INDEX. 



383 



Medulla oblongata, cardiac effect of 

 stimulation of, 

 310 

 , , centre for nerves of taste 



in, 340 



,, ,, ,, for constrictor im- 



pulses in, 342-350 

 Membrane, elastic, of arteries, 195 



fenestrated, 196 

 Membrane-manometer of Hiirthle, 244- 



246, 269 

 Metabolism denned, 41 



,, increased by exercise, 372 

 Metameres, hypothetical, of spinal cord, 



171, 172 



Micro-unit of heat defined, 107, note 

 Migration of the white corpuscles, 45 

 ,, ,, in inflammation, 358 



,, ,, aided by changes in vas- 



cular walls, 360 

 Millon's reagent for detection of proteid, 



17 



Morse key, 63 

 Movements of body, how accomplished, 



55 

 ,, ciliary, 164 



amceboid, 168, 358 

 ,, cardiac, visible, 231 



Multipolar cells of splanchnic ganglia, 



181 

 Muscarin, its action on cardiac tissue, 



319 

 Muscle, irritability of, 57 et supra 



,, phenomena of contraction of, 69- 



164 



,, tetanic contraction of, 79-84, 141 

 ,, gross structure of, 86 

 ,, wave of contraction, 88 

 ,, minute structure of, 90 

 ,, striated, 93 

 ,, ,, under polarized light, 95, 



96 



,, mobility of, 97 

 ,, chemistry of, 97-106 

 ,, living and dead, contrasted, 97 

 ,, dead, chemistry of, 98 

 ,, rigid, acid reaction of, 101 

 ,, living, reaction of, 102 

 ,, chemical changes due to contrac- 

 tion, 105 



,, thermal changes due to contrac- 

 tion, 108, 153, 163 

 electrical changes in, 108 

 action of the constant current on, 



128-134 



,, work done by, as influenced by fa- 

 tigue, 142, 151 

 by load, 143 

 ,, ,, ,, by size and form of 



muscle, 144 



,, ,, ,, by temperature, 148 



,, ,, ,, by blood supply, 149 



,, by functional activity, 

 150 



Muscle, oxygen consumed during con- 

 traction of, 154, 155, 372 

 ,, contractile material of, 155 

 ,, contraction of, a chemical process, 



156 



,, plain, structure of, 158 

 ,, ,, arrangement of nerves in, 160 

 chemistry of, 161 

 ,, ,, characters of contraction of, 



161 

 ,, , r spontaneous contraction of, 



163 



,, ,, tonic contraction of, 164 

 ,, nutrition of, 150 

 ,, cardiac, 291-293 

 ,, ,, unlike skeletal muscle, 302, 



303 



,, ,, spontaneous rhythmic con- 

 traction of, 304 

 ,, vascular changes in, 334 

 ,, changes due to contraction of, 372 

 Muscle-currents, 109-112 



,, ,, negative variation of, 113 



Muscle-curves, 69 



,, ,, analysis of, 75 



,, ,, variations of, 78 



tetanic, 79 

 Muscle-nerve preparation, 59-85, 113 



,, ,, as a machine, 138 

 Muscle-plasma, 100 

 Muscle-serum and clot, 100 

 Muscle-sound, 142, 143 

 My cardiograms, 252 

 Myoglobulin, 100 

 Myograph, 70 



,, pendulum, 72 

 Myosin in dead muscle, 98, 99 

 Myosinogen in living muscle, 101 



Negative pressure in heart, 260, 261, 267 

 Nerves, irritability of, 57 et supra 

 ,, end-plates of, 58 

 ,, their connection with mus- 



cular fibres, 87, 120 

 their analogy with electrical 



organs, 122, 157 

 ,, structure of, 116, 117 

 ,, their endings in plain muscle, 160 

 ,, ,, ,, in striated muscle, 120- 



122 



,, chemistry of, 123 

 ,, severed, degenerative changes in, 



146 



,, ,, regeneration of, 147 

 ,, mixed, 173 



,, abdominal splanchnic, 173 

 ,, ,, ,, vaso-constrictor fibres 



in, 328, 334, 339 



,, brachial plexus, constrictor and di- 

 lator fibres in, 332, 333 

 cardiac, 293-296, 314 

 ,, cervical sympathetic of frog, cardiac 

 augmentor fibres in, 

 308-310 



