INDEX 



897 



Metabolism : 



calculations, 544 

 endogenous, 615 

 exogenous, 615 

 general, 534 

 in starvation, 566 

 normal, 570 

 of carbohydrates, 652 

 of fats, 686 

 of proteins, 595 

 of purines, 637 

 special, 534 

 Methyl glyoxal, 665 

 Methyl group, 598 

 Methyl purines, 635 

 Methylation, 627 

 Methylglyoxal, 665, 666 

 Mett's method, 487 

 Microcytes, 94 

 Microtonometer, 339 

 Mid-capacity of lungs, 311 

 Milk, clotting of, 488 

 Miniature stomach, 433 

 Minimal air, 300 

 Mononuclear leucocytes, 96 

 Morawitz theory, blood clotting, 107 

 Motor areas, ablation of, 843 



stimulation of, 844, 846, 848 

 Motor nerves of segmental duct muscles, 



881 



Mountain sickness, 360, 399 

 adaptation to, 400 

 alveolar CO., in, 360 

 blood corpuscles in, 401 

 Movements, of intestine, 463 



of stomach, 452 

 Municipal food statistics, 591 

 Muscarine, action on heart, 226 

 Muscle, cardiac, properties of, 176 

 refractory period, 178 

 respiration in, 395 



staircase phenomenon (treppe), 177 

 skeletal, 177 



respiration in, 394 

 Muscles, antagonistic, 818 

 Muscular exercise, 243, 539 



circulatory changes during, 410 

 effect on metabolism, 551 

 effect on respiration, 366 

 H-ion during, 413 

 purines during, 647 

 redistribution of blood during, 415 

 respiratory changes during, 410 

 temperature of blood during, 415 

 Mutual precipitation of colloids, 56 

 Myenteric reflex, 796 

 Myogenic hypothesis of heartbeat, 171 

 Myxedema, 755 



energy output in, 542 



N 



Narcotics and blood fat, 698 

 Necrosis of liver, 620 



Negative pressure in ventricle, 152 

 Nephelometer, 697 

 Nephrectomy, 621 

 Nephritis, 650 



acidosis in, 683 



urea retention in, 528 

 Nerves : 



of skin, 796 



network, 4, 29 



regeneration of, 36 



segmental distribution of, 837 



specific properties of, 789 



vasodilator, 797 

 Nerve cells, 33, 799 

 Nervi erigentes, 231 

 Nervous control: 



of gastric secretion, 434 



of ileocolic sphincter, 468 



of intestinal glands, 442 



of intestinal movements, 467 



of pancreas, 427 



of salivary glands, 423 



of stomach movements, 458 

 Nervous diabetes, 672 



in man, 674 

 Nervous system: 



autonomic, 877 

 bulbar fibers, 882 

 functions of, 884 

 sacral fibers, 882 

 thoracicolumbar fibers, 880 



effect of section at various levels of : 

 anterior root, 99, 835 

 just behind medulla, 839 

 just behind post. corp. quad., 840 

 just in front of ant. corp. quad., 840 

 posterior roots, 836 

 spinal cord, 839 



evolution of, 718 



influence on excretion of urine, 519 



integration of, 786, 809 

 Network, nerve, 796 



neurofibrils, 800 



neuropile, 784, 797 

 Neurogenic hypothesis, of heart, 172 

 Neurons, 784 



association, 783, 785 



intermediate, 802 



internuncial, 802 

 Neutrality, regulation of, 36 

 Nicotine, 233 



action on vagus, 226 

 Nissl bodies, 800 

 Nitrogen : 



excretion of, premortal rise, 566 



in starvation, 566 



undetermined, urine, 613 

 Nitrogen balance, 570 

 Nitrogenous constituents of urine, 523 

 Nitrogenous equilibrium, 571 

 Nitrogenous metabolites, in starvation, 

 568 



