b. respiratory system, i. 632.
c. alimentary system, i. 632.
d. reproductive organs, i. 633.
3. of the ciliary motion in the embryo, i. 633.
4. figure, structure, and arrangement of the cilia in
general, i. 633.
5 of the appearance of the cilia in motion, i. 634.
6. duration of the ciliary motion after death and in
separate pans, i. 634.
7. effects of external agents on the ciliary motion, i.
634.
8. effects of inflammation, i. 635.
9. of the power by which the cilia are moved, i. 635.
10. theory that the cilia have no real existence,!. 636.
11. of the motion caused in fluids by the cilia, i. 636.
summary, i. 636.
Cilia. See Eyelashes; Eyelids.
Cilia of animalcules, iv. 6.
Ciliary arteries, i. 491 ; iii. 786.
anterior, i. 492; iii. 786.
long, i. 491 ; iii. 786.
short, i. 491 ; iii. 786.
Ciliary circle of choroid, ii. 180.
Ciliary or lenticular ganglion, ii. 2-1 ; iii. 785 ; iv. 622.
Ciliary motion, i. 606. See CILIA.
ol the tubuli uriniferi, iv. 253.
nerve, ii. 282.
branches, ii. 282.
fasciculi, ii. 282.
branch of nasal nerve, iii. 785.
processes of choroid, ii. 180.
processes of the vitreous humour, ii. 193, 194.
Ciliobrachiata, digestive organs of the, s. 297.
mode of reproduction of the, s. 22.
CWorada(Acalephae), i- 36.
Ciliograde animals, mode of progression of, iii. 432.
Cinerea gelatinosa, substantia, iii. 653.
C'mjH/MMzabdominis musculoso-aponeuroticum of Albinus
and Haller, i. 2.
Circassians, changes in the anatomical conformation ot
the, iv. 1328, 1329.
portrait of a young Circassian, iv. 1329.
Circle of Willis, iii. 673. 705.
Circular, or coronary, sinus, iii. 633.
Circulation, apparatus of, in animals generally, i. 140. 143.
See Arteries ; Veins.
CIRCULATION (in physiology),!. 638.
I. course of the blood in Man, i. 638.
proofs of the circulation, i. 640.
course of the blood in the foetus, i. 640.
II. course of the blood in various animals, i. 641.
in warm-blooded animals, i. 642.
in cold-blooded Vertebrated Animals, i. 642.
Reptiles, i. 96. 643.
portal circulation in, i. 646.
Fishes, i. 646.
portal circulation of, i. 647.
in Invertebrated Animals, i. 648.
Acalephae, i. 654.
Annelida, i. 650.
arenicola, or sandworm, i. 650.
erpobdella, or leech, i. 651.
lumbricus, or earthworm, i.650.
naides, i. 650.
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GENERAL INDEX.
CIRCULATION, Invertebratwl Animals, Annelida continued.
Arachnida, i. 652.
Articulata, i. 650.
Crustacea, i. 652.
Entozoa, i. C54.
Infusoria, i. 654.
Insecta, i. 651.
Mollusca, i. 648.
Polypi, i. 654. See also CILIA.
Zoophytes, i. 653.
Echinodermata, i. 653.
Planaria, i. 653.
III. phenomena of the circulation and powers moving
the blood, i. 655.
1. flow of the blood through the heart, i. 655.
2. phenomena of the arterial circulation, i. 658.
a. velocity of the blood in different arteries,
i. 659.
b. force of the blood in the arteries and f>rce
of the heart, i. 661.
c. arterial pulse, i. 663.
d. vital properties of the arteries, i. 664.
e. influence of the vital powers of the arteries
on the circulation, i. 667.
3. phenomena of capillary circulation, i. 660.
a. structure and distribution of the capillary
vessels, i. 669.
b. properties of the capillary vessels, i. 6o9.
4. phenomena of the venous circulation, i. 674.
IV. relation of the circulation to otherfunctions, i. 675.
1. to respiration, i. 675.
2. circulation within the cranium, i. 678.
3. influence of varieties in the distribution of
arteries and veins upon the circulation, i. 678.
