INDEX. 



571 



Inulin, on the digestion of, iii. 276 

 Iron in the animal body, i. 443 



KAKODYL, oxide of, i. 51 

 Keratin, iii, 53 



Kidneys, on the fat in the, iii. 464 

 KOLLIKER'S fundamental lamellae, iii. 

 15 



insterstitial lamellae, iii. 15 

 Kyestein, ii. 426 



L ACT AMIDE, 1. 89 



Lacteals, absorption by the, iii. 300 

 Lactic acid, i. 85 



its properties and chemical re- 

 lations, i. 85 



its composition, i. 86 

 its probable rational formula, 

 iii. 455 



its combinations, i. 86 

 products of its metamorphosis, 

 i. 88 ; lactide, i. 88; lactone,i. 89; 

 lactamide, i. 89 



its preparation, i. 89 

 its tests, i. 90, iii. 455 

 its occurrence, i. 92 ; in the 

 allantoic fluid, iii. 458 ; in the bile, 

 i. 99 ; in the blood, i. 96, iii. 532 ; 

 in the bones in osteomalacia, i. 101, 

 iii. 29 ; in the brain, iii. 556 ; in 

 the chyle, i. 95, ii. 286 ; in exuda- 

 tions, i. 98 ; in the gastric juice, i. 

 92, ii. 44, iii. 456 ; in the intestine 

 (large), i. 95, iii. 285 ; in the intes- 

 tine (small), i. 95, ii. 122, iii. 281 ; 

 in the lymph, i. 95; in the milk, 

 i. 98, iii. 339; in the muscular 

 juice, i. 98, iii. 71, 92, 457; in the 

 saliva, i. 94, ii. 25 ; in the splenic 

 juice, iii. 457 ; in the sweat, i. 99, 

 iii. 535; in transudations, ii. 325; 

 in the urine, i. 99, iii. 458 



its uses, i. 103 

 Lactide, i. 88 

 Lactone, i. 89 



Lead in the animal boiy, i. 450 

 Lecithin, ii. 359 

 Legumin, i. 387 



LEHMANN'S experiments on the influ- 

 ence of diet on the urine, ii. 450 

 Leucaemia, blood in, iii. 528, 532 

 Leucic acid, i. 143, 145 

 Leucine, i. 143 



Zollikofer's mode of preparing, 

 iii. 51 



its formation from chondrin, iii. 

 496 



Leuconitric acid, i. 145 

 Leucoturic acid, i. 205 

 LIEBIG'S method of determining the 

 urea in urine, iii. 547 



Lienine, iii. 462 

 Lipoids, i. 274 

 Lipyl, oxide of, i. 239 

 Liquor sanguinis, ii. 158 

 Lithofellic acid, i. 116 

 Liver, composition of healthy, iii. 465 

 the seat of the formation of 

 blood-cells, ii. 106 



the seat of the formation of 

 sugar, i. 290 ; iii. 468 

 LUDWIG on the mechanism of the 



urinary secretion, iii. 549 

 Lymph, ii. 299 



its properties, ii. 299 

 mode of obtaining it, 299 

 its chemical constituents, ii. 

 300 



compared with blood-serum, ii. 

 302 



its daily quantity, ii. 302, iii. 533 

 its origin, ii. 303 

 Lymph-corpuscles, ii. 157 



MAGNESIA, carbonate of, i. 446 

 phosphate of, i. 422 

 phosphate of ammonia and,i. 423 

 its occurrence in the excre- 

 ments, ii. 144; in intestinal con- 

 cretions, ii. 151 ; in urinary sedi- 

 ments, ii. 410 

 MAGNUS, his investigations on the gases 



in the blood, ii. 191 

 Manganese in the animal body, i. 448 

 Margaramide, i. 107 

 Margarate of oxide of lipyl, i. 246 

 Margaric acid, i. 106 

 Margarin, i, 246 



MAUMENE'S test for sugar, iii. 466 

 Meconium, ii. 142 

 Melaniline, i. 131 

 Melanin, i. 309 

 Meroxidic substances, i. 408 

 Mesoxalic acid. i. 205 

 Metacetone, i. 54 

 Metacetonic acid, i. 53 



in the sweat, iii. 454 

 Metalbumen, iii. 478 

 Metamorphosis, progressive and re- 

 gressive, i. 27, 361 

 Metamorphosis of matter, iii. 202 



comparison between this process 

 in plants and animals, iii. 203 



importance of the albuminous 

 substances and their derivatives, 

 iii. 208 ; of the fats, iii. 211 ; of the 

 carbo-hydrates, iii. 216 ; of the nor- 

 mal distribution of free acid and 

 alkali in the fluids, iii. 222 ; of the 

 phosphates, iii. 224 ; of the alkal- 

 inity of the blood, ii'. 228-240 ; of 

 the. alkalies on the process of oxida- 



