INDEX. 



In the following Index, technical words and words used in a technical sense are 

 accented with the principal accent. In this, Webster's Dicti-inary has been followed 

 whenever possible. There is also herein given the etymology of the technical terms not 

 found in the last edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. 



Abbreviations for Parts of the Brain, 



436-438. 

 Abdo'men, a division of the trunk, 36. 

 ABDOM'IN AL and thoracic viscera, lines of 

 incision for exposing, 374. 



blood vessels, 355. 



transection, how to do, 98-101. 



viscera, 373-397. 

 Abdu'cens nerve, origin and distribution, 508. 

 Absorbent cotton, 62. 



ACCESSORY or spinal accessory nerve, ori- 

 gin and distribution, 509. 



parotid glands, 303. 

 Accuracy, limits to in description, 27. 

 Aeous'tic or auditory nerve, origin and dis- 

 tribution, 508. 

 Actions of muscles, 303. 

 Action of the muscles of the eye, 519. 

 Ad'ipocere, 105. 



Adjective and adverbial forms, 37. 

 Adrena'le, 395. 

 ADVERBIAL and adjective forms, 27. 



ending, 37. 

 Air cells of lungs, 310. 

 AL'BA, functions of, 371. 



structure of, 398-399. 



white nervous matter, 369, 473. 

 Al'bicans, 473. 

 AL'COHOL, a perfect preservative, 113. 



absolute, 112. 



admission of into abdomen, 118. 



amount required for different purposes, 

 121. 



anatomical uses of, 113-134. 



as a deodorizer, 83. 



care of, 113. 



changing the percentage of, 115-116. 



coagulation of tissues by, 117. 



cost of, 113. 



crystalline deposits in, 133. 



deterioration of, 133. 



AL'COHOL, determination of percentage of, 

 114. 

 economics of, 117. 

 filtration of for clearing, 133. 

 filtration of for deodorization and de- 

 coloration, 123. 

 how to obtain free of tax for scientific 



purposes, 113, 535. 

 inflammability of, 114. 

 injection of into arteries, 119. 

 injection of into hollow viscera, 119. 

 injection of into lungs, 119. 

 injection of into thorax and abdomen, 



118. 

 its importance and general character, 



113. 

 measures accessory to immersion in, 



117-119. 

 methyl, or wood spirit, 134. 

 percentage of required for brains, etc., 



120. 

 percentage of required for ligaments, 



etc., 131. 

 percentage of required for muscular 



organs, 130. 

 precautions against fire from, 114. 

 purification of, 122-123. 

 reduction of with water, 116. 

 removing from hair, 131. 

 settling of for clearing, 123. 

 special characters of, 113. 

 specific gravities of various grades, 112. 

 strengthening of, 133. 

 use of appropriate grades of, 117. 

 vapor as a preservative, 138. 

 varieties of, 113. 

 Alcoholom'eter (alcoometer), 114. 

 Alcoom'eter (alcoholometer), 114. 

 Alisphe'noid bone {Latin, ala, a wing, and 

 Greek, aipijv, a wedge, elio( form), 181 . 

 Al'veolar margin of the jaw, 184. 



