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 COg, 27 
Acids, effect on alveolar CQ, 
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 
