The house of life : human physiology, with its applications to the preservation of health for use in classes and popular reading / by F. Fenwick Miller.

  • Florence Miller
Date:
1878
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    Nerve fibres, 140. force, 151. plexuses, 13^. Nerves, the auditory, 132, 147. the cerebral, 146, 148. the olfactory, 136, 146. the optic, 117, 147. spinal, 142, 149, 150. sympathetic, 139. Nervous action, reflex, 152. Nervous system, cerebro-spinal, 139. sympathetic, 138. “ Nervousness,” 39. Neuralgia, 160. Nitrogen, 30, 59, 66. Nitrogenous food-stuff's, 62, 65. Nose, 135. Oatmeal, 69. Obesity, 84. Esophagus (e-sof-a-gus), 50, 51, 53. Olfactory nerve, 136, 145. Optic nerve, 117-119, 146. Optic thalami, 144, 147. Organ, 4. Organic, organised, 4, 61. Organic matter in water, 75. Osmosis, 55, 64. Over-eating, 95. Over-exercise, physical, 171. Over-work, mental, 159, 160. Oxygen, 30, 60. Painting the face, in. Palate, soft, 50. hard, 136. Pancreas, 6, 55, 89, 96. Papillae of skin, 105, 134. tongue, 49, 135, Papillary muscles, 26. Parkes, Dr., experiment by, 77. Parsnips, 70. Peas, 69. Pelvis, 5, 175. of the kidney, 99. Pepsin, 53. Pericardium, 17. Perilymph, 130. Periosteum, 173. Peritoneum, 8. Perspiration, 106. Phalanges (falan'-gees), 175. Pharynx (far-rinx), 49. Phosphorus, 140, 141. Physiology, 6. Pia mater, 140. Pills, prescription for liver, 95. quack, 71, 96. Pigment layer of skin, 106. cells of eye, 114. Pineal gland, 144. Pituitary body, 144. Pivot joints, 176. Pneumogastric nerve (new'-mo-gas'- trick), 147. Plasma, 21. Pleura (plu'-rah [sing.] plu-ree [plu.], 7. Plexus, nervous, 139. Pons Varolii (ponz var-o-Iee-i), 144. Potatoes, 70. Potash, 70. Portal vein, 90, 92. Preventible disease, t. Proteids (pro-tee-ids), 63. Prout, Dr., quoted, 94. Public Health Act, 43, Pulmonary artery, 24, 26. veins, 26, 28. Pylorus Cpy-lore'-us), 55. Pyramids of kidney, 99. Quack medicines, 96. Radius, 175. Rain-water for drinking, 74. Reaction after bathing, 109. Reflex nervous action, 152. Renal artery, loi. vein, 102. Respiration, 7-12. organs of, 7. an involuntary action, 12. mechanism of, 13. number per minute of, 15. Respiratory muscles (strength of), 16, Retina, 112, 116, 117. Rickets, 173. Ribs, 14, 174. Ruskin, John, quoted, 159. Saccule, the, 130. Saliva, 49, 64. Salivary glands, 49. Salts in the body, 60, 64, 70. Sarcolemma, 166. Scalse of the ear (ska'-lee), 132. Scapula, 175. Scarf-skin. See Epidermis. Sclerotic (skler'-ot-ic), 112, 113. Scurvy, 69. Secretion, 85. Seeing, 120. Semicircular canals, 129, 133. Semilunar valves, 28. Sensation, 150, 152. Sensory nerves, 151. Serous membranes, 9, 17. Serum, 9. of the blood, 21. Sewers, defective, 44, 75. Short-sightedness, 122. Sight, 120. Skin, the, 102, 109. constitutional effects of dirt upon the, 107.