778 



INDEX. 



Kidneys, variations in volume of, how 

 measured, oncometer and 

 oncograph, 398 



,, variations in volume of, due to 

 variations in blood supply, 

 400 



,, how brought about, 401 

 ,, curve, 400 

 Kreatin, 752a 



,, its relation to urea, 436 

 Kreatinin, 753a 

 Kymograph, with continuous roll of 



paper, 123* 

 Kynurenic acid, 75 5a 



Labial consonants, 659, 661 



Lacteals, entrance of the chyle into the, 



303' 



Lactic acid, 740a 

 Lactose, 730a 



Lardacein, or the so-called amyloid sub- 

 stance, 728a 



Laryngeal and facial respiration, 324 

 Larynx, as seen by the laryngoscope, 



652* 



,, action of muscles of, 653 

 ,, nerves of, 654 

 Latent period, 46 

 Laughing, 383 

 Laurostearic acid, 736a 

 Leucin, 756a 



,, origin of urea from, 439 

 ,, and Tyrosin, products of pan- 

 creatic digestion, 252 

 Lecithin, 743a 



,, in red corpuscles, 26 

 Liver, a storehouse of glycogen, 420 

 Living blood-vessels, blood fluid in, 19 

 Local constriction, 217 



dilation, 216 



Localization of pressure sensations, 579 

 Locomotor ataxy and muscular sense, 



583 



,, mechanisms, 662 

 Ludwig's mercurial gas pump, 331* 



,, stromuhr, 125 

 Lungs, pressure exerted by elasticity of, 



315 



,, respiratory changes in the, 344 

 ,, self-regulating action of, 356 

 ,, of new born infant, condition of, 



679 



,, condition of foetal, 679 

 Lymph-hearts, 306 



movements of, 304 



influence of nervous system on 



movements of, 305 

 Lymphatics, the, 301 



Magnetic interrupter, 51* 

 Maltose, 235, 730a 

 Mammary gland, 429 



,, formation of milk in, 



430 



Manometer for arterial pressure, 122, 123 

 ,, maximum, 151* 



Marey's tambour, 150* 

 Mastication, 281 

 Mechanisms of digestion, 233 



,, of respiration, 312 



Medulla oblongata, functions of, 641 

 Medullary vaso-motor centre, 213 

 Membrana tectoria, uses of, 563 

 Membrana tympani, uses of, 557 

 Meniere's malady, 617 

 Menstruation, 669 

 Mercurial gas pump, 331* 

 Metabolic phenomena of the body, 



415 



Metabolic tissues, 416 

 Metapeptone, 719a 

 Metabolism, nitrogenous, 449 



proteid, exact nature of, 451 



,, of the body, -increased by 



cold, 467 

 Micturition, 410 

 Migrating cells, 103 

 Milk, action of gastric juice on, 246 

 ,, action of rennet on, 246 

 ,, constituents of, 429 

 ,, formation in mammary gland, 430 

 ,, influence of nerves on secretion 



and ejection of, 431 

 Milk-sugar, 430, 730a 

 Morphia, producing irritability of cere- 

 bral convolutions, 632 

 Motor cranial nerves, 484 



, , nerves, behaviour towards stimuli 

 different from that of sensory 

 nerves, 487 

 ,, and sensory nerves, differences 



between, 106 



,, and sensory nerves, union of, 487 

 Movements and sounds of the heart, 

 during a cardiac period, 

 155* 



,, of chest, their influence on 



the flow of blood to and 

 from the Heart, 367 

 ,, ,, chest, influence on flow of 



blood through the lungs, 

 369 



,, the Brain, 644 

 Mucigen, 269 

 Mucin, 724a 

 Mucous glands, characters of, 268 



,, gland in a state of rest and 



activity, 269* 



Muscarin, effect of, on heart, 187 

 Muscle thrown into tetanus, 49*, 52 

 change in form during contrac- 

 tion, 54 

 ,, change in microscopic structure 



during contraction, 55 

 ,, relaxation after contraction, 56 

 ,, elasticity of, 57 

 electric currents of, 59* 

 ,, neutral or alkaline reaction of 



living, 66 



,, chemical changes during con- 

 traction, 68 

 ,, extractives p^f, 6 ( J 



