PEPTONE. A substance formed | Phrenology (øpŋv, the mind;
in the stomach from the albu-
PERICARDIUM. The membrane enclosing the heart. 126. PERILYMPH. The fluid within the bony labyrinth of the ear. 386. PERINEUM (Teрivew, I flow round). The space between the anus and organs of gene- ration. 403. PERISTALTIC (TEρɩ, about; σTEλ- λo, I send). The peculiar roll- ing motion of the intestines. 90. PERITONEUM (TELW, I stretch). The serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity. PERSPIRATION (per, through; spiro, I breathe). The exhal- ation of fluid from the skin. 337. PETECHIA (petechio, a flea-bite). Red spots of effused blood in fever. PEYER'S GLANDS. The agmi-
nate intestinal glands. 89. PHARYNX (papuys). The dila- ted tube between the mouth and œsophagus. 73. PHIMOSIS (pow, I constrict).
A condition of the prepuce by which the glans cannot be uncovered. PHLEBOLITHES (pλey, a vein; Abos, a stone). The con- cretions sometimes found in veins.
PHLYCTENA (φλυω, I bubble up). A large elevation of the cuticle filled with serum. PHOSPHATES of lime and mag- nesia. 39. PHOSPHORUS. 41.
Aoyos, a law). The supposed science by which the disposi-
tion and qualities of the mind are made known by the exter- nal configuration of the skull. 285.
PHTHISIS (0w, I consume). Consumption, or tubercular disease of the lung. 447. PHYMA (puw, I grow). A swelling usually ending in gangrene. PHYMATIN. 86. PHYSIOLOGY (quois, nature; Xoyos, a discourse). The sci- ence which treats of the func- tions of the various parts of the animal economy. 11. PIA MATER. The vascular tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord. 259. PICA (the magpie).
A de- praved appetite for clay and filth. PICROMEL (TIKрos bitter, mel, honey). A principle of the bile. PIGMENTS. 49.
PIGMENTUM NIGRUM. 364. PINEAL (pinus, a pine). A small body in the brain lying on the corpora quadrigemina. 244. PITUITARY BODY (pituita, mu- cus). A small body lying on the upper surface of the body of the sphenoid bone in the sella turcica, formerly sup- posed to secrete the mucus of the nostrils. 244. PLACENTA (Tλakovs, a cake). A flat vascular mass by which the connexion is maintained between the foetus and mother.
PLASMA. The fluid part of the | PROSTATE (pro, before; sto, I circulating blood. 118.
cranial vertebræ. 25. PROTEIN. 45. PROGNATHOUS (πpo, forward; yvalos, the jaw). Having a prominent jaw. 18. PSOAS (oa, the loin).
PLEURA (TλEupa, the side). The serous membrane covering the muscles which lie at the sides lungs. of the lumbar vertebræ. PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE (TVEV- PTYALIN (TTUαλos, saliva). 72. ηων, the lungs ; γαστήρ, the PTERYGOID PROCESSES (πτερον, stomach). A part of the eighth a wing). Prominent plates of pair which supplies the lung the sphenoid bone. 27. and stomach. 395. PULMONARY VESSELS. PNEUMONIA. Inflammation of PULP OF TOOTH. 67. the lungs. PODAGRA (TOUS, the food; aypa, an attack). Gout. 211. PONS VAROLII. Part of the encephalon which connects the other subdivisions to- gether. 279.
PORTAL VEIN, blood of the. 239. PORTIO DURA. Facial part of the seventh nerve. 393. PORTIO MOLLIS. The auditory part of the seventh nerve. 387. POSTERIOR Pyramids of the Medulla Oblongata. 276. POTASH. 41. PRESBYOPIA (πρεσβυς, old ; ωψ, the eye). Far sight from flat- tening of the lens and cornea. 376. PREMAXILLARY BONE. The small bone in the lower ani- mals and human embryo, be- tween the two superior max- illaries. 20
PREHENSION (prehendo, I take).
64. PRIMITIVE DENTALGROOVE.69. PRINCIPLES, PROXIMATE.
PUPIL. 364.
PURKINGE'S TEST. 377. Pus. 449.
PYEMIA (TUOS, pus; àμa, blood). A peculiar degeneration of the blood, taking place after in- juries and local inflammations.
PYLORUS (TUλn, a gate; ovpos, a keeper). The opening be- tween the stomach and duode- num. 76.
PYRAMIDAL SKULLS. 32. PYRAMIDS of Medulla Oblongata. 275.
PYIN. The albuminoid princi- ple of pus. 48. PYREXIA (TUP, fire; exw, I hold). Inflammatory fever. 445.
QUADRIGEMINAL BODIES. 279. QUADRUMANA (quatuor, four; manus, a hand). An order of mammals including the monkey, characterized by having four hands. 18.
RANINE (rana, a frog). Belong- ing to the tongue. RAPHE (papis, a needle). A term given to parts which look as if sewn together. REASON. 285.
RECTUM (rectus, straight). The last part of the large intestine.
91. REFLEX ACTION. The act where- by an impression being con- veyed by a sensitive nerve to the nervous centre, the im- pulse of motion is conveyed to certain muscles by a motor nerve without the will of the individual. 267. REFLECTION. The turning back of a ray of light from a polish- ed surface. 373. REFRACTION (re, against; fran- go, I break). The changes of direction in a ray of light while passing through media of different densities. 374. REMITTENT. Applied to dis- eases which have periodical abatements.
