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SUBJECT INDEX 



ib. sq. ; lipoid metabolism of placenta 

 of, ib. ; foetal respiration in, ib. sq. ; 

 iron metabolism in placenta of, 505 

 sq. ; albumen metabolism in placenta 

 of, 506 ; creatin metabolism in placenta 

 of, ib. ; ferments in placenta of, 507 sq.; 

 proteolytic enzyme in placenta of, 528 ; 

 nitrogen retention in, 530 sqq. ; albu- 

 minuria of pregnancy in, 536 ; glycogen, 

 storage of, in, 537 sq. ; excretion of 

 carbohydrates during pregnancy in, 539 

 sq. ; fat required by fetus of, 542 sq. : 

 phosphorus in foetus of, 547 ; chemistry 

 of foetus of, ib. ; energy metabolism 

 in pregnancy in, 554 ; pituitary during 

 pregnancy in, 559 ; parturition in, 565 ; 

 paraplegia and labour in, 571 sq. ; 

 mechanism of parturition in, ib. ; 

 prolonged gestation in, 578 ; puer- 

 perium in, 579 sqq. ; number of mam- 

 mary glands in, 586 ; teat of, 587 ; 

 nipple of, 588 ; structure of mammary 

 gland in, 589 sqq. ; milk of, 594 ; 

 duration of lactation in, 600 ; nursing 

 period in, ib. hyperlactation in, ib. ; 

 growth of mammary gland in, 607 ; 

 mammary gland during pregnancy in, 

 608 ; lactation after paraplegia in, 609 ; 

 pygopagous twins in, 610 ; commence- 

 ment of lactation in, 615 ; galactogogue I 

 effect of corpus luteum extract in, 621 ; | 

 size of litters in, 624 ; fertility in, 626, 

 668 sqq. ; sterility in, 632, 646 ; j 

 number of oocytes in ovary of, 636 ; 

 impotence in, 638 ; inheritance of 

 fertility in, 643 ; causes of abortion in, 

 652 sq. ; birth-rate, 658 sqq. ; sex-ratio 

 in, 662 ; sex-determination in, 668 ; 

 sex of " double monsters " in, 679 ; 

 growth in, 701 sq., 709 sqq. ; growth of 

 secondary sexual characteristics in, 713 ; 

 puberty and growth in, ib. ; %)uberty in, 

 714 ; senescence in, 718 sqq. ; long- 

 evity in, 723 



Manis, placenta of, 409, 442 

 Markhor, oestrous cycle in, 43 sq. 

 Marmot, uterine cycle in, 100 

 Marriage, 29 



Marsupial cat, prooestrum in, 106 ; pseudo- 

 pregnancy in, 106 sq., 576 ; formation 

 of corpus luteum in, 142 sq. See also 

 Dasyurus viverrinus 



Marsupialia, cestrous xiycle in, 35 sq. ; 

 period of gestation in, ib. discharge 

 of ova into Fallopian tube in, 135; 

 prochorion of, 405 ; yolk-sac of, 416 ; 

 mesoblast of, ib. ; teat of, 587 

 Marsupium of Siphostoma floridce, 690 

 Masculinisation of guinea-pig, 696 

 Maternal organism, changes in, during 

 pregnancy, Chapter XL, passim ; lactose 

 in, 537 ; laevulose in, ib. ; absorption of 

 carbohydrate by, ib. ; carbohydrate of, 

 ib. sq. i fat, absorption of, by, 541 ; fat 

 of, ib. sq. ; hypercholesterinsemia, 542 



Maternal tissues, changes in, during preg- 

 nancy, 556 sqq. 



Maturation, chromosomes in, 125 sq. ; 

 of spermatozoa, 126, 159, 165 ; of ova, 

 127, 120 sqq., 125, 127 sqq., 165 



Mediastinum testis, 159 



Megalokaryocytes of beaver, 475 



Meissner's corpuscles, 254 



Me.les toxus, see Badger 



Membrana granulosa, 121 



Membrane formation, 314, 317 : in ova, 

 182 



Mendelism, 199 sqq. ; in pea, 199 sq. ; 

 in fowl, 200 ; and sex, 201 ; in sheep, 

 203 sq. 



Menidia, chromosomes in, 206 



Meningitis during pregnancy, 559 



Menopause, 64, 714 sqq. mammary 

 secretion after, 615 ; in male, 714 ; 

 palpitation in, 715 ; dyspepsia in, ib. ; 

 sweating in, ib. ; hysteria in, i&. ; 

 pyometra in, ib. ; stages in, 715 sqq. ; 

 in domestic animals, 717 ; in horse, ib. ; 

 in sheep, ib. ; in cat, ib. ; in white 

 mouse, ib. ; in white rat, ib. 



Menorrhagia, definition of, 61 



Menstrual cycle, in man, 74 sqq. ; stage 

 of quiescence of, ib. ; constructive 

 stage of, 75 sqq. ; destructive stage of, 

 78 sqq. ; stage of repair of, 82 sqq. ; 

 in monkeys, 84 sqq. ; resting stage of, 

 85 ; growth of stroma, ib. ; increase 

 of vessels, ib. ; breaking down of 

 vessels, 85 sq. ; formation of lacunae, 

 86 ; rupture of lacunae, 86 sq. ; forma- 

 tion of menstrual clot, 87 ; recuperation 

 stage of, 88 ; in Cercocebus, 90 sq. 



Menstrual fluid, composition of, 82 



Menstruation, 33, 57 sqq., 78 sqq., 85 sq., 

 377, 574 ; effect of climate on, 60 n. ; 

 in Macacus fascicularis, 58 ; in Macacus 

 cynomolgus, ib. ; in Macacus sinicus, 

 ib. ; in Papio porcarius, ib. ; in man, 

 59 sqq., 132, 356 ; excretion of calcium 

 during, 63 ; blood pressure during, 

 ib. ; coagulation of blood during, ib. ; 

 pulse-rate during, ib. ; nitrogen meta- 

 bolism during, ib. ; during lactation, 

 69, 362, 598, 608 ; in Macacus, 89 sq. ; 

 and ovulation, 132, 362 n. ; pathological 

 character of, 158 ; in Tarsius spectrum, 

 132 ; in monkeys, 132 ; in Primates, 

 156 sqq. ; significance of, 156 sq. ; 

 factors determining, 358 sqq. nervous 

 reflexes and, 358 sq. ; absence of, after 

 ovariotomy, 360 sq. ; after ovarian 

 transplantation, ib. ; and lactation, 362 ; 

 influence of, on milk, 596 



Merino sheep, oestrous cycle in. 41 ; 

 period of gestation in, 68 n. ; Mendelism 

 in, 203 



Meriones longifrons, oestrous cycle in, 37 ; 

 prolonged gestation in, 578 



Meriones shawi, oestrous cycle in, 37 sq. ; 

 prolonged gestation in, 578 