4. influence of the nervous system upon the
circulation, i. 679.
history of the discovery of the circulation, i. 681.
Circulation in the brain, iii. 704.
arterial, iii. 704.
venous, iii. 705.
question as to whether the amount of blood within
the cranium is liable to variation, iii. 706.
increase of circulation in running and leaping, iii. 479.
decline of the, a sign of approaching death, i. 801.
disorders of the venous circulation of the live-, i. 183.
condition of the, during the sleep of hibernating ani-
mals, ii. 771.
animal and vegetable circulation compared, i. 133.
circulation in comparative anatomy. See under the
various headings.
Circulus articuli vasculosus, i. 254.
tonsillaris, ii. 497.
Circumcision of females in Arabia, ii. 686.
Circumduction, a motion of joints, i. 256.
Circumflex artery, external femoral, ii. 246. 779.
a. asceniling branch, ii. 246.
b. descending branch, ii. 246.
c. circumflex branch, ii. 247.
internal, ii. 247.
of scapula, iv. 436.
posterior, iv. 436.
iliac, ii. 842.
origin and distribution, ii. 842.
nerve (axillary) i. 361 ; iv. 436. 606. 759.
cutaneous nerve of the shoulder, iv. 760.
deltoid branches, iv. 760.
veins, iv. 1407.
iliac vein, internal, iv. 1412.
superficial, iv. 1411.
Circuwflexus palati muscle, iii. 951.
relations and action, iii. 951.
scapulae artery, i. 364.
Circumvallate papilla? of tongue, iv. 860. 1 122.
CIRRHOPODA (a class of Invertebrate Animals), i. 110. 683.
characters of the class, i. 683.
circulation, organs of, i. 689.
definition, i. 683.
division of the class, i. 684.
external coverings and organs of support, i. 684.
locomotion, organs of, i. 687.
mortality and sensation, i. 688 ; iii. 607.
reproduction, i. 690; ii. 411.
development of the egg and young, i. 692.
respiration, organs of, i. 689,
secretion, organs of, i. 690.
salivary glands of, iv. 432.
Cirrhosis of the liver, iii. 188. See LIVER.
serous effusion in, iv. 530.
Cirri of Annelida, i. 167.
Cirrigrada (Acalephse), i. 36.
organs of digestion in, i. 41.
food of, i. 43.
locomotive powers of the, iii. 433.
Cirripeda, characters of the class, i. 245.
alimentary canal of the, s. 298.
mode of reproduction of, s. [115.]
CIRRONOSIS, i. 694 ; iii. 337.
characters of the disease, i. 694.
Clairvoyance, iv. 697.
Classical languages, method by which the relation between
the different words that constitute sentences is indicated
in the, iv. 1346.
Clavellina, a genus of Tunicata, iv. 1188, ct set/.
characters of the genus, iv. 1188.
Clavellinidce, a family of Tunicata, iv. 1188, ct scq .
characters of the family, iv. 1183.
genera of, iv. 1188.
Clavicle, or collar-bone, ii. 154.
development, ii. 156.
structure, ii. 156.
Clavicular extremity of sternum, iv. 1023.
fascia, i. 360. '
nerves, iv. 753.
Claws, structure of, s. 477.
CWcA-beetle (Elater noctilucus), ii. 861.
Climate, influence of, in the production of animal heat, ii.
670.
effect of, on animal luminousness, iii. 199.
constancy of the relation between climate and the
complexion of the human race, iv. 1335.
Climbing birds (Scansores), characters of, i. 268.
Climbing, powers of, in serpents, iii. 448.
Clinoid, or posterior ephippial processes, i. 726.
process, anterior, or anterior ephippial, i. 728.
Clio, a genus of Pteropoda, iv. 171.
integument of, iv. 171.
muscular system, iv. 172.
locomotive apparatus, iy. 173.
respiration and circulation iv. 173.
nervous system, iv. 173.
eyes, iv. 174.
head-cowls and tentacula, iv. 174.
conical appendages to the head, iv. 17"'.
mouth, iv. 176.
dental apparatus, iv. 176.
generative system, iv. 177.
Cftoborealis, i. 113.