RENAL ARTERIES (pev, the kid- ney) 197. REPAIR. 437.' REPRODUCTION. RESERVED AIR. Air expelled by a forced expiration. 158. RESIDUAL AIR. The air which always remains in the lung, and which cannot be expelled by any effort. 158. RESPIRATION (spiro, I breathe,
RESPIRATORY FOOD. 52. RESTIFORM BODIES (restis, a rope). Posterior part of me- dulla oblongata. 276. RETE MIRABILE. The division of an artery into branches, which again re-unite. 142. RETE MUCOSUM. The soft un- derlayer of the cuticle. 233. RETINA (rete, a net). The ner- vous coat of the eye. 368. RHEUMATISM (pevua, watery fluid). A painful constitu- tional disease attacking the fibrous tissues, joints, and muscles. 424.
RHINENCEPHALON (p1v, the nose; èуkepaλov, the head). One of the cranial vertebræ. 25.
RHYTHм (veμos, proportion). The regular succession of the actions of the heart. 133. RIGOR MORTIS. The stiffening of the body after death. 319. RIMA GLOTTIDIS. The narrow- est part of the larynx. 324. ROOTS of nerves. 271. RUNNING. 322. RUYSCH, membrane of.
arterial layer of the choroid of the eye. 363.
SACCHARINE FOOD. 52. SACCULAR stage of the develop- ment of the teeth. 69. SACCULUS. Part of the mem-
branous labyrinth in the ear. SACRUM (sacer, sacred). The largest piece of the vertebral column placed at the back of the pelvis.
SALIVA, spittle. The fluid which | SECRETION (secerno, I separate).
mixes with food during mas-
The separation of substances from the blood. 177.
SAPONIFY (Sapo, soap). To SEPTUM. A partition.
SAPONIFIABLE FATS. 43. SARCINA VENTRICULI. SARCOLEMMA (oaps, flesh); λeμ- ua, a sheath). The sheath of muscular fibre. 314. SARCOUS ELEMENT. The sub- stance of which muscular fibre is made up. 314. SCALA TYMPANI. The part of the cochlea that communicates with the tympanum. 386. SCALA VESTIBULI. The part of the cochleathat communicates with the vestibule. SCAPHOID (σkapоs, a boat; e- dos, like). Resembling a boat. SCHINDYLESIS (σxivduλnois, a cleft). A form of joint where a ridge of one bone is received into a groove in another.
SEROLIN. A fatty matter of the blood. 45.
SEROSITY. The water and salts of the blood). 118. SEROUS MEMBRANES. 303. SESAMOID BONES (σnoaμov, a grain). Osseous nodules de- veloped in tendons. SEVENTH pair of nerves. SEX. 399.
SIGHT. 353.
SILICA. 38.
SINUS UROGENITALIS.
common tube in the fœtus into which the duct of the Wolffian body and the intes- tine open. 412. SINUSES, CRANIAL. The cere- bral veins, formed by splitting of the dura mater. 263. SIXTH NERVE. 358. SKELETON (σKеλλ∞, I dry). The dry bones of an animal, 306- homology of, 23.
SMELL. 349. SNEEZING. 157. SOAP. A combination of a fatty acid and an alkali.
SPASM (σTaw, I draw). An ab- normal involuntary muscular contraction. 483. SPEAKING MACHING. SPECIES. A collection of indi- viduals supposed to be de- scended from a common pa- rent.
SPECTRA. 378. SPEECH. 329. SPERMATOZOA (σлeрμа, seed; (wov, on animal). Floating cells in animal semen, suppos- ed to be distinct animals. 402. SPHENOID (ony, a wedge).
One of the cranial bones. 27. SPHERICAL ABERRATION. 376: SPHINCTER. A circular muscle constricting an orifice in the body.
SPHYGMOMETER (σpvyμos, the pulse; METρov, a measure). An instrument for measuring the pulse.
SPIGOT. A subdivision of the middle lobe of the cerebellum. SPINAL marrow, 264-nerves, 271.
SPIRAL LAMINA. The plate se- parating the two scale in the cochlea. 386. SPIROMETER (spiro, I breathe; μεтроν, a measure). An in- strument to measure the quan- tity of air exhaled from the lungs. 159.
STAPEDIUS. A muscle attached to the stapes. 383. STARCH. 42. STAPHYLORAPHE (σTaquλn, the uvula; parтw, I sew). The operation of uniting a divided palate by suture. STEARIN. A fatty principle. 44. STEREOSCOPE (σTEPEOs, solid;
σκοπέω, I see). An instru- ment by which two images of an object, taken from different standpoints, are seen as if one. STHENIC (σevos, strength). At-
tended with a morbid increase of vital action. STILLICIDIUM (stillo, I drop). A dribbling of fluid. STOMACH, 76-coats of, 76- motions, 78-glands, 77. STRIATA CORPORA. Eminences in the lateral cerebral ventri- cles. 281. STRIPED MUSCULAR FIBRES. 313.
STROMA. The matrix or par- enchyma.
SUCCUS INTESTINALIS.
intestinal fluid. 90. SUCROSE. Cane sugar. 42. SUDORIFEROUS GLANDS (sudor, sweat; fero, I bear). Sweat glands. 337.
SUGAR, 42-tests for, 42. SULPHUR. 41.
SULPHOCYANIDE of potassium, in saliva. 72. SUPRARENAL (supra, above; ren, the kidney). The term applied to a body lying above the kidney. 240. SWALLOWING. 73. SWEAT. 337.
STAPES. A stirrup. One of the SYMPATHETIC System of nerves.
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