52 

 effect of bleeding on, 80 

 effect of transfusion, 80, 

 81, 95 

 Bohr, 30, 53, 63 

 Bone marrow, formation of 

 red blood corpuscles in, 

 81 

 Boothby, 71 

 Boycott, 50, 80, 95 

 Breathing, 3, 100, 101 

 after excessive ventilation, 



46, 47 

 apnoea after excessive, 9, 



46, 47 

 at altitudes, 47, 48 

 CO2 in regulation of, 7, 9, 



11, 14 

 CO2 pressure in regulation 



of, 34 

 during exercise, 10 

 effect of acids on, 35 

 effect of alkalis on, 35 

 effect of alveolar CO2 on, 



8, 9, 12 

 effect of alveolar oxygen 

 on, 8 



