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INDEX. 



Milk, gases of, 98 



variations in the composition 



of, 98 



composition of, at different 



periods of lactation, t 99 



influence of menstruation 



and pregnancy upon the com- 

 position of, 100 



comparative composition of, 



in fair and dark women, and in 



different races, 100 



influence of the quantity se- 

 creted upon the composition of, 102 

 : secretion of, in the newly- 

 born, 106 



Milk-globules, 90 



Movements, general considerations 



of, 436 



of amorphous contractile sub- 

 stance, 437 



of cilia, 438 



due to elasticity, 442 



muscular, 445 



Mucous membranes, anatomical di- 

 vision of, 46 



general anatomy of, 47 



follicular and racemose 



glands of, 48 



of the bladder, ureters, and 



pelvis of the kidney, 49 



action of, in resisting the ab- 

 sorption of venoms, 57 



Mucus, mechanism of the secre- 

 tion of, 49 



general properties of, 51 



microscopical characters of, 52 



composition of, 52 



nasal, composition of, 53 



bronchial and pulmonary, 



composition of, 54 



secreted by the mucous mem- 

 brane of the alimentary canal, . 54 



from the urinary passages, 55, 217 



from the generative passages, 55 



conjunctival, 56 



general function of, 56 



in the urine, 217 



Muscles, involuntary, anatomy of, 446 



action of, 448 



voluntary, anatomy of, 449 



primitive fasciculi of, 450 



sarcolemma of, 451 



fibrillse of, 451 



sarcous elements of, 452 



fibrous and adipose tissue in, 453 



perimysium of, 454 



Muscles, connective tissue of, .... 45-i 



blood-vessels and lymphatics 



of, 456 



connection of, with the ten- 

 dons, 457 



chemical composition of,. . . 457 



physiological properties of, . 458 



elasticity of, 459 



tonicity of, 460 



sensibility of, 460 



contractility, or irritability of, 461 



persistence of contractility in, 



after death, 462 



distinction between muscular 



and nervous irritability, 463 



influence of woorara upon 



the irritability of the nerves of, 464 



influence of sulphocyanide 



of potassium upon the contrac- 

 tility of, 465 



influence of the nervous sys- 

 tem upon the irritability of, ... 466 



influence of the circulation 



upon the irritability of, 466 



restoration of the contractil- 

 ity of, by injection of blood, . . . 467 



contraction of, 468 



shortening and hardening of 



the fibres of, 469 



no variation in the absolute 



volume of, during contraction, . 469 



changes in the form of the 



fibres of, during contraction,. . . 470 



contraction of, excited by 



electricity applied to the nerve, 470 



single contraction of (spasm), 471 



period of a single contrac- 

 tion and relaxation of, 472 



mechanism of prolonged con- 

 traction of (tetanus), 474 



sound produced by contrac- 

 tion of, 475 



fatigue of, 476 



electric phenomena in, 476 



Muscular effort, 477 



Musculine, 458 



Myeloplaxes, 484 



Myolemma, 451 



Myosine, 458 



Nails, anatomy of, 118 



connections of, with the epi- 

 dermis, 120 



growth of, 120 



Nerves, motor nerves of the 

 glands, 31 