Clitoris, s. 709.
blood-vessels of, s. 709. 713.
cruia, glans, and prepuce of, s. 128. 709.
ligaments and muscles of, s. 709.
nerves of, s. 709.
development, s. 710.
high degree of sensibility of the, ii. 447.
functions of, analogous to those of the penis ii. 446
447.
abnormal anatomy of the, s. 714.
abnormal development or excessive size of the, in
cases of spurious hermaphrodism. ii. 6sO, 6*7.
amputation of the, in Arabia and Egypt, ii.686.
Closterinidce, a family of Polygastric animals, iv. 4, et seq.
Closterium, mode of reproduction of, s. 219.
Clot of blood, analysis of, i. 415.
its importance in a curative point of view, i. 419.
Clolhes-moths (Tineidse), ii. 867.
Club-foot, anatomical characters of varieties of, ii. 348
causes of, iii. 132.
plan of opera' ion for cure of, iii. 132.
treatment for union of the tendon, iii. 132.
Clubiona claustraria, development of spermatozoa in, iv.
490, 491.
Clupcu harengus, or herring, eyes of, iii. 1002.
tongue of the, iv. 1146.
Clupeidce, a family of fishes, iii. 957.
Coagulation of blood, phenomena of, i. 413.
analysis of the crassamentum, i. 413.
buffy coat, causes of. i. 414.
importance of the clot in a curative point of view
i. 419.
Coats, or tunics, of Fallopian tube, s. 603.
structure of, s. 603.
of small intestine, muscular, s. 343.
peritoneal, s. 341.
of stomach, serous, s. 309.
muscular, s. 310.
of uterus, s. 629.
Cobra di Capello. its mode of att'.ck, iii. 448.
Cowper's gland, ii. 422.
in man and in other animals, ii. 422.
Coccidce, ii. 8(i8.
Coccine, or animal matter of cochineal, ii. 881.
Coccinella, or lady. cow, ii. 863.
Coccygean branch of ischiatic artery, ii. 834.
vertebrae of Carnivora, i. 474. See CARMVORA.
Coccygeo-anal muscle, i. 17<i-
Coccoons, ii. 876. See INSECTA larva.
Coccyx, ii. 500; s. 120.
base, s. 120.
apex, surfaces, and borders, s. 120.
development of the coccyx, s. 121.
tuberositics of the, s. 127.
the coccyx in infancy, iii. 920.
ankylosis of the coccyx, s. 207.
cause of pelvic obstruction and protracted labour,
s. 207.
fractures of the, s. 209.
Cochineal insect, fat of, Ii. 235.
Cochlea, ii. 531.
aqueduct of, i. 734 ; ii. 532.
axis columella, or modiolus, ii. 531.
canalis spiralis cochlea, ii. 531.
lamina gyrorum, or tube of cochlea, ii. 532.
lamina spiralis of, ii. 532.
scalae of, tympanic and vestibular, ii 532.
(JF.XKRAL INDEX.
765
Cocl,L-a continued.
nervous fibrils of the, ii. 541.
development and abnormal conditions of the, ii. 557.
office of the, in the function of hearing, ii. 568. 577.
Cochlsar artery, ii. 542.
CticMenriform process, i. 734; ii. 544.
Cock (Gal his domestictis), spermatozoa of the, iv. 478, 479.
Cockchafer, associations of males during the pairing season,
iii. 16.
Cockle, nervous system of the, Iii. 604.
Cock-roaches, destructive (Blattidae), ii. 864.
L'od-Jish (Gadus morrhua), brain and cerebral nerves of
the, iii. 995.
causes of its migration to the coast northward, iii . 13.
form of, considered with respect to its mode and
organs of progression, iii. 437.
Ctctal foramen, of frontal bone, i. 729, 730.
CWMMMta, ii. 111.
digestive organs of the, s. 296.
muscular and nervous system of the, iii. 535.
Ctcliac axis, or cceliac artery, i. 189. 194 ; a. 325.
dfliuc, solar, or epigastric, plexus of nerves, s. 423.
u. anatomy of the, iv. 372, et seq.
{'icnurus, a genus of cystic Entozoa, ii. 118.
