INDEX 



215 



Mc William's test for proteids, 148 

 Magnesium, 3, 8 



Magnesium sulphate, action of, on pro- 

 teids, 19, 26, 156 

 Malic acid, 108 

 Mallow, 13 



Malpighian capillaries, 106 

 Malting ferment, 143 

 Maltase, 50 



Maltose, 10, 14, 47, 77, 141. 143 

 Malt upon starch, action of, 143 ; 



diastase, 143 

 Maly on the formation of hydrochloric 



acid, 55 

 Manganese, 3, 8 

 Mannite, 11 

 Marchi reaction, 164 

 Marsh gas, 64 



Measures of capacity. 7 ; of length, 6 

 Meat, 34, 39 ; constituents of, 40 

 Meconium, 76 

 Medulla oblongata, diabetic puncture 



of, 131 

 ^klelanin, 180 

 Mercurial air-pumps, 195 

 Mercuric nitrate, method of estimating 



chlorides, 168 ; urea, 166 

 Mercury compound of creatinine, 125, 



176 

 Metabolism. 2, 67 

 Methaemoglobin, 96, 151 ; crystals of, 



150 ; in urine, 133 

 Methane, 65 



Methylene blue experiments, 101 

 Metric system, 7 

 Microchemical detection of glycogen. 



141 

 Micrococcus urea, 110, 127 

 Microspectroscope, 94, 151 

 Milk, 33, 34, 36 ; alcoholic fermenta- 

 tion of, 39 ; coagulation of, 37, 57, 



145 ; composition of, 37 ; fats of, 38 ; 



proteids of, 37 ; salts of, 39 ; souring 



of, 38 

 Milk-curdling ferment of pancreas, 61, 



64 ; of stomach, 37, 57 

 Milk-sugar, 10, 13, 33, 38, 77 ; crystals, 



13 

 Millon's reagent, 5; test, 19, 24, 33. 



44 

 Mineral compounds, 3 

 Mohr's method of estimating chlorides, 



169 

 Moleschott's diet, 35 

 Monatomic alcohols, 17 

 Monoacetin, 17 

 Monochromatic light, 192 

 Monosaccharides, 10, 11 

 Monoxy purine, 121 

 Moore and Bockwood on fat absorption, 



80 



Moore on osmotic pressure of proteids, 



208 

 Moore's test for sugar, 11 

 Morner and Sjoqvist's method of esti- 

 mating uiea, 168 

 Momer on haemln, 91 

 Morris and Brown on starch digestion, 



47 

 Mucic acid, 12 

 Mucin, 2, 21, 28, 75 ; in bile, 29, 69 ; in 



saliva, 45 ; in urine, 125 ; tests for, 21, 



44, 137 

 Mucinogen, 45 

 Mucoids, 28 



Mucous glands, structure of, 46 

 Mucous membrane of frog's intestine, 



78 

 Mucous salivary glands, 28 

 Munk on fat absorption, 79 

 Murexide test, 118 

 Muscle, 39, 156; clot, 161 ; pigments of, 



160 ; plasma of, 156 ; extractives of, 



160, 161 

 Muscle sugar, 12 

 Muscular movement, 2 ; exercise and 



urea. 111 , exercise and carbonic acid, 



100 

 Musculin, 160 

 Mutton, 34 



Myo-albumin, 160, 161 

 Myogen, 161 ; myogen-fibrin, 161 

 Myo-globulm, 160, 161 

 Myo-haematin, absorption spectrum of, 



160 

 Myosin, 4, 27, 39, 58, 161 ; ferment, 50 ; 



fibrin, 161 

 Myosinogen, 26, 159, 160, 161, 162 

 Myxoedema, 67 



N 



Nexcki and Sieber, on pigments, 177 



Nencki's experiments on urea, 114 



Nerve degeneration, chemistry of, 163 



Nervous tissues, 162 



Neurokeratin, 31, 162 



Neutral salts, action of, on proteids, 19, 



25, 26, 33, 37, 82, 134, 147, 155 

 Nickel sulphate, action of, on proteids, 



148 

 Nissl's bodies, 162 

 Nicol's prism, 187 

 Nitrate of urea, 110, 118 

 Nitric oxide haemoglobin, 91. 98, 154 

 Nitrogen, 3 ; estimation of, 199 

 Nitrogenous food, 39 ; glucosides, 163 

 Nitrous acid, action of, on urea, 110 

 Nucleic acid, 30 ; decomposition of, 30 

 Nuclein, 3, 29, 38, 117, 121 ; bases from, 



120 



