The commonwealth of cells

by H. G. F. Spurrell

• 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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