488 



INDEX. 



Biceps, and brachiseus compared, 176. 



■ ,, in ungulates, 1 74. 



work done by, 34. 



Bidpiti accessorius, length of fibres 



of, 1. 

 Biometer, 22. 

 Bird, muscular fibres of, 3. 



■ muscular type of wing of, 419. 



principle of least action shown 



in the wing of, 302. 



tendons of foot in, 113. 



Blood, arterial, in muscular action, 7. 



quantity of, [SO. 



Boat racing, work done in, 48. 

 Bombay goat, 104, 132. 

 Borelli, 5, 73. 

 Boxlift, 59. 



Bouillaud on right ventricle, 145. 

 Bowman, 1, 3. 



Brachiseus anticus, cross section of, 2. 



comparative anatomy of, 173. 



Brain, weight of, 32. 

 Brahmin cow, biceps of, 174. 

 Buccinator, 206. 



Buys Ballot, on cross section of mus- 

 cles, 2. 



Buzzard, pectoral muscle of, 184. 



Cab wheels, sound of, on London 

 pavement, 19. 



Caninus museums, 207. 



Capillary coefficient of blood resist- 

 ance, 143. 



Capuchin monkey, tendons of hand 

 in, 125. 



Carnivores, hand tendons of, 125. 



foot tendons of, 95. 



■ friction of foot tendons in, 102. 



Cassowary, muscular type of, 429. 

 Causes of death in hanging, 8. 

 Cercocebus, hand tendons of, 124. 

 Chemical effects of muscular con- 

 traction, 5, 



Chimpanzee, thumb flexor of, 121. 



muscles of, 400. 



Ciliaris, 202. 



Classification of muscles, 164. 



Cleavage planes, 4. 



in rocks and muscles compared, 4. 



Coefficient of contraction in muscle, 7 1 . 



refreshment, 479. 



Coignet's lift, 51. 



Collongues on susurrus, 15, 2r. 



Comparison of the strength of ten- 

 don, force of muscle, and the force 

 consumed in friction, in man, 87, 

 in mastiff, 90. 



Constancy of work done, law of, 444. 



Constancy of volume in contracting 

 muscle, 5. 



Conclusion, 485. 



Condition of maximum in rotator 



muscles, 323. 

 Contraction, muscular, nature of, 5. 

 Coulomb, work done by porters, 60. 

 Cross section of muscles, 84. 



of tendons, 85. 



of biceps, 2. 



Cruveilhier on thickness of ventricles 



of heart, 145. 

 Curvatures of abdominal surfaces, 161. 

 Cygnus atrata, tendons of, 118. 

 Czermak, 20. 



Cynocephalus hamadryas, 400. 



D'Alembert's principle, 25. 

 Darwin, 387. 



Death by hanging, causes of, 8. 

 Deltoidal muscles, 192. 

 Deltoid muscle, comparative anatomy 

 of, 193. 



Diameter of elementary fibres, I. 

 Diaphragm, tension of, 231. 

 Dilator Iridis, 200. 

 Dingo, foot tendons of, 99. 

 muscles of, 398, 



