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Lymphatic vessels, (continued.) 



lymph-corpuscles formed in the,espe- 



cially in the amphibia, 278. 

 controversy on the office of, by 



Drs. HUNTER and MONRO, 120. 

 of the stomach, supposed ^to end in 



its veins, 134. 



absorption by, 142, 199-204. 

 absorption may occur independently 



of them, 142, 182 ; instances, 179*. 

 mercury passing from, into veins, 



177-8, and from the arteries, 179. 

 supposed to be small veins continued 



from the arteries, 182. 

 injections forced into, from the ar- 

 teries, 179, 184-5. 

 whether some of them may not be a 



continuation of small arteries, 186, 

 supposed to be only veins, 186. 

 supposed orifices of, 194. 

 use of the valves of, 195. 

 passage of the lymph along, 195. 

 wound of, and nature of the fluid 



flowing from, 198. 

 treatment of a wound of, 199. 

 arguments for absorption by, 199-204 

 inflamed from absorption of hurtful 



matter, 201. 



MAC BRIDE, Dr., as to the claim of priority 



between FORDYCE and HEWSON 



on the formation of the buffy coat 



of the blood, xxxviii. 



MACKENZIE, Dr. COLIN, attended on 



midwifery by HEWSON, xv. 

 MADDOCKS, Dr., note by, from Dr. MON- 

 RO'S lectures on lymphatics, 103. 

 case by, of inflamed lymphatics, 201. 

 Mad dog, treatment of bite of, 202. 

 MAGENDIE, his microscopic examination 



of the fibrils of fibrin, xlv. 

 MALPIGHI, on the constituents of the 

 crassamentum, on polypi, and on 

 the buffs 7 coat of the blood, xxvi. 

 neglect of his accurate observations 



on the blood, xxxix. 



Mammalia, red corpuscles of the blood of, 

 have no nucleus, except in very 

 young embryos, tike that in the cor- 

 puscles of lower vertebrata, 222. 

 pale and membranous part of the 

 corpuscles, 223. See Corpuscles, 

 variations from the regular forms of 



the corpuscles, 223, 225. 

 corpuscles oval in the camelidae, 218. 

 blood-discs of, run into rolls, 228. 

 softness and elasticity of the cor- 

 puscles, 229. See Corpuscles. 



Mammalia, (continued.) 



embryo of, blood-corpuscles in, larger 

 than they are after birth, xlvi, 233. 

 nucleus in the red corpuscle of the 

 blood only a temporary part, 275. 

 HEWSON observed the pale cor- 

 puscles in the blood of, 282. 

 sizes of the corpuscles of blood, 

 lymph, and pus of, see Measure- 

 ments. 

 Man, measurements of the red corpuscles 



of the blood of, 216. 

 measurements of the pale corpuscles 



of the blood of, 243. 



measurements of the corpuscles of the 



chyle, lymph, and thymus fluid, 



and of the globules of pus of, 244. 



pale and membranous base of the red 



corpuscle of the blood of, 223. 

 MANDL, M., on the pale corpuscles of the 



blood, 282. 



Marasmus, not always produced by ob- 

 struction of the mesenteric glands, 

 137. 

 MARCET, Dr., on the specific gravity of 



serum, 78. See Specific Gravity. 

 MARCHAND, referred to, 2. 

 MARHERR, PH. AMBR., on the coagula- 

 tion of the blood, xxix, xxxix. 

 on the huffy coat of the blood, xxx. 

 Marsupialia, form, size, and structure, of 



the red blood-corpuscles of, 218. 

 MARTINE, Dr. GEO., on the coagulation 



of the blood, xxviii-ix. 

 MASCAGNI, on the structure of the breast, 



191. 



MASKELYNE, Mr., on the council which 

 awarded the Copley medal to 

 HEWSON, xxiii. 

 MATY, Dr., signed HEWSON'S certificate 



for the Royal Society, xvi. 

 on the council which awarded the 



Copley medal to HEWSON, xxiii. 

 MAYOW, JOH., on the effect of air on the 



colour of the blood, 7. 

 his nitro-aerial spirit, 7, 11. 

 Measurements of the red corpuscles of 



the blood of mammalia, 237-9. 

 of the red corpuscles of the blood of 



man, 216. 



of the red corpuscles of birds, 239-42. 

 of the red corpuscles of reptiles, 242. 

 of the red corpuscles of amphibia, 



242. 



of the red corpuscles of fishes, 243. 

 of the red corpuscles of foetal or im- 

 mature animals, 243. 

 of the pale corpuscles of the blood 

 in the vertebrata, 243. 



