Thorax, the, 290 Tobacco-chewing, 103, 129 Tokio, University of, 55 Tongue, the, needs exercise, 154 Tonic constrictions, the, 344; the appearance of, 370-373, 385, 387 —— rings, the, 373 Tonsillitis, 144, 148 Tooth-brush, the, 177 Tooth-powder, 178 Toxins, absorbed into the blood, 40, 41, 44, 143 Training, for athletes, why necessary, 22 “Traité Analytique de la Digestion,” Blondlot’s, 181 Treves, Sir Frederick, on bolting of food, 140, 141 Trinity College, Dublin, 180 Trophic fibres, 183 Tryptophane, 47 Tuberculosis, 144 Turin, Italy, Congress of Physiologists at, 26, 48, 56, 91 ——, University of, 68, 284 U Urine, should be inoffensive, 42, 93, 274 V Vagus nerve, the, an undoubted exciter of the gastric glands and of the pancreas, 183; its functions almost interminable, 183, 249 Van Someren, Dr. Ernest, xxv, 7, 12; his paper “Was Luigi Cornaro Right?” 26-46; his swallowing reflex, 26, 44; his experiments confirmed by Marckwald, 46; Sir Michael Foster’s Note upon his paper, 48-52; the Cambridge tests, 49-52, 53, 60, 91, 92, 98 Van Valzah, 146 Veal, 100 Veddahs, the, 128 Vegetable food, experiments with, 40; necessitates more thorough mastication than animal, 97, 98, 173; influenced more by cooking than animal, 118, 132, 170 Vegetables, 43, 78 Venice, Italy, 30, 63, 64, 91 Vermicelli, 132 Vermicular contraction, 343 —— wave, the, 345 Vermiform appendix, the, 140 Vice, traced to perversion of nutrition, 73 Vienna, 65 —— bread, 131 Vinegar, 269 Vivisection, 303, 305 Voice, the, requires lusty exercise in youth, 149 Voit diet, the, 76, 81, 84, 86 Vomiting, the act of, 193, 303; movements of the stomach in, 325, 341 W Wallace, Dr. G. Sim, 110, 113, 130, 154, 158, 161, 169, 174, 177 Walther, Dr., experiments of, 267, 276 Washington, D. C., 70 Water, how to drink, 9, 34, 95, 268, 391, 392 —— biscuit, 391 Weight, must become normal, 43 Welch, Dr. Prof. William H., 67, 68 Wepfer, experiments of, 303, 304 Wheat, unground pearl, 392, 393, 394 —— flour, 392 Wine, how to take, 9, 22, 23 Wine-tasters, the professional, methods of, 23, 93 Wolves, experiments upon, 303 Wood, Maj. Gen. Leonard, 69, 70 Worry, causes indigestion, 7 Wulfson, Dr., 197 X X-ray. _See_ Röntgen ray Y Yale investigation, the, x, xi, xiii-xv, xvii, xviii, xix, xxxiii —— Gymnasium, the, 87 —— test, the, 5, 69, 75-91 —— University, 68 Z Z, in the nutrition alphabet, 10, 12; Zuntz, Dr. Prof. N., 67, 68 FOOTNOTES: [1] Appetite alone can judge accurately of the former, and the true Swallowing Impulse is the limitation of the latter. If we study the natural instincts, the rest will take care of itself.