Coffee, considered as an article of food, ii. 14 ; s. 306.
chemical constituents of, s. 396.
effects of coffee on the system, s. 396.
" r.#m-bor.e " of the horse, iv. 719.
Cohesion of germs, cases of, ii. 317.
Cohesive strength, iii. 415.
Cold, its peculiar influence upon the spinal cord, iii. 21 H.
ice applied to the spine in cases of muscular disturb-
ance, iii. T>\ II.
effects of, on animal heat, ii. 660. 675. See HEAT,
ANIMAL.
productive of sleep and hibernation, ii. 768. 775.
severe, productive of torpor, ii. 768.
syncope by, i. 797.
Cold affusion, beneficial effects of, in cases of extreme
excitement, ii. 681.
V>W-blooded animals, temperature of, as compared with
warm-blooded animals. See HRAT, ANIMAL.
Colds in the nose, in. 73*. See XOSE.
Culeoptera, an order of Insecta, ii. 859.
characters of the order, ii. 859.
tribes and sub-tribes of, ii. 859, 860.
various species of, ii. 8?>9 863.
nervous system of the, iii. 610.
wings and powers of flight o'~, iii. 421.
ColepinidtB (box animalcules), a family of Polygastric
animals, iv. 4.
characters of the family, iv. 4.
Caleps, a genus of Polygastria, iv. 13.
Coleridge, anecdote of, iv. 687-
Colic artery, right, i. 195 ; s. 379.
middle, i. 195 ; s. 379.
left, s. 380.
Colics' fracture, iv. 1517.
Colliculus bulbi medius urethras, iv. 1248.
seminalis, iv. 1252. See Caput gallinaginis.
Colliers, peculiar disease of the lungs to which they are
liable, iv. 117.
Colliquainentum of the ova of Arachnidans, i. 213.
Colloid, i. 694.
Colloid cancer, characters of, iv. 137.
of the testicle, iv. 1010.
Culloma, iv. 135.
('..lloredo, Lazarus, the heteradelph, iv. 969.
Collum. See NECK.
Colobux, a genus of Quadrumana, iv. 196, et seq. See
QUADRUMANA.
characters of Colobus, iv. 196.
Colon, or great gut, anatomy of the, s. 365.
ascending, iii. 941 ; s. 365.
transverse, iii, 944 ; s. 365.
descending, iii. 944 ; s. 365.
sigmoid flexure, iii. 944 ; s. 3G5.
appendices epiploicae, s. 366.
movements of the large intestine, s. 366.
mucous membrane of the colon, s. 363.
development of the colon, s. 402.
uses of, in digestion, ii. Id.
Colostrum, or first milk after parturition, iii. 360.
chemical properties of, iii. 360, 361 ; s. 391, note.
Colouring matter of the blood, i. 41 1. See BLOOD.
Colours, relative effect of different-coloured uniforms on
the chances of being hit in battle, iv. 1441, note.
Colfiudeadec (breast animalcules), a family of Polygastric
animals, iv. 5.
characters of the family, iv. 5.
Coluber natrix (ringed snake), nervous system of the, iii.
620.
scaber, Linn., iv. 886.
verus (viper), nervous system of the, iii. 621.
Columba (pigeon), nervous system of the, iii. 622.
Columelii cochleae, ii. 531.
Columnn nasi, iii. 726.
Columns carneae, teretes lacerti, ii. 581.
foraminis ovalis, ii. 580.
rugarum of vagina, s. 706.
Columns of medulla oblongata, anterior pyramidal, iii.
G7i>.
Columns of nrudulla oblongata continued.
olivary, iii. 679. 683, 684.
posterior pyramidal, iii. 679. 6S3, 684.
restiform, iii. 678, 679 'J82. 684.
of the rectum, iii. 921.
of the spinal cord, functions of the, iii. 721 N T .
office of the antero-lateral columns, iii. 721 O.
of the posterior columns, iii. 7'21 p.
manner in which the posterior columns
may contribute to the exercise of the
locomotive functions, iii. 721 Q.
Colurus, a genus of Rotifera, iv. 406.
