1348 



INDEX. 



Lactose, lactic fermentation of, 1224 



its incapability of assimilation, 



1224 



Laevulose, synthesis of, 1216 

 chemistry of, 1219 

 Lardacein, or amyloid substance, 1168 



chemistry of, 1186 



Laurie or laurostearic acid, 1228 

 Lecithin, 1238 



a constituent of egg-yolk, 1172 

 ,, preparation of, 1238 

 constitution of, 1239 

 Lens, crystalline, globulin of the, 1172 

 Leucin, 1244 



,, preparation of, 1245 

 ,, a result of decomposition of pro- 

 teids, 1181, 1187, 1199, 1200, 

 1203, 1204, 1244 

 Leukomaines, 1286 

 Leukopsin, 1314 



Liebig's Extract of Meat, 1234, 1267, 1268 

 Light, its bleaching action on chloro- 



phanes, 1313, 1314 

 Lipochrin in certain retinal epithelia, 



1312-1313 



Lipochromes or luteins, 1315 

 Lipolyn, 1193 

 ' Lithates,' 1260 

 'Lithicacid,' 1260 

 Liver, conversion of glycogen into sugar 



in the, 1215 

 ,, its work in the formation of urea, 



1258 

 Liver-sugar, its apparent identity with 



dextrose, 1215 

 Lobster, chitiu obtained from the exo- 



skeleton of, 1205 

 Lupins, xanthine found in, 1265 

 Lutein, source of, 1315 

 Luteins, the, 1315 



Lymph, dextrose a constituent of, 1217 

 Lysatine, 1250 



,, preparation, 1250 

 ,, its relation to urea, 1250 

 ' Lysatin,' 1187 

 Lysine, 1245 



Malt-seedlings, xanthine present in, 1265 



Maltodextrin, 1212 



Maltose, its conversion into dextrose, 



1190, 1191, 1222 

 ,, formation of , 1222 

 Mantle of Tunicata, tunicin prepared 



from, 1210 



Marrow of bones, hemialbumin in, 1183 

 Marsh-gas fermentation of cellulose, 1215 

 Meissner, ' parapeptone of,' 1178 



,, his researches on the products 



of digestion, 1179 

 Melanin, urinary, 1309 

 Melanogen, 1310 



Metapeptone, Meissner's, 1179 

 Methaemoglobin, preparation of, 1294 

 ,, spectroscopy of, 1295 

 ,, its relation to oxyhaemoglobin, 1295 

 Methyl-glycine, 1243 

 Methyl-guanidinacetic acid, 1247 

 Methyl-indole, 1282 

 Methylphenol, 1279 

 Micro-organisms, their appearance in 



urine, 1196 

 ,, conversion of dextrose by 



means of, 1219 



Milk, preparation of casein from, 1208 

 ,, clotting of, 1208 

 ,, human, and of cows compared, 



1209 

 ,, conversion of lactose into lactic 



acid in, 1219 

 ,, varying amounts of lactose in, 



1223 



,, alcoholic fermentation of, 1224 

 Milk-sugar, 1223 

 Millon's reagent for proteids, 1166, note, 



1197 



Monosaccharides, 1216 

 Mucin, reactions of, 1197 



,, chief sources of, 1197 

 Murexide test for uric acid, 1261 

 Muscle, ethyl-alcohol obtained from, 1225 

 Muscles, presence of glycogen in the, 1213 

 ,, of inosite in the, 1277 



,, ,, of lactic acid in the, 



1233 

 ,, ,, ot sarcolactic acid in 



the, 1233 



,, ,, of hypoxanthine, 1268 



Muscle-enzyme, 1195 

 Muscle-plasma, clotting of, 1175, 1196 

 ' Myelin forms ' of lecithin, 1238 

 Myoglobulin, 1175 

 Myohaematin, 1299 

 Myosin, chemistry of, 1174 

 Myosin-ferment, 1195 

 Myosinogen, 1175 

 Myristic acid, 1228 



Nerves, medullated, neurokeratin ob- 

 tained from, 1204 



Neurin, 1240 



Neurokeratin, 1204 



Neutral fats, 1229 



Nitric-oxide haemoglobin, 1293 



Nitrogen in urine, method of determina- 

 tion, 1256 



Nitrogenous bodies allied to proteids, 

 1196 



Nuclein, preparation and properties of, 

 1205-1206 



Nucleo-albumins, reactions of, 1206 



Nucleo-albumin of bile, 1209 



Nucleo-proteids, 1209 



