INDEX. 



501 



Melanin, relation to blood-coloring 

 matters, 162, 324 ; properties, occur- 

 rence, and composition, 324, 325 ; in 

 the eye, 282 ; in the urine, 403. 



Melanaemia, 114. 



Melauogen, 403. 



Melauotic tumor, coloring matters of, 

 324. 



Melissyl alcohol, 250. 



Mellitaemia, 114. 



Menstrual blood, 109. 



Menthol, behavior in the body, 393. 



Mercapturic acid, 393. 



Mesitylen, behavior in the body, 392. 



Mesitylenic acid, 392. 



Mesitylenuric acid, 393. 



Metalbumin, 289. 



Metallic salts, action on enzymotic pro- 

 cesses, 172, 181, 206. 



Metaphosphoric acid, constituents of 

 the nucleins, 23, 46; albumin rea- 

 gent, 19 ; in urine, 396. 



Methal, 250. 



Methsemoglobin, 74 ; in blood in pois- 

 oning, 115 ; in urine, 401. 



Methyl-guanidin, 348. 



Methyl-guanidin acetic acid, see Crea- 

 lin. 



Methyl-glycocoll, see Sarkosin. 



Methyl-hydantoin, 350. 



Methyl hydantoinic acid, 389. 



Methyl-indol, see Skatol. 



Methylpyridyl-ammonium hydroxyl, 

 393. 



Methyl-uric acid, 350. 



Methyl-uramin, 348. 



Micrococcus urese, 427. 



Micro-organisms in the intestinal canal, 

 10, 215. 



Milk, 300-322; secretion, 318-322; blue 

 or red milk, 321; milk in disease, 

 320; passage of foreign bodies into, 

 320 (see various varieties of milk). 



Milk-fat, 303; analysis, 309; formation, 

 319. 



Milk-globules of cow's milk, 302, 303; 

 of human milk, 313. 



Milk, human, 312-316; behavior in 

 stomach, 187, 313; composition, 314. 



Milk-plasma, 304. 



Milk-sugar, properties, 306, 307; fer- 

 mentation, 187, 301, 307; quantita- 

 tive estimation, 308, 310; passage into 

 the urine, 307, 419; origin, 320. 



Mineral acids, 104, 333, 450, 452; anti- 

 fermentive action, 192; action on the 

 elimination of ammonia, 333, 452. 



Mineral bodies, elimination in starva- 

 tion, 448; inadequate supply of, 449; 

 behavior in the organism, 450 (see 

 various fluids, tissues, and juices). 



MILLON'B reagent, 20. 



MOHB'S titration method for chlorine, 

 378. 



MOORE'S sugar test, 408. 



Morphine, passage into milk, 320; into 

 urine, 393. 



Mucic acid, 306. 



Mucin, 14; properties and composition, 

 32; in connective tissue, 233; in 

 urine, 376, 395; in salivary glands, 

 32, 168; detection, 401. 



Mucin-like bodies in bile, 145; urine, 

 376, 395; kidneys, 331; thyroid gland, 

 133; synovial fluid, 126. 



Mucinogen, 32. 



Mucinoid, 14, 31, 34. 



Mucoid, 14, 31, 34; in ascitical fluids, 

 124; cornea, 237; vitreous humor, 

 234, 282. 



Mucous tissues, 234. 



Mucus, of the bile, 144; of the urine, 

 331, 376, 401; of the synovia, 126. 



Mulberry calculi, 432. 



Murexid test, 354. 



Muscles, non-striated, 272; striated, 

 251-272; blood of the same, 109, 264, 

 265, 268; chemical processes in 

 activity and at rest, 264-270; in rigor 

 mortis, 263; albuminous bodies, 252- 



