Principles of human physiology / by William B. Carpenter.

  • William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
1869
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    Platyrrhine Apes, comparison of thumb of, with that of Man, 21. Pneumatology of the blood, 221. Pneumogastric Nerve, origin of, 555 ; general distribution and endowments of, 567 ; its instrumentality in deglu- tition, 103 ; in hunger and satiety, 94 note; its influence on secretion of gastric fluid, 131-133, 811; on move- ments of stomach, ]05, 106; on movements of heart, 270 ; its action as excitor of respiration, 326 ; its in- fluence on larynx, 330, 331, 569. Pneumograph, tracing from Marey's, 322. Pointer and Setter, peculiar breeding of, 861. Points, focal, of the eye, 689. nodal, of the eye, 6S9. principal, of the eye, 689. Poisons, mode of action of, 248 ; their passage into the circulation, 275 ; elimination of, from blood, 248, 249, 256, 257. Morbid, their substantive ex- istence, 250 ; some generated within the system, 251, 252, 254 ; zymotic, 253 ; predisposition to their activity, 251, 252 ; course of action of, 255 ; alteration of blood by, 255, 256; re- covery of blood from, 257. Polynesian Races, 957-959. Portal Vein, blood of, 226 ; comparison of, with blood of hepatic vein, 227 ; its distribution in Liver, 427. Pons Varolii, effects of section of, 605. Portio dura, origin of, 557 ; functions of, 564. Positive accommodation of the eye, 691. Potash, effect of, on urine, 470. Potteries (Kensington), mortality at, 362. Pregnancy, signs of, 851 (see Gestation). Prehension of food, movements of, 99. Presbyopia, 694. Pressure of Blood in arteries, 290 ; in veins, 307 ; increased during inspira- tion, 293 ; influence of, on secretion of urine, 450. Primitive Trace, 871. Prisons, diet-scale of, 83 ; see Gaols. Prognathous Skull, 934. Projection of objects, visual appreciation of, 706-709. Proportion of several constituents of body to each other, 374. Prosencephalon, development of, 901. Prostate Gland, function of, 822. Protagon, 67. Proteids, 55. Protracted Gestation, 858. Ptyalin, 57, 114. Puberty, the characteristic of Youth, 972, 973 ; in female, 832 ; in male, 825 ; diseases of, 975. Puerperal Fever, predisposing causes of, 252. Pulse, Arterial, 283-287 ; mode of for- mation of, 283; artificial production of, 286 ; rate of, under different con- ditions, 275 ; proportion of, to respi- ratory movements, 324 ; dichrotous, 287. Respiratory, 307. Venous, 282. Pupil, action of, 588, 597, 701; relation of, to Third Pair, 562 note, 588; to Sympathetic, 701. Purpura, state of blood in, 231. Pus, formation and characters of, 409- 416 ; influence of, on coagulation of blood, 240. Putrescent Food, injurious consequences of, 86 ; Water, injurious effects of, 88. Pyin, 65. Pyramidal Skull, 935-938. Pyramids of Medulla Oblongata, anterior, 551 ; posterior, 553. Pyrensemata, 202. Python, temperature of, during incuba- tion, 12 note. f) UA DRUM A NA, comparison of, with X Man, 17-33. Quagga, transmission of marks of, 8,63. Quickening, act of, 852. Quinine, action of, on heart, 273 note. Quinoidine, animal, 65. RACES, origination of new, 940, 941. Races of Mankind, American, 956 ; Arian or Indo-European, 946 ; Berber, 949 ; Bushman, 955 ; Caucasian, 945; Celtic, 947 ; Hindostanic, 951; Hot- tentot, 954 ; Kaffre, 954; Mongolian, 949 ; Malayo-Polynesian, 949 ; Ne- gro, 952-954 ; Oceanic, 958; Pela- gian- Negro, 959 ; Seriform, 950;Syro- Arabian, 948. Range of vision, extent of, 693-695. Rapidity of transmission of impulses through motor nerves, 531 ; througu sensory, 532, 737; of Muscular move- ments, 779. f. Rattle-snake, poison of, secretion alter death, 981 note. . _ Reciprocation of sonorous vibrations, 726 ; by membrana tympani, <M. Red Corpuscles, 200 (see Blood). Reeds, vibrating, laws of, 788. ( Reflex Actions, general nature ot, o>> of Spinal Cord, 578-593 (^ ° Motor Actions) ; of Sensory Ganglia, 607-611 (see Scnsori-Motor Actions./ Refraction, laws of, 687, 688.