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INDEX. 



silver compound; relation to creatine 

 or creatinine (lysatinine or lysatine?), 

 257 ; decomposes with the formation of 

 urea, 258; like lysine is an actual 

 product of the digestion of fibrin by 

 trypsin, 259 



Lysine, 254 ; history of the discovery by 

 Drechsel, 254; employment of phospho- 

 tungstic acid to precipitate it and lysa- 

 tinine, 255 ; constitution and com- 

 pounds of, 256 ; is dextrogyrous, 256 



MACFADYEN, NENCKI, and SIEBEB, re- 

 searches of, on the chemical processes 

 of the small intestine, 419, 445, 449, 

 450, 451 ; observations of, on the re- 

 action of mucous membrane of colon, 

 451 ; on the bacteria of and putrefactive 

 processes in the colon, 453 



MACMUNN, C. A., on the spectrum of 

 Pettenkofer's reaction, 299; on the 

 spectrum of Gmelin's reaction, 321 ; 

 on biliary urobilin, 327 ; on the so- 

 called cholo-haematin, 333 ; on the 

 colouring matter of the fasces, 458 



Maltodextrin, 40, 42, 50 



Maltose, discovery of, by Dubrunfaut, 37 ; 

 investigation of, by O'Sullivan, 37 ; the 

 only sugar produced by the action of 

 diastatic enzyma of saliva and pancreas 

 on starch, 42 ; description of, 47 ; in- 

 testinal enzyme which converts into 

 grape sugar, 415 



MALL, F. P., researches of, on reticular 

 tissue, 402 



MALY, KICHABD, his experiments and hy- 

 potheses on the origin of the hydro- 

 chloric acid of the gastric juice, 111 ; 

 objections to his hypotheses, 112 ; the 

 Author's modification of, 113 ; re- 

 searches on composition and formula 

 of bilirubin, 318 ; observations on the 

 nature of the chemical change, in 

 Gmelin's reaction, 320; study of the 

 action of bromine on bilirubin, 321 ; on 

 the processes for preparing biliverdin 

 from bilirubin, 323 ; on the relations of 

 these two bodies, 325 ; investigations 

 of, on hydrobilirubin, 325 ; on the 

 colouring matter of the fasces, 458 



MALY, E. and F. EMICH, on the behaviour 

 of taurocholic acid with solutions of 

 albuminous substances and peptones, 

 301, 353; on the antiseptic action of 

 the bile-acids, 357 



MANDELSTAMM, on cholagogues, 374 



MAKCKWALA, MAX, on the absorptive powers 

 of the colon, 453 



MAKFORI, on the cholagogue action of 

 santonine, 373 



MARSHALL, JOHN, on Hiifner's method of 

 separating glykocholic acid from ox- 

 bile, 296 



MARTIUS and LUTTKE, researches of on 



the acids of the gastric juice and gastric 



contents, 495 et seq. 

 MARCET, W., researches of, on ' excretin ' 



and excretolic acid, 459 

 MASIUS and VANLAIR, on ' stercobilin,' 458 

 MASLOFF, on intestinal juice, 409, 413 

 MAYER, J. E., his views on catalytic force, 7 

 MEADE- SMITH, on absorption in the sto- 

 mach, 440 

 McKENDRicK, J. G., his Text-book of 



Physiology quoted, 477 

 McNAUGHT, on acid dyspepsia, 175 ; deter- 

 mination of acids in gastric contents, 



500 



Meconium, the, 461 ; analyses of, 462 

 MEISSNER, researches of, on the action of 



the gastric juice on proteids, 114 116 ; 



repeated reference to 120, 123, 124; 



action of the pancreatic juice on proteids, 



217 

 MEISSNER, M., on intracellular digestion, 



471 



' Melanin,' 349 

 v. MERING, researches of on the processes 



of absorption in the stomach, 441 



and CAHN, method of, for the de- 

 termination of the acids in the gastric 

 juice and contents, 495 



and MUSCULUS, researches of, on 



the action exerted by the salivary and 

 pancreatic ferment, referred to, 37 



Metapeptone, Meissner's, 115 



' Methyl-anilin violet reaction,' for the 

 acid of the gastric juice, 93 



Methyl-guanidine in cholera cultures, 436, 

 465 



Methyl-mercaptan, as a product of the 

 putrefaction of proteids, and a gaseous 

 constituent of the large intestine, 506 



METSCHNIKOFF, ELIAS, on intracellular 

 digestion and phagocytosis, 471 



MIALHE, his discovery of a diastatic fer- 

 ment in saliva, 36 



Mid-gut gland of mollusca, 472 



MINKOWSKI, 0. and B. NAUNYN, on the 

 iron in the liver in poisoning by arseniu- 

 retted hydrogen, 350 ; on icterus through 

 polycholia and on the processes which 

 occur in the liver, during the same, 364 



MITSCHERLICH, his estimate of the quantity 

 of saliva secreted by man, 16 



MOLESCHOTT, J., on the action which bile 

 exerts on peptones (albumoses), 352 



Mollusca, so-called liver of, 472 



MOREAU, experiment of, shewing secretion 

 of intestinal juice after division of the 

 mesenteric nerves, 411, 462 



MORGAGNI, referred to concerning the mode 

 of production of jaundice, 360 



MOROCHOWETZ, on the digestion of elastin, 

 146 



MORRIS, see Brown and Morris 



MOTT, on the iron in the liver in perni- 

 cious anaamia, 350 



