440 



INDEX. 



Lungs, structure of the bronchia and 



bronchioles, 532 

 ,, ,, the alveoli, 532 



,, lymphatics of, 533 

 nerves of, 534 

 ,, entrance into and exit of air 



from, 535 



,, air, tidal and stationary in, 535 

 ,, complementary, supplemen- 

 tary and residual, 536 

 ,, results of opening into pleural 



chamber, 536 



condition of, before birth, 537 

 ,, elasticity of, pressure exerted by, 



537 



,, respiratory changes in, 572 577 

 effects of inflation and suction, 



592 



,, first inflation of, iv. 393 

 Lutein, a constituent of the corpus lu- 



teum, iv. 352 



" Luxus consumption " of food, 477, 796 

 Lymph, nature and movements of, 496 



500 



,, the, a medium of exchange be- 

 tween blood and tissues, 13, 

 14, 191, 500, 509 

 salts present in, 41 

 initiation of white corpuscles 



into, 45, 337 



,, coagulable, in inflammation, 337 

 ,, its universal presence in the 



body, 486 



,, circulation of, 487 

 ,, microscopical characters of, 497 

 ,, clotting of, 497 

 ,, chemical composition of, vary- 

 ing, 498 



,, total diurnal flow, 500 

 ,, movements of, 500 

 ,, its flow increased by muscular 



movements, 501 

 ,, transudation of, nature of the 



process, 503 



,, its passage from the pleural cav- 

 ity to the vessels, 533 

 ,, its functions in the eye, iv. 167 

 Lymph capillaries, compared with blood 



capillaries, 481 



,, ,, their structure, 483 



Lymph corpuscles, 497 

 Lymph hearts in amphibia and reptilia, 



509 



Lymph knots, leucocytes in, 495 

 Lymph sinus, 490 

 Lymph spaces, structure, 484 



,, ,, passage of the white cor- 

 puscles into, 45 

 ,, in the dermis, 687 

 Lymphatic glands, structure of, 489 495 

 ,, their influence on lymph,498 

 system, 481495 

 ,, prominence of, in infancy, 

 iv. 407 



Lymphatic arrangements of brain and 



cord, 11251130 

 ,, spaces of the brain, 1126 



Lymphatics of the eye, iv. 166 171 

 ,, lung, 533 



liver, 712 

 ,, perivascular, 484 



Macula lutea, iv. 66 

 Maculte acusticse, iv. 201 



,, ,, structure of, iv. 210 



Magnetic interrupter, 66 

 Majendie, foramen of, 1127 

 Making and breaking currents, 60 

 ,, ,, shocks, 65 



,, ,, contractions with the 



constant current, 126 

 Male breathing, diaphragmatic character 



of, 543 



organs of reproduction, iv. 364 

 Malleus, the, iv. 182 

 Malpighi, pyramids of, 635 

 Malpighian capsule of kidney, 634, 643 

 ,, ,, blood supply of, 644 



,, layer of dermis, structure of, 



687 



,, corpuscles of spleen, 735, 738 

 Maltose, 359 

 Mammary gland, structure of, 777 



,, changes in, during se- 



cretion, 778 

 ,, ,, dormant, characters of, 



780 



,, ,, at birth, 784 



, , , , relations of, to the ner- 



vous system, 787 



Manometer, for measuring blood-pres- 

 sure, 204 

 ,, minimum and maximum, 



238 

 ,, endocardiac pressure shewn 



by, 239, 247 

 Fick's, 255 

 ,, ,, vaso-motor actions 



observed by, 320 

 Marey's pneumograph, 540 



',, tambour, 241 

 Marrow, red, formation of red corpuscles 



in, 37, 38 



,, yellow, of bones, 771 

 Mastication, how effected, 452 

 Massage, metabolism excited by, 844 

 Meatus, auditory, external, iv. 180 

 ,, ,, internal, iv. 201 



Meconium, iv. 386 



,, sources of, iv. 389 

 ,, chemical composition, iv. 389 

 Medulla of nerve.-fibre, structure, 116, 



117 



loss of in augmentor fibres, 300 

 ,, in vaso-constrictor fibres 



317 



retention of in vaso-dilator fi- 

 bres, 318 



