346 INDEX. 



His calculation of the carbon daily expired as carbonic acid, 14, 



284. Table, 289. His remarks on Demarcay's researches on 

 bile, 315—318. 



LiEBiG AND Pfaff. Their analysis of caffeine, 324. 



LiEBiG AND WoHLER. Their analysis of alloxan, 319; of urea, 



ib. ; of allantoine, ib. ; of xanthic oxide, 320 ; of oxaluric acid, 



321 ; of parabanic acid, ib. 

 Lentils. Contain vegetable caseine, 47. Analysis of, 284, 



285. Form part of the diet of soldiers in Germany, 287. 

 Table, 289. 



Light. Its influence on vegetable life analogous to that of heat 

 on animal life, 233. 



Lime. Phosjihate of. See Bones. 



Liver. It separates from the venous blood the carbonised con- 

 stituents destined for respiration, 58. Diseases of the liver, 

 how produced, 23. Accumulation of fat in the liver of the 

 goose, 95. 



M. 



Maize. Analysis of starch from, 297. 



March AND. On the amount of urea in the urine of the dog 



when fed on sugar, 61. His analysis of cholesterine, 300. 

 Marcet. His analysis of gluten, 294. 

 Martius. His analysis of guaranine, 324. 

 Mechanical Effects. See Motion. 

 Medicine. Definition of the objects of, 257 et seq. Action of 



medicinal agents, 170 et seq. 

 Menzies. His calculation of the amount of inspired oxygen, 12, 



283. 

 Metaldehyde. See Aldehyde. 

 Metamorphosis of Tissues. 103 et seq. In other parts of 



the volume, passim. 

 Milk. Is the only natural product perfectly fitted to sustain life, 



51. Contains caseine, ib. Fat (butter), ib. Sugar of milk, 



ib. Earth of bones, 52. And potash, 164. 

 Morphia. Contains less nitrogen than quinine, 177. Its ana- 

 lysis, 324. 

 Mitscherlich. His analysis of uric acid, 318 ; of hippuric acid, 



319. 

 Momentum. Of force, 202. Of motion, ^6. 