Coma, phenomena of, iii. 722 Y. 723 B.
comparison between sleep and, iv. 677.
death by, mode of, i. 264.
Comalula, alimentary canal of, s. 297.
muscles of the, iii. 537.
Combustibles used in organic analysis, iii. 814.
Combustion, hypothesis of, as the physical cause of animal
heat, ii. 684.
Combustion apparatus of Liebig for organic analysis,
iii. 814.
Commtssural nervous fibres, iii. 646.
Commissure of the optic nerves, iii. 673. 676 ; iv. 1446.
antero-posterior of lornix, iii. 675. See Fornix.
Commissures of cerebellar hemispheres, iii. 685.
of the brain, iii. 701.
longitudinal commissures, iii. 701.
superior longitudinal, iii. 701.
longitudinal tracts, iii. 701.
fornix, iii. 701.
taenia semicircularis, iii. 702.
transverse, iii. 702.
corpus callosum, iii. 702.
anterior commissure, iii. 702.
posterior commissure, iii. 703.
soft commissure, iii. 703.
manner in which the commissures connect the
parts between which they are placed, iii. 703.
functions of the commissures, iii. 723 D.
corpus callosum, iii. 723 D.
fornix, iii. 723 D.
pons Varolii, iii. 723 E.
Commissure, anterior, s. 709.
posterior, s. 709.
cerebro-cerebellar commissures, or processus cere-
bell i ad testes, iii 693.
long and hidden, iii. 691.
of the spinal cord, white, iii. 652.
grey, iii. 652.
short and exposed, iii. 691.
single, iii. 691.
superior longitudinal, iii. 697.
of third ventricle, anterior, iii. 676.
posterior, iii. 676.
soft, or grey, iii. 677.
Communicant noni, or internal descending cervical nerve,
iv. 753.
tibialis nerve, iv. 62.
ulnae artery, iv. 226.
Communicating artery, anterior, iii. 704.
posterior, iii. 704
branches of acromial nerves, iv. 753.
Comparison between the development of the cerebrum
and cerebellum in the adult, iii. 687.
between the structure of the sympathetic and the
cerebro-spinal fibre, according to Volkmann and
Bidder, iii. 599.
of nervous and muscular tissue, iii. 593.
Complexion, differences in the, of the various races of
mankind, iv. 1333.
constancy of the relation between climate and com-
plexion, iv. 1335.
historical evidence of an actual change of complexion
in tribes or races that are known to have migrated
from one locality to another of a different character,
or to have changed their mode of life, iv. 1336.
Complexus muscle, i. 371. 732.
Compressor narium minor, iii. 729.
Compressor venae dorsalis penis muscle, ii. 446; iii. 916.
Compressores urethrae muscles, iii. 932 ; iv. 1247 ; s. 138.
Cumpressorium, the, iii. 347. See MICROSCOPE.
Conception, physical action in, iii. 72 I.
ch niges in the uterus after, ii. 454.
circumstances influencing the liability to concep-
tion, ii. 456.
lactation usually a preventive to conception, ii.
457.
signs of recent conception in women, ii. 457.
See GENERATION ; OVUM ; UTERUS, AND ITS APPEN-
DAGES.
Concha of ear, ii. 551.
CONCBIFERA (a class of Invertebrate Animals), i. 112.
694.
characters of the class, i. 694, 695.
classification of the Conchifera, i. 714.
division of the class, i. 695.
nervous system, i. 704 ; iii. 603.
organs of digestion, i. 695.
of circulation, i. 098.
of respiration, i. 699.
of generation, i. 700 ; ii. 410.
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7G6
GENERAL INDEX.
CONCHIFERA continued.
organs of motion, i. 700.
skin and its appendages, i. 705.
1. mantle, i. 705.
2. siphons, i. 707.
3. shell, i. 707.
cardinal edge, i. 708.
general structure, i. 707.
hinge, i. 707.
ligament, i. 7C8.
valves, surfaces of the, i. 710.
external surface, i. 710.
1. the hooks, i.710.
2. the belly of the shell, i. 7 1 1 .
3. the edges, 1.711.
4. thelunula, i. 711.
