- A.
- Abdominal circulation, 54
- Absorption, 25
- Acid, hydrochloric, 23
- Afferent system of nerves, 92
- Alcohol, 95
- Alimentary canal, length of, 19
- movements of, 46
- origin of, 17
- structure of, 46
- Amœba, 16
- Amœboid movement, 31
- Amount of food, 15, 96
- Animalcula (unicellular micro-organisms), 5, 8, 16, 31, 102, 105
- Aorta, 51
- Arm, 57
- Artery, 48
- Association centres, 91
- Athletes, 98
- Atom, 2
- Auditory mechanism, 74
- Auricles, 49
- B.
- Bacteria, 23, 44
- Beaumont, 25
- Bile, 24, 62
- Blind, experiments with the, 100
- Blood, 26
- circulation of the, 48
- clotting after death, 104
- corpuscles, 29, 45
- course of the, 27, 55
- pressure, 51, 66
- Body, the, 9, 94
- Boils, 45
- Bone, 36, 56, 98
- Brain, 63, 79, 102
- Breathing, 25, 52, 82, 97
- C.
- Canals, semicircular, 77
- Capillaries, 48
- Carbohydrate, 14, 96
- digestion of, 22
- Carbon, 11, 13
- Carbonic acid gas, 13, 25
- Cartilage, 36
- Cavity of the body, 43
- Cell, 4
- a chemical laboratory, 6
- division of, 32, 105
- exhaustion of, 102
- movements of, 5, 31
- nerve, 60, 87
- spinal ganglion, 63
- Centres, nervous, 63, 78, 88, 91
- Centrosome, 31
- Cerebellum, 84
- Cerebral cortex, 86
- hemispheres, 85
- Chemical compounds, 2
- needs of body, 11
- Chemistry of the body, 8
- Chords, vocal, 93
- Cilia, 33
- Circulation, 27, 97
- course of, 28, 55
- mechanism of, 48
- Circulating fluids, 26
- Clotting of blood, 104
- Cochlea, 76
- Cold, 83
- Collagen, 24, 35, 96
- Compounds, chemical, 2
- Conductivity of protoplasm, 59
- Connective tissue, 24, 35, 96
- Conservation of energy, 92
- Contraction of heart, 49
- of muscle, 34
- Cooking, 96
- Cord, spinal, 63, 78
- Corpuscles, red blood, 29
- white blood (leucocytes), 45
- Cortex, 86
- Cough, 65, 67
- D.
- Death, 103
- Diaphragm, 52, 97
- Diet, 11, 95
- Digestion, 11
- by body, 22
- by cell, 16
- Doctor, ix
- Drum of ear, 75
- E.
- Ear, 74
- Education, 99
- Efferent system of nerves, 92
- Egg, white of, 13
- Electric manifestations in tissues, 40
- organs of fish, 42
- stimulation of tissues, 37, 88
- Embryo, development of, 17
- Endolymph, 74
- Enzyme, 15
- Epilepsy, 89
- Equilibrium, 66, 84
- Exercise, 97
- Eye, 73
- education of, 100
- protection of, 65
- F.
- Fainting, 66
- Fat, 14, 24, 27
- Fatigue, 40, 102
- Ferments, 15
- Fibres, connective tissue, 35
- muscle, 34
- nerve, 42, 60
- Fibrils, muscle, 35
- Fish, electric, 42
- Food, 10, 95
- amount of, 15, 96
- vacuole, 16
- Forehead, 91
- Frog experiments on muscle, 37
- reflexes, 68
- G.
- Ganglion, spinal, 62
- Gastric juice, 23
- Gelatin, 24, 35, 96
- Gland cells, 21
- Glands, origin of, 20
- salivary, 22
- sweat, 71
- tear, 65
- H.
- Hæmoglobin, 29
- Hair, 70
- Harvey, 108
- Head, 79
- Hearing, 74
- Heart, 48, 66
- Heat, production of, 13
- regulation of, 83
- Histological methods, 110
- Huxley, 7
- Hydrochloric acid, 23
- I.
- Internal secretion, 29
- Intestine, movements of, 47
- Involuntary movements, 65
- muscle, 34
- Iron, 95
- K.
- Kidneys, 29, 95
- L.
- Labyrinths of ear, 74
- Leucocytes, 42
- Limbs, 56
- Liver, 24
- circulation through, 27, 54
- Living matter, 1
- Localization of function in the brain, 86, 88
- Lungs, 52, 93
- absorption by, 25
- Lymph, 26
- circulation of, 27, 48
- M.
- Marshall’s fibrils, 35
- Meat in diet, 15, 95
- Medicine, ix
- Medulla (hind-brain), 82
- Memory, 91
- Micro-organisms, 5, 8, 16, 31, 102, 105
- Microscope (histological methods), 110
- Milk, 95
- Mixture, 3
- Molecule, 2
- Mouth, 79
- Muscle, 34
- how studied, 37
- of alimentary canal, 46, 95
- Muscles, 97
- of limbs, 56
- stiffening at death of, 104
- N.
- Nerve cells, 60
- centres, 63, 78
- fibres, 42, 60
- Nervous system, 58
- Nitrogen, 12
- Nucleus, 4, 21, 32, 106
- O.
- Olfactory lobe of brain, 85
- sense organs, 72
- Oxygen, 11, 13, 25, 82, 95
- P.
- Pain, 91
- Pancreas, 24
- Paramœcium, 16
- Peptone, 24
- Perilymph, 74
- Peristaltic movements, 24, 63, 95
- Physical culture, 98, 101
- Physiological methods, 37, 88, 109
- Physiology, ix, 107
- Pleasure, 91
- Pressure, blood, 50, 66
- Proteids, 12, 23, 96
- Protoplasm (living matter), 1
- Pulmonary circulation, 53
- R.
- Reflex action, 62, 65
- centres, 82
- Removal of refuse, 27
- Rennet, 21, 24
- Respiration, 25, 52, 82
- Ribs, 52
- Rigor mortis, 104
- Rutherford’s fibrils, 35
- S.
- St. Martin, 25
- Saliva, 22
- Salt, 11, 14, 29
- Scavengers of body, 43
- Sea-sickness, 78
- Secretion, 21
- internal, 29
- reflex control of, 66
- Semicircular canals, 77
- Shivering, 83
- Sight, 73, 100
- Skin, 69
- Sleep, 102
- Smell, 72, 84
- Sneeze, 65
- Sound, 76
- Speech, 93
- Spinal cord, 63, 78
- Spirits, 95
- Spleen, 27, 54
- Standing, 66, 84
- Starch, 14, 96
- Stomach, 23, 47
- Sugar, 14, 96, 102
- Sympathetic nervous system, 62
- T.
- Taste, 72, 84
- Tear glands, 65
- Temperature, 83
- Tendon, 37
- Tetanus, 39
- Thorax, 52
- Thought, 91
- Thyroid gland, 29
- Trachea, 52
- Training, 98
- U.
- Unicellular animals, 5, 8, 16, 31, 102, 105
- V.
- Valves of heart, 48, 50
- Varieties of protoplasm, 6
- Vegetable food, 96
- Veins, 48
- Ventricles, 49
- Veratria, 40
- Vision, 73
- Voluntary movement, 56
- muscle, 34, 56
- W.
- Walking, 66, 84
- Warmth, 83
- Water, 95
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