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INDEX 



Long's coefficient, 381, 504 

 Lticke's reaction for hippuric acid, 407 

 Lugol's solution, preparation of, 636 

 Lyle-Curtman guaiac "procedure," 237 



reagent, 237, 458, 460, 637 

 Lymph, 249, 263 

 Lysine, 68, 80, 142, 190 

 Lysine picrate, crystalline form of, 81 



Magnesia mixture, preparation of, 637 

 Magnesium balance, preparation of, 625 

 in bone, detection of, 355 

 in urine, 387, 427 



quantitative determination of, 



575 



nitrate solution, 637 

 phosphate in urinary sediments, 474, 



481 

 Malfatti's formol titration method for ammonia in 



urine, 521 

 Maltase, 4, 56, 199, 204 



experiments on, 204 



Maltosazone, crystalline form of, Plate III, op- 

 posite p. 22 

 Maltose, 19, 38 



experiments on, 38 

 structure of, 38 

 Marsh apparatus, 463 



cut of, 463 



method for arsenic, 463 

 Marshall's clinical urease method for estimation 



of urea in urine, 518 

 Mastication, defective, influence of, on food 



residues in feces, 230, 623 

 Mathews, differentiation of lactose and glucose, 



40, 438 



Marvein, use of, as indicator, 161 

 McClendon's electrode, determination of H ion 



cone, by, 151 



McCrudden's method for determination of cal- 

 cium, 574 

 of magnesium, 574 



McLean and Van Slyke's method for determina- 

 tion of chlorides in blood, 290 

 Melanin in urine, 430, 466, 475 

 tests for, 466 



urinary sediments, 475, 482 

 Melting-point apparatus, 186 



of fats, determination of, 186 

 Mercury in urine, 464 



detection of, 465 



Metabolic product nitrogen, 230, 622 

 Metabolism, 519 

 basal, 328 

 experiments, 580 



balance of income and outgo in, prepa- 

 ration of, 625 

 collection and preservation of feces in, 



621 



separation of feces in, 620 

 urine in, 384, 598 

 Folin's theory of, 612 

 in acidosis, 304, 609 

 in fasting, 618 

 in gout, 604, 607 



influence of acids on, 309, 615, 616 

 of alkalies on, 309, 615, 616 

 of defective mastication on, 623 



Metabolism, influence of digestion on, 610 



of fats and carbohydrates as protein 



sparers in, 612 

 of high calorie, non-nitrogenous diet on, 



617 

 indigestible, non-nitrogenous material 



on, 622 



of water on, 607 



of acid-forming and base-forming foods, 613 

 of ammonium benzoate, 619 

 of carbohydrates, 598-602, 612 

 of energy, 612, 617, 618 

 of fat, 602, 612 



of inorganic elements, 624, 625 

 of nitrogen and sulphur as influenced by 



diet, 610 

 of proteins, 602 



time relations of, 602 

 of purines, 604-607 

 on "salt-free" diet, 609 

 on salt-rich diet, 609 



relation of bacterial nitrogen of feces to, 621 

 of metabolic product nitrogen of feces 



to, 622 



study of creatinine elimination in, 607 

 time relations of protein, 602 

 Menstrual blood, 260 

 Metaproteins, 94, 114 

 acid, 94, 114, 115 

 alkali, 94, 114, 115 

 experiments on, 115 

 precipitation of, 115 

 sulphur content of, 115 

 Methemoglobin, 257, 302 

 Methylene blue, 146 



reaction (Russo), 470 

 Methyl-mercaptan, 215 



Methyl orange, use of, as indicator, 161, 522, 638 

 red, use of, as indicator, 161, 515, 637 

 violet, use of, as indicator, 161 

 Methyl-pentose (see Rhamnose, p. 19) 

 Methylphenylfructosazone, formation of, 35 

 Methylphenylhydrazine, 35 

 i-methylxanthin, 387, 419 

 Mett's method for determination of peptic 



activity, 168 



Mett's tubes, preparation of, 169 

 Micro-organisms in urinary sediments, 480, 489 

 in feces, 224, 228 

 in intestine, 224, 228 

 Milk, 329 



ash of human and cow's 334, 345 



calcium phosphate from, 340-' 



casein of, 329, 331, 336, 339 



citrates in, 329 



composition of, in relation to rate of growth 



of young, 335 



composition of human and cow's 333, 335 

 constituents of, 329, 330 

 curds, photographs of, 332 

 detection of calcium phosphate in, 351 

 lactose in, 351 

 preservatives in, 352 

 difference between human and cow's, 333, 



334. 337 



summer and winter, 329 

 experiments on, 33? 

 formation of film on, 330, 336 



