Principles of human physiology / by William B. Carpenter.

  • William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
1869
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    I Regimen (see Diet, Food). IRelations, near, tendency of their mar- riage to produce imperfect progeny, 862. ] Relief of surfaces, visual appreciation of, 706-708 ; conversion of, 713. iMeparation of injuries, 403; completeness of, in lower animals, 403 ; limitations of, in higher, 403 ; most energetic and complete in earliest periods of life, 304 ; not dependent on inflammation, 406 ; by immediate union, 405 ; by adhesion, 405 ; by modelling process, 408, 409 ; by suppurative granulation, 408 ; by secondary adhesion, 409. IReproduction of limbs in foetus, 404 ; of lower jaw, 404. ipResonance of sounds, 726. eIIRespibation, general nature of the func- tion, 313 ; sources of demand for, 314, 315; essential provisions for, 313 ; apparatus of, 315, 316 (see Lungs) ; mechanism of acts of, 320. Movements of, 320-322; muscular force required for, 323 ; rate and extent of, 324, 325 ; maintenance of, by nervous system, 325-331; excitor nerves of, 325, 327 ; motor nerves of, 329 ; partial volitional control over, 329, 330 ; modifications of, 331, 332. Effects of, on Air, 338-353; amount of air consumed, 338 ; changes in its proportions of oxygen and car- bonic acid, 339 ; quantity of car- bonic acid imparted to, 339-345; changes in proportion of nitrogen, 349 ; watery vapour imparted to, 350; absorption from, 351. Effects of, on Blood, 220- 227 ; on its general composition, 220, 221 ; on its free gases, 221-223 ; on its fibrin, 223 ; on its corpuscles, 224; on its colour, 225. Consequences of Suspension of, 353. Effects of Deficiency of, 355-357; predisposition to zymotic disease, 357-367 ; predisposition to spas- modic diseases, 364 ; excess of mor- tality attributable to, 366, 367. iKiespiration of hydrogen, 349, 353 ; of nitrogen, 349, 353 ; of oxygen, 353. llUespiratory Pulse, 307. ll lestiform bodies, 551, 552. MCete amplura of intestinal lymphatics, 154 ; rete angustum, 154. 11-letia mirabilia of lymphatics, 172. II<te<tna, structure of, 696-699 ; most sen- I sitive point of, 698, 718 ; least sensi- tive point of, 698, 719 ; persistence of impressions on, 714 ; irradiation of impressions on, 718 ; spectra produced t| by pressure on, 719; circulation in, rendered visible, 720 ; development of, 902-904. Rhinencephalon, development of, 901. Rhythmical movements of heart, 261 (see Heart) • of vessels, 282, 308 ; of diaphragm, 327, 328 ; of striped mus- cles, 757. Rigor Mortis, 763. Rotifera, asplanchnic character of males of, 10 note. Rudimental parts, uses of, 246. SACCHARINE constituents of food, 72 ; digestion of, 135. matter in blood, 217, 221, 436-441. Sacculi of Colon, use of, 111. St. Kilda, mortality at, 365. St. Martin, case of, 104, 124, 126-131. Saliva, composition of, 114 ; different kinds of, 114-119 ; uses of, 116 ; in- fluence of nervous system on, 116- 119 ; quantity of, secreted daily, 115 ; influence of kind of food upon quantity of, 115. Salivary Glands, 113. Salts, common, advantage of, in food, 54 ; Neutral, influence of, on change of colour of blood, 225 ; in retarding coagulation of blood, 241. of Blood, normal proportion of, 216, 217; variations of, in disease, 232 ; uses of, 387. of Urine, 452, 453, 464-468. Sanguification, process of, 171 -194 ; share of Liver in, 171 ; of Absorbent System, 172-183 ; of Ductless Glands, 183-194. Sanskritic languages, 947. Sarcode, 33. Sarkin, 64. Satiety, sense of, 82, 92 note. Scab, formation of, 406 ; artificial, 407. Scurvy, causes of, 80, 81 note; state of blood in, 231 ; at Millbank, 96. Secondarily-Automatic actions, 589-592, 610, 617. Secretion, its relation to Excretion, 420-422 ; influence of nervous system on, 809, 811 ; continuance of, after death, 981; metastasis of, 422-425. ; electric disturbance in, 501 ; see Bile, Gastric Juice, Milk, Pancreatic Fluid, Saliva, Urine, &c. Secunderabad, mortality of troops at, 363. Segmentation of vitellus, 868. Self-control, see Volition. Semicircular Canals, functions of, 732 ; effects of section of, 603. Seminal fluid, characters of, 821, 952. Semitic Race, 948.