INDEX. 



897 



Minimal air, 580 

 Miosis, definition of, 303 

 Molisch reaction for proteids, 877 

 Monakow's bundle, 169 

 Motor aphasia, 205 

 areas of brain,. 183 

 paths in spinal cordj 167, 169 

 points in man, 88 

 Mountain sickness, 629 

 Movements of alimentary canal, defe- 

 cation, 650 

 deglutition, 634 

 large intestine, 648 

 mastication, 634 

 small intestine, 644 

 stomach, 640 

 vomiting, 651 

 Mucin in saliva, 669 

 Muscarin, action of, on heart, 520 

 on iris, 303 

 on sweat glands, 768 

 Muscle, absolute power of, 36 

 action current of, 96 

 artificial stimulation of, 23 

 carbohydrates of, 59 

 cardiac, properties of, 54 

 chemical changes of, in contrac- 

 tion, 62 

 composition of, 57 

 compound contractions of, 39 

 contraction of, 26 

 contraction wave of, 33 

 contracture of, 33 

 curve of work of, 36 

 death rigor, 49 

 demarcation current of, 91 

 direct irritability of, 22 

 disappearance of glycogen in, 63 

 effect of temperature upon, 28 



of veratrin upon, 30 

 energy liberated in, 34 

 Engelmann's artificial, 69 

 enzymes of, 61 

 ergographic records from, 45 

 extensibility and elasticity of, 19 

 fatigue of, 33, 47, 66 

 glycogen of, 736 

 heat rigor of, 49 

 inorganic salts of, 62 

 introductory contractions of, 33 

 isotonic and isometric contrac- 

 tions of, 27 

 lactic acid of, 64 

 latent period of contraction of, 26 

 maximal and submaximal contrac- 

 tions of, 27 

 nitrogenous extractives of, 61 

 number of stimuli necessary for 



tetanus, 42 

 pigments of, 61 

 plain, 52 

 plasma, 18, 57 

 57 



Muscle, proteids of, 57 

 sarcoplasm, 18 

 simple contraction of, 24 

 structure of fiber, 18 



by polarized light, 19 

 summation of contractions of, 39 

 theories of nature of contraction, 



68 

 tone of, during contraction, 41 

 tonicity of, 48 

 vasomotor supply of, 563 

 voluntary contractions of, 43 

 white and red fibers of, 30 

 Muscle-sense, cortical area for, 189 

 distribution and characteristics of, 



265 

 importance of, in visual judg- 

 ments, 346 

 paths for, in spinal cord, 163, 164, 



165 

 quality of, 266 

 Muscular insufficiency in movements 

 of eyeballs, 339 

 work, effect of, on heart rate, 528 

 on physiological oxidations, 



809 

 on proteid metabolism, 810 

 on respiratory movements, 

 627 

 source of energy in, 811 

 Musical sounds, classification and 



properties of, 362 

 Mydriasis, definition of, 303 

 Myelin sheath of nerve fibers, func- 

 tion of, 73 

 Myelinization method of Flechsig, 210 

 Myogen, 58 

 fibrin, 58 

 Myogenic theory of heart beat. 498 

 Myohematin, 400 

 Myopia, 295 

 Myosin, 58 

 fibrin, 58 

 Myxedema, 773 



Narcosis, effect of, upon nerve im- 

 pulse, 109 



Near point of distinct vision, 292 



Negative pressure in thorax, 584, 586 

 in ventricle, 493 

 variation in muscle and nerve, 96, 

 98 



Nerve, abducens, nucleus of, 229 

 auditory, 199 

 chorda tympani, 270, 667 

 facial, nucleus of, 229 

 fourth cranial, nucleus of, 227 

 glossopharyngeal, nucleus of, 229 

 hypoglossal, nucleus of, 230 

 motor and sensory roots of, 77 

 olfactory, 203 



