GENERAL INDEX. 



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Metatarsus, bones of, continued. 



abnormal conditions, n. 347. 

 Mctopoceros cornutus, teeth of,iv.892. 

 Metajiidia, a genus ot Kotilera, iv. 406. 

 Metritis catarrhalis, s. 694. 



partial chronic, s. 688. 



parenchymatosa, s. GS9. 

 Jtletrocele, s. 684. 

 JV/c/)-o-helcosis, s. 694. 

 Metroloxia, s. 683. 

 Metro- peritonitis, s. / 03. 



acute anil chronic, s. 687, 088. 

 JV/e/ro-phlebitis, s. 703. 



ol the high degree of .civilisation at- 

 tained in former times by the natives of, IV. 1300. 

 Microcephatia, iv. 954. See Acrama. 

 Microeoiton, a genus of Eotifera, iv. 402. 

 Micrometers, iii. 355. 



micrometer screw, in. " 

 micrometer eve-piece, in.355. 



nicrometry by means of the camera lucida, in. 356. 

 Minean rlJ, physical and mental characters of the, 



iv. 1361. 



of the ovum 



of osseous fishes, s. [101.] 

 and in the Acephalous Mollusca, s. [108. J 

 Johannes MiJller's discovery of the, in the ova of 

 Holothuria, s. [125.] 



Ml J.Opt?ckl principles governing the construction of 



microscopes, iii. 331. 

 influence of convex and concave lenses on the 



rays of light passing through them, Hi. JJl. 

 sphc'rical aberration, iii. 334. 



correction, iii. 334. ^ 

 llerschel's doublet, iii. 335. 

 chromatic aberration, iii. 235. 



correction, iii. 335. 

 simple microscope, iii. 336. ... 



phenomena of ordinary vision, in. 337. 



convex lens, iii. 337. . 



Dr. Brewstsr's lens of diamond, sapphire, 

 or carbuncle, iii. 337. 



Dr. Wollaston's doublet, in. 338. 



anglf of aperture, iii. 338. 



Coddington lens, iii. 339. 



Stanhope lens, iii. 339. 

 compound microscope, in. 339. 



field glass, iii. 340. 



lluvglienian eye-piece, in. 341. 



Mr Holland's doublet microscope, in. 342. 



eye-pieces intended to increase the field, 



iii. 342. , , 



achromatic combinations, method of va- 

 rying the magnifying power, in. d4.s. 

 test objects, iii. 344. 

 penetrating power, 111. 344. 

 defining power, iii. 344. 

 II Mechanical arrangements of microscopes, m. 



344. 

 objects to be attained ... 



1. steadiness and firmness, in. 344. 



2. capability of accurate adjustment, in. 



o AK. 



3. the power of placing the instrument in 



either a vertical or horizontal posi- 

 tion, iii. 345. 



4. simplicity, iii. 346. 



best means of c'arrying on dissections under a 



magnifying power, in. 346. 

 dissecting instruments, 111. 346. 

 compressorium, iii. 347. 



ordinary compound or simple microscope de- 

 scribed, iii. 347. ... 0<0 

 superior compound microscope, HI. 34J. 

 illumination, iii. 351. 

 mirror, iii. 352. 

 direct light, iii. 352. 

 condenser, iii. 353. 



achromatic condenser, in. 35.!. 

 illumination of opaque objects, in. 354. 

 condensing mirror, in. 354. 

 Lieberkiihn's speculum, in. 354. 

 back-ground, iii. 354. ... 



1TI Macnifvine power of microscopes, m. ao. 



measurement O f the magnifying power of mi- 



croscopes, iii. 355. 

 micrometers, iii. 3")5. 



micrometer screw, iii. 355. 

 micrometer eye-piece, iii. 355. 

 micrometry by means of the camera 



lucida, iii. 356. 



the deree of minuteness of objects which the 

 magnifying power of the microscope renders 

 visible, iii. 356. 



Microspora, mode of reproduction of the, s. 213. 

 Micturition, immediate agent of expulsion in, in. 721 H. 

 Tirt taken by the abdominal muscles in aiding, i. 17. 

 difficult micturition in cases of disease of the prostate 

 gland, iv. 158. 



Migration, instincts connected with, iii. 12, 13. 



migrating pigeons of America, in. IS. 



propagatioli and support of oil^ring one of the objects 



of, iii. 13. 

 Milk,\i\. 358. .. ,. 



nutritive properties of, n. 1.1; s. 384. 3J1. 



chief varieties and peculiarities of, s. 3Ji. 



analogy of milk to blood, iii. 302. 



c ion ofthe milk by various ingesta, iii. 2G2. 



COW common mi W^ cream globules, and yellow 



granulated corpuscles, iii. 358. 

 butter, iii. 359; s. 3'.i'2. 

 casein, or cheesy matter of milk, in. 359 ; s. 392. 



aposepedine, iii. 359. 

 lactic acid, iii. 360. ... 



proportion of cream in cow's milk, HI. ?00. 

 substances found in the ashes of cow's milk, m. 



360. 



sugar of milk, iii. 360. 

 human milk, iii. 361 ; s. 391. ... 



milk from the male breast, in. Abt. 

 milk from the ass, mare, goat, sheep, and bitch, in. 



362; s. 391. 



method of analysing milk, ill. 811. 

 secretion of, iv. 461. 4(.3. 

 vicarious secretion of milk, iv. 463. 



GLA, M . 



Millipedes, iii. 545. ... 



Mind, connexion of mind and body, in. < 22 Z. 

 considered as the mode of action ot 



Connexion of the functions of the with those of the 



convolutions of the brain, in. 722 N. 

 influence of the emotions ol the, on the 1 odj, n 



Dr'/Wigan's doctrine of the duality of the mind, iii. 

 between mind and life, iii. 144. See 

 les of, i. 120 





Mudiolus of cochlea, tubulus centralis 



531 . 



central artery of, ii. 542. 

 Mola botryoides, or hydatica, iv. Jit). 



carnosa, iv. 944. 



cruenta, iv. 941. 



fungosa, iv. 944. 



tendinosa, iv. 944. 

 Molar glands, iv. -126. 

 Mole family (Talpidse), ii. 094, et seg. 

 Mbfe (Talpa), H. 894 



eyes of the mole, n. 1UUJ. 



i, n. 



bony processes in the, ii. 161. 



anatomy of the, iv. 



, i. 442; s. ,89, 



190. 



causes, i. 442. 

 cases recorded, i. 4)2, 443. 

 condition of the bones in, iv. /12. 



ee 



naked mollusks, in. 304. 



testaceous mollusks, HI. 304. 

 circulatory system of Mollusca, i. 648 ; m. 365. 

 biliary organs of, iv. 448. 

 classification of Mollusca, in. *)5. 



PTEROPODA; 



generative system, ii. 410. 417 ; in. 36o. 



mode of reproduction of, s. 22. 



spermatozoa in Mollusca, iv. 48.5. 



ova of Mollusca, s. [107.] 

 muscular system, iii. 365 

 nervous system, in. 3(>4. 603. 

 organs of the senses, in. 364. 



hearing, iii. 364. 



sight, iii. 364. 



smell, iii. 364. 



taste, iii. 3G4. 36".. 



touch, iii. 36"). 



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