Principles of human physiology : with their chief applications to pathology, hygiene and forensic medicine / by William B. Carpenter.

  • William Benjamin Carpenter
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1846
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    Hie Numbers refer to the Paragraphs, mcnt, 536 ; adaptation of, to distance, 536, 537 ; defects of, 538 ; optical powers of, 540; consensual movements of, 450—456 F. Facial nerve, 406 Faces, composition of, 662 Fallopian tubes, passage of Spermatozoa through, 911 ; passage of ova along, 911, 918; contractions of, produced by nervous agency, 393 Falsetto notes, how produced, 609 Faraday, Mr., optical illusion discovered by, 551 Farre, Dr. A , discovery of Spermatozoa in Ovum, 900 Fat-cells, 184; contents of, 185; uses of, 186; formation of, 186 Fatty livers, 829 Feathers, 166 Fecundation in Plants, 899; in Animals, 900 Fever, state of blood in, 707 b Fenestra ovalis, 557, 558 rotunda, 558 Fenwick, Mr., his experiments on absorption, 673 Ferments, action of, in digestion, 669; in blood, 708, 877 Ferneley, Mr., on areas of arteries, 710 a Fibres, origin of, 118, 119, 136; white, 138, 140; yellow, 138, 142; mixture of in areolar tissue, 138; in serous and synovial membranes, 175; in mucous membrane and skin, 176, 177 ■— of Muscle and Nerve, see Muscular Fibre, and Nervous tissue Fibrillaj, ultimate of Muscle, cellular nature of, 230 Fibrine, composition of, 114; properties of, 114, 115; coagulation of, 117—119 ; ela- boration of, 117, 158, 159 ; in chyle, 693 ; in blood, 696—705 ; increase of, in inflam- mation, 158, 707 a, 802 ; diminution of, in fever and hemorrhagic diseases, 707 b ; imperfect elaboration of, in strumous dia- thesis, 807, 878; formed at expense of albumen, 114—117; effusion of, 803; organisation of, 119, 700, 795, 796 Fibro-cartilage, 187 Fibrous tissues, simple, 138—142 ; origin of, 118,119,136 Fifth Pair of nerves, 403, 404; lingual branch of, 404, 407; development of, 421 ; influence of, on organic processes, 625 si, Fishes, 26, 27; skeleton of, 26; respiration of, 27, 755; air-bladder of, 27, 755; kidneys of, 838, 839 c; encephalon of, 357, 358 ; circulation in, 27, 716 ; blood- corpuscles of, ]46d Flourens, M., his experiments on the nervous system, 432, 435, 436, 459 Fluids, absorption of, by intestinal surface, 674, 675 ; by general surface, 676, 677; by veins, 675, 676 ; by lacteals, 674, 675 ; by lymphatics, 679 Fly-catcher, incubation of, 41 Foetus, table of development of, 947; circu- lation in, 940, 943, 944; brain of, com- pared with that of lower animals, 358, 359, 361; see Embryo Follicles of Lieberk'uhn, 874 Food, causes of demand for, 629—635 ; dif- ferent kinds of, 640, 648 ; relative amount of azote in each, 647 ; destination of, 641—646 ; desire for, 636—639 ; relative digestibility of different kinds of, 666; mechanical reduction of, 656 ; action of stomach upon, 657—659 ; passage of, into intestine, 660 ; passage of, through intes- tinal canal, 661 ; ejection of insoluble portion of, 662; mode of solution of, 663 —671 ; smallest quantity of, on which life can be supported, 653; greatest quantity that can be devoured, 654; supply of, re- quired by Man, 650, 651 ; sufficiency of, indicated by satiety, 649; allowance of, in Navy, 650 ; in Milbank Penitentiary, 651; in Edinburgh House of Refuge, 651 ; in Convict-ship, 651; effects of insufficient supply of, 651, 652 Form, mode of acquiring knowledge of, by touch, 523 ; by sight, 541, 542, 546, 547 Fourth pair of nerves, 405 Fourth ventricle, 346, 355 Foville, Dr., his observations on brain, 486,. Freckles, 164 Fremy, M., his analysis of Nervous matter, 249 Frog, metamorphoses of, 31; excitable state of spinal cord in, 401 a Functions, 260 ; division of, into organic and animal, 261, 262 ; connection of, 263 — 267; of Animal life,283—288 ; of Organic life, 268—282 Fungous growths, 809 G. Gall, Dr., his statements respecting the Cerebellum, 468 Gall-bladder, 825 e,f Ganglia, structure of, 242, 245—247 of Special sense in Vcrtebrata, 422 425 of Sympathetic, 314, 342 Gangrene, 804 Gases, contained in blood, 770 ; absorption of, by lungs, 775—777 Gasteropoda, Nervous System of, 319—321 Gastric fluid, composition and properties of,