1348 



INPKX. 



Lactose, lactic fermentation of, 1224 



,, its incapability of assimilation, 

 1 '_'•_' 1 

 Lsevulose, synthesis of, 1216 

 ,, chemistry of, 1219 



Lardacein, or amyloid substance, 1168 



,, chemist ry of, 1186 



Laurie or laurostearic acid, 1228 

 Lecithin, 12:>8 



,. 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, 1201, 1244 

 Leukomaines, 1286 

 Leukopsiu, 1314 



Liebigs 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, 1 1 ; »: *> 

 '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, chitin 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, 1101, 1222 

 formation of, 1222 

 Mantle of Tunicata, tunicin prepared 



from, 1216 

 Marrow of bones, hemialbumin in, 1183 

 Marsh-gas fermentation of cellulose, 1215 

 Meissner, ' parapeptone of,' 1178 



,, his researches on the products 



of digest ion, 1179 

 Melanin, urinary, 1309 

 Melanogen, 1310 



Metapeptone, Meissner's, 1179 

 Methaemoglobin, preparation of, 1294 

 ,, spect roscopy of, 1295 

 ,, its relation to oxyhemoglobin, 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, 120b 

 „ clotting of, 1208 

 „ human, aud of cows compared, 



1209 

 ,, conversion of lactose into lactic 



acid in, 1219 

 ,, varying amounts of lactose in, 



122:: 

 ,, alcoholic fermentation of, 1224 

 Milk-sugar, 122:; 

 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, 



12:;:? 

 „ ,, of sarcolactic acid in 



the, 1233 

 ,, ,, of hypoxanthine, 1268 



Muscle-enzyme, 1195 

 Muscle-plasma, clotting of, 1175, 1196 

 ' Myelin forms ' of lecithin, 1238 

 Myoglobulin, 1175 

 Myohsematin, 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, L256 



Nitrogenous bodies allied to proteids, 

 1196 



Nuclein, preparation and properties of, 

 1205-1201; 



Nucleo-albumins, reactions of, 1206 



Nncleo-albumin of bile, 1209 



Nucleo-proteids, 1209 



