IND 



EX. 



Abdomen, curvature of surface of, 



in parturient women, 223. 

 Abdominal muscles, force of, 159. 



thickness of, 160. 



vertical tension of, 223. 



transverse tension of, 224. 



surface, curvatures of, 161. 



Absolute force of muscles, 62. 

 Absorption, rapidity of, 150. 

 Accelerator urinse, action of, 178. 

 Action, principle of least, 238. 

 Adductor muscles in man, 327, 346, 



354- 



primus, 327. 



— - — secundus, a, 328. 



„ ft 327. 



tertius, 327. 



quartus, 329. 



in leopard, 349. 



in lion, 376. 



llama, 337, 352. 



Agitator caudae, 363. 

 Ai, foot tendons of, 108. 

 Albatross wing, 282. 



latissimus dorsi of, 256. 



Alligator, flexors of toes in, 117. 

 American method of hanging, 9. 

 Anatomy, comparative, of the tendons 



of hand and foot, 76. 

 Andral, on right ventricle, 145. 

 Angel shark, pectoral muscles of, 180. 



Anomaly of flexor pollicis in man, 122. 

 Angular velocity of forearm produced 



by biceps, 175. 

 Anaesthesia, in labour, remarks on, 



167. 



Anus, sphincter of the, 208. 



Application of general laws of mus- 

 cular action, 442. 



Arm, weight of the, 27. 



Armstrong gun, bursting of, 433. 



Arterial blood necessary for muscular 

 contraction, 7. 



Armadillo, foot tendons of, 107. 



Ass, biceps of, 169. 



Ateles, hand tendons of, 125. 



muscles of, 400. 



Axis of maximum instability, 274. 



of neutral equilibrium, 274. 



minimum stability, 274. 



Bat's wing, muscular type of, 423. 

 Baxter, work done by frog muscles, 72, 

 Bear, tendons of foot of, 1 10. 



hand of, 131. 



Bengal tiger, 103. 



fox, 29. 



Beowulf quoted, 7. 

 Biceps, cross section of, 64. 



comparative anatomy of, 173. 



cruris, cross section of, 67. 



ofFelidae, 179. 