5. the corselet, i. 711.
internal surface, i. 712.
formation of mother-of-pearl and of
pearls, i. 712, 713.
Concretions, or pseudo-calculi, iv. 8G. See PRODUCTS,
ADVENTITIOUS.-
found in the paunch and reticulum of Ruminantia,
s. 538.
polypous, in the heart, ii. 648.
of prostate gland, iv. 158.
Concussion, depression of the heart's action consequent
on, i. 723.
Condillac's dreams, iv. 687.
Condiments, employment of, in diet, ii. 15.
Condyles of femur, iii. 44.
humerus, external, i. 217.
internal, i. 217.
extensorius of humerus, ii. 1GO.
of the tibia, ii. 168.
Condyloid foramen, i. 732.
posterior, i. 732.
anterior, i. 732.
processes, i.732; ii. 215.
Condylopeda, i. 245.
Conferva fontinalis, arrangement of the sexual reproduc-
tive organs of the, s. 220.
Confervoiil Alga?. See Algce ; REPRODUCTION, VEGETABLE.
Conflux of Majendie, anterior, iii. 640.
inferior, iii. 640.
posterior, iii. 638. 640. 688.
superior, iii. 640.
Congenital deformities. See TEKATOLOGY.
Conger, tongue of the, iv. 1146.
Congestion of the liver, iii. 183.
o. general congestion, iii. 184.
b. hepatic venous congestion, iii. 184.
e. portal venous congestion, iii. 184.
of the venous sinuses of the spinal cord, iii. 713.
convulsions, iii. 713.
spinal apoplexy, iii. 713.
Conglobate glands, i. 23.
Congregation, instinct of, both in man and in the lower
animals, iii. 16.
imperfect societies of insects, iii. 16.
for society alone, iii. 16.
of males in the pairing season, iii. 16.
for emigrating together, iii. 16.
for feeding together, iii. 16.
for some common work, advantageous to the
community, iii. 16.
occasional association, iii. 17.
.of higher animals for various purposes, grega-
rious animals, iii. 17.
Coni vasculosi of epididymis, iv. 979.
Conical appendages to head of Pteropoda, iv. 175.
Conium, use of, in cases of muscular disturbance, iii.
721. H.
Conjoined tendons, the, i. 6.
Conjunctiva (in human anatomy), ii. 173. 176 ; iii. 83. See
LACHRYMAL ORGANS.
structure of, ii. 176.
Conjunctivitis, iii. 86.
Conochilus, a genus of Rotifera, iv. 402.
Conochilus volvox, a species of Rotifera, iv. 401, el seq.
Conoid or pyramidal ligament, iii. 104.
Consistence, in organised and unorganised bodies, i. 119.
Constriction of the alimentary canal, s. 404.
causes, s. 404, 405.
of the aorta, i. 191.
Constrictor ani muscle, i, 176.
isthmi faucium muscle, iii. 952 ; iv. 1133.
relations and action, iii. 952.
pharyngis muscle, iv. 1102.
pharyngis muscle, inferior, iii. 102, 940.
medius, iii. 946.
superior, iii. 946.
vaginae muscle, i. 178 ; s. 712.
Consumption, tubercular, aphonia a symptom in cases of, iii.
119.
sympathetic ulceration of the trachea and bronchial
tubes in cases of tubercular, iii. 119.
CONTRACTILITY, i. 716.
1. irritability, i. 717.
2. vital power orproperty of irritability, i. 719.
3. conditions accessary to the contractile power, i.
721.
CONTRACTILITY continued,
4. laws regulating the vital powers of contractile
powers, i. 723.
conclusions, i. 724.
Contractility of muscle, i. 710 ; iii. 519.
is it a property inherent in muscular fibre ? doc-
trine of the " vis inaita " of Haller, iii. 519.
source of contractility, whence derived, iii. 5*0.
relation of contractility to the state of nutrition
of the organ, iii. 520.
Dr. John Reid's experiments, iii. 520.
evidence furnished by cerebral paralysis, iii.
521.
corroborations furnished by the fact .that
throughout the animal kingdom the vascular
supply is accurately proportioned to the mus-
cular irritability, iii. 521.
