1*33 



Latent period of muscular contraction, 



745,815 

 L teral ground-bundle, 867 



nucleus of bulb, 873 

 Law of contraction, 788, 845 

 Lecithin, i, 47, 366, 571, 794, 991 



digestion of, 421 

 Leclanche battery, 198 

 Leech extract and coagulation, 38 

 Left-handed people, aphasia in, 971 

 Legal's test for acetone, 529 

 Leucin, 360, 461, 488 

 Leucocytes, chemistry of, 55 



eosinophile, 17 



number of, 19 



origin of, 22 



polymorphonuclear, 17 



transitional, 17 



varieties of, 17 

 Leucocytosis, 19 

 Leukaemia, 19 



Levatores costarum, action of, in respira- 

 tion, 227 

 Levulose, 356, 538 



formation of glycogen from, 537 

 Lieben's test for acetone, 529 

 Lieberkiihn's crypts, 370, 374, 375 



functions of, 45 1 

 Lime salts, deficiency of, changes caused 



by, 621 



Limulus heart, 143 

 Linolic acid, 556 

 Lipase, 48, 338 



gastric, 355 



pancreatic, 363 



reversible action of, 338, 444 

 Lipoids, i, 3 

 Lipoid-solubility of absorbed substances, 



437 



Liquids, flow of, 83 

 Lissauer, tract of, 866 

 Listing's law, 1063 

 Liver and amino-acids, 584 

 and coagulation, 44 

 and deamidization, 588 

 and glycogen formation, 533, 535 

 and metabolism of fat, 567 

 and urea formation, 584 

 cells, iron in, 385, 463 

 temperature, 689, 712 

 Living matter, chemical composition 



"of, i 



functions of , 6 ' 

 structure of, 4 



Living test-tube experiment, 34 

 Localization in different animals, 980 



of function jn cortex, 97$ 

 Locomotion, 946 

 Locomotor- ataxia, disappearance of 



knee-jerk in, 915 

 Lungs, area of, 224 



auscultation of, 231, 304 



Lung ;, blood-supply of, 223 



circulation time of, 224 



mechanism of gas exchange in, 263 



quantity of blood in, 224 

 Lymph, composition of, 57 



different kinds of, 466 



flow, factors in, 192 



formation, and activity of organs, 



472 



factors concerned in, 467 

 influence of nerves on, 473 



freezing-point of, 473 



hearts, 192, 193 



post-mortem flow of, 474 



pressure of, 192 



rate of flow of, 192 : 



Lymphagogues, 468 

 Lymphatic circulation, 192 



glands, 192 



Lymphatics, valves of, 192 

 Lymphoblasts, 22 

 Lymphocytes, 17 

 Lysin, 360 



synthesis of, in body, 614 



Macula hitea, 975, 1107 

 Magendie-Bell law, 891 

 Make and break shocks, 807 

 Malapterurus electricus, 840 



nerve of electrical organ, 850 ' 

 Maltase, 340, 345 



in intestinal juice, 371 

 Maltose, absorption of, 445 

 Mammary glands, fat formation in, 565, 

 1141 



line, 90 



Manganese salts and coagulation, 37 

 Mannite, 3 

 Manometer, 92 



differential, 96 



Hiirthle's elastic, 93 



maximum and minimum, 92 



optical, 93 



with side-tube, 212 

 Marchi' staining reaction, 797 

 Marginal veil, 850, 858 

 Marie, tract of, 867 

 Mariotte's experiment, 1044, 1107 

 Mast cells, 18 

 Mastication, 321 

 Mate, 632 



Maxwell's spot (vision), 1107 

 Meconium, 424 



Mediastinum, 225 ' . ,\< 



Medulla oblongata,- structure of, 869 

 ' Medullary ' groove, 849 



sheath, development 'of, 959 

 Megakaryocytes, 18 .-,.-.' 



Megaloblasts, 21 

 Meissner's plexus, 320 . 

 Menitre's disease, 940 

 Menstruation, 1120 



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