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GENERAL INDEX. 



Measurements, &c. (continued.} 



of the corpuscles of chyle, lymph, 

 and thymus fluid in vertebrata,244. 

 of the globules of pus, 244. 

 MECKEL, Dr., on the lymphatic system, 



120. 

 suggested that the lymphatics of the 



stomach open into its veins, 134. 

 supported the doctrine of absorption 



by veins, 177, 178. 

 on the structure of the lymphatic 



glands, 178. 

 Medal, Sir GODFREY COPLEY'S, awarded 



to HEWSON, xxiii, xxiv, 91. 

 Medical Society, picture of the early mem- 

 bers of, xix. 

 MEDLEY, S., picture by of the members 



of the Medical Society, xix. 

 Membrane, RUYSCH'S, xxviii, xxx; formed 

 of the fibrin of the blood, xxv, 

 xlv, 14, See Fibrin, 

 supposed not to admit of transuda- 



tion during life, 168, 169. 

 transudation through, 169, 170, 173. 



See Transudation. 



serous, Dr. HUNTER'S description of 



the effects of inflammation on, 



xxxvii. See Serous Membranes. 



coated with coagulated lymph, 162. 



containing pus and not ulcerated, 



162, 164. See Ulceration. 

 Membranous and colourless part of the 



red corpuscle of the blood, 223. 

 MERY, M., his case of emphysema, 292. 

 Mesenteric glands of the human subject, 



137. See Lymphatic Glands, 

 obstruction of, does not always cause 



a marasmus, 137. 

 of the whale, hollow in the centre, 



250. 

 abundance of corpuscles in the fluid 



of during digestion, 278. 

 Mesenteric veins, white chyle said to have 



been seen in the blood of, 1 73. 

 mercury passing into, from the lac- 

 teals, 178. 

 in the seal, supposed route of the 



chyle by, 179. 



MICHELLOTTJ, PET. ANT., on the consti- 

 tuents of the crassamentum, xxvii. 

 Microscope, its usefulness in anatomy, 213. 

 BAKER'S, used by HEWSON, 214. 

 DELLA TORRE'S glasses, 214. 

 Milk-ducts, the vesicular roots of, 191. 

 Milk-like serum, 78, 82. See Serum. 

 Milk and serum, effects of boiling and of 



rennet on compared, 80, 81. 

 Molecular base of the chyle, its characters 

 like those of the white matter float- 

 ing on blood and on serum, 82. 



Molecules, minute, free cell-seeds or 



within cells, fatty nature of, 88. 

 attached to red corpuscles of the 



blood, or free, 225. 

 in the juice of the supra-renal glands, 

 reference to description and figures 

 of, 255. 



Moles, or false conceptions, 25. 

 Monoculus, blood-corpuscles of, 234-5. 

 Monotremata, on the red blood-discs of, 



218. 



MONRO, Dr., primus, taught the doctrine 

 of LEEUWENHOEK on the blood, 

 xxxiv. 

 MONRO, Dr., secundus, controversy of 



with HEWSON, xxi-xxiii. 

 opposed LEEUWENHOEK'S doctrine 

 on the blood, and taught the dis- 

 tinction between its different parts, 

 xxxiv 



on his claim to the discovery of the 

 lymphatic system in oviparous ver- 

 tebrata, xxii, 91. 

 copy of his claim, 96. 

 on his claim to proposing the opera- 

 tion of paracentesis thoracis in 

 emphysema, 92, 291. 

 his argument for absorption by veins, 



his experiments in which injections 



burst from arteries into lymphatic 



vessels, 179. 

 on the functions of the lymphatic 



vessels, 180. 

 his controversy with Dr. HUNTER on 



the office of lymphatics, 120, 182. 

 cited on the lymphatics, 174, 184. 

 cited on the question of the continu- 

 ation of lymphatic vessels from 



arteries, 186-7. 



cited on cancer of the breast, 231. 

 his objections to HEWSON'S view on 



the office of the spleen, 273. 

 on the properties of the fluid of the 



serous sacs, 158. 



on wounds of the lymphatics, 199. 

 DONALD, on his brother's claim to 



the discovery of the lymphatic 



system in oviparous vertebrata, 95, 



111. 



Mouths, supposed, of the lacteals, 181. 

 MORGAGNI referred to on white serum, 83. 

 on the size of the lymphatic glands 



at different ages, 246. 

 MORGAN, Dr. THOS., on the coagulation of 



the blood, xxviii, xxix. 

 Dr. JOHN, note by, froniDr.MoNRo's 



lectures on lymphatics, 109. 

 described pus as a secretion, 162, 165. 

 Mouse, size of its blood-discs, 218. 



