898 



INDEX. 



Kreatiu, present in central nervous sys- 

 tem, 788 



Kreatinin in urine, and its relations to 

 kreatin, 681, 787 



Labour, diet suited for, 885 

 Laboured expiration, mechanism of, 577 

 inspiration, mechanism of, 



575 



Lactalbumin in human milk, 817 

 Lacteal radicle, change undergone by 

 fat on its passage into, 

 546 



,, ,, contents of, their com- 

 position, 546 

 ,, ,, in villi of small intestine, 



472, 510 



Lacteals, absorption of fats by, 507, 541 

 ,, absorption of water and sugar 



by, 541, 542 

 ,, in herbivora, their probable 



functions, 544 



Lactic acid, its formation during diges- 

 tion, 503 



,, ,, probably oxidized in liver, 866 

 Lactose in human milk, 818 

 Laevulose, partial conversion of cane 



sugar into, 876 

 Lardaceous degeneration of leucocytes 



in spleen, 775 



Laryngeal and facial respiration, 577 

 ,, nerve, superior, curve shew- 

 ing slackened respiration by 

 stimulation of the, 623 

 Laughing, mechanism of, 662 

 Lenticular glands in stomach, 515, 517 

 Leucin, chief immediate product of nitro- 

 genous metabolism of body, 

 790 



chemical composition of, 452 

 ,, formed in pancreatic digestion 



of proteids, 451 



,, in intestinal contents, 502 

 ,, replacing urea in acute yellow 



atrophy of liver, 790 

 ,, transformed into urea in liver, 



791 

 Leucocytes in cortex of lobules in thy- 



mus, 803 

 ,, in epithelium of alimentary 



canal, 402, 406, 408 

 ,, in follicular substance of 



lymphatic glands, 521 

 ,, in mammary gland, 816 

 ,, in solitary follicles of intes- 

 tine, 516 

 ,, in villi of small intestine, 



473 

 ,, of villi not concerned in 



absorption of fat, 547 

 ,, possible absorption of pro- 

 teids by, discussed, 553 

 Levatores costarum, their work in re- 

 spiration, 575 



Lieberkiihn, glands of, in large intestine,. 



476 

 ,, ,, non-absorbents of 



fat, 545 



,, succus entericus 



furnished by, 

 454, 474 

 ,, ,, their characters, 



467, 474 

 Lingual nerve, stimulation producing 



flow of saliva, 420 

 Liver, acute yellow atrophy of, 783, 784 r 



790 



,, as a source of heat, 846 

 ,, bile pigments and salts formed 



in, 780 



blood-supply of, 460, 461, 747 

 ,, effect of extirpation in birds, 780,, 



792 



lymphatics in, 746 

 ,, nervous supply of, 460, 746 

 ,, no evidence of free haemoglobin 



supply to, 782 



,, of frog, section figured, 745 

 ,, of mammal, sections figured, 755 

 ,, oxidation of sarcolactic acid in, 



866 

 ,, proteids undergo changes in, 544, 



758 

 ,, seat of last stage of conversion of 



proteids into urea, 790, 791 

 ,, secretion of bile by, 459 

 structure of, 739-747 

 ,, sugar produced in, 748, 749 

 ,, variation of amount of glycogen 



in, 750-755 

 Living substance, framework of, in 



muscles, 865 



,, ,, growth, etc. independent 



of nervous system, 872 

 ,, ,, term defined, 862 



Loaded cells, 411 

 Lobules of liver, 739 



,, of mammalian lung, 557, 558 

 ,, of mammary gland, 813 

 ,, of salivary glands, 410 



of thymus, 803 

 Longitudinal coat of alimentary canal, 



its action, 479 



,, of large intestine, 



peculiar arrange- 

 ment of, 475 



Loop of Henle in kidney, 668 

 ,, ,, structure of ascending and 



descending limbs, 673 

 ' Loose ' carbonic acid in blood, 600 

 Loss of heat in body, 847-850 

 Ludwig's mercurial gas-pump, figured 



and described, 583 

 Lungs, changes in, after birth, 566 

 defective blood-supply, its results, 



658 



effects of distension and collapse 

 of, diagram, 624, 626 