See MUSCULAR MOTION.
of cavities of the heart, duration of, after death, ii. C07,
608.
Contraction, or systole, of the auricles and ventricles of the
heart, ii. 602, 603. See HEAKT, PHYSIOLOGY OF.
Conus arteriosus of Woolf, ii. 581, note.
Convoluted tube forming the lymphatic gland, iii. 218. See
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.
Convolutions of the brain, iii. 693.
functions of the cerebral convolutions, iii. 722 X.
connexions of the functions of the mind with the
functions of the cerebral convolutions, iii.
722 X.
Dr. Wigan's doctrine of the duality of the mind, iii.
722 Z.
sensation, iii. 723 A.
volition and attention, iii. 723 A.
sleep, iii. 723 B.
dreaming, iii. 723 B.
coma, iii. 723 B.
somnambulism, iii. 723 B.
delirium, iii. 723 B.
fibres of the centrum ovale, iii. 723 B.
Convulsions, congestion of the vessels of the brain conse-
quent on, iii. 713. 720 F.
cause of the convulsions of epilepsy, iii. 721 G.
of the foetus in utero, ii. 321.
Cooking, importance of, indigestion, ii. 12.
chemical changes induced iu food by the process of
cooking, s. 390.
roasting meat, s. 390.
boiling meat, s. 390.
salting and smokine: meat, s. 391.
Cophias, poison fangs of, iy. 291.
Copper, method of determining the presence of, in organic
substances, iii. 805.
Copts, physical characters of the, iv. 1357.
Cor bovinum, ii. 639.
Coraco-acromial ligament, i. 359.
Coraco-brachialis muscle, i. 217. 219. 359; ii. 160; iv.
756.
Coracoid notch (incisura semilunaris, lunula), ii. 1M>.
process, i. 359 : ii. 157 ; iv. GOO.
fractures of the, iv. 600.
in Carnivora, i. 46G. See CARNIVORA.
Coral, red, of commerce, (Corallium rubrum) iv. 31,
32.
Coral reefs, formation of, iv. 33.
mode in which coral reefs become converted into islands
and fitted for the abode of man, iv. 33.
CorallidcE, or cortical polyps, a family of Polypifera, iv. 19.
30.
characters of the family, iv. 19.
genera, iv. 19.
Corallium rubrum, iv. 31.
Isis hippuris, iv. 31.
ova of, s. [127.]
Cordiform tendon, ii. 2 ; iv. 324.
Corn, considered as an elementary substance, s. ?,93.
constituents, s. 393.
bread, s. 393.
Corw-fields, ravages of the wire-worm in thp, ii. 861.
Cornea, ii. 175177.
chemical composition, ii. 177.
development, ii. 178.
size and shape, ii. 176; iv. 1440.
structure, ii. 175.
wounds and diseases of the cornea, ii. 177.
conjunctiva! covering of the, iii. 87.
opaca, ii. 175. 177.
transparens, ii. 175, 170.
conical, symptoms of, iv. 1404.
Cornicula laryngis, or tubercles of Santorini, iii. 101
102.
Corns, hard, causes of, ii. 353.
solt, causes of, ii. 353.
on roots of fingers, ii. 524.
Cornu Ammonis, iii. 675.
Cornua of hyoid bone, greater, iv. 1124.
lesser, iv. 1124.
of lateral ventricles, iii. 674. See Ventricle.
of thyroid cartilage, iii. 102.
Corona ciliaris of Camper and Zinn, ii. 193.
of glans penis, iii. 914.
Cornnte, i. 728. See Frontal bone.
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Coronal suture, i. 736.
L'oroiiaria ventriculi, or proprr gastric, artery, i. 194;
iii. 911 ; s. 325.
ventriculi vein, iv. 1414.
Coronary arteries, i. 189. 192. 194 ; ii. 584.
labial, interior, i. 486.
superior, i. 487.
ligament, i. 251 ; iii. 161.
of the liver, iii. 940.
plexus of nerves, superior, s. 429.
sinus, iii 6:i3.
vein, iv. 1404.
great or anterior, ii. 596 ; iv. 1414.