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INDEX 



Mcrcapturic acid, 581 

 Mcscnccphalon, 850 

 Metabolism, 6 

 basal, 686 



in fever, 706 



in starvation, 602 



intermediary, of carbo-hydrates, 542 

 of fat, 565 



of amino-acids, 582 



of nucleic acids and puriu bases, 592 



of phosphatides, 571 



of proteins, 572 



and muscular work, 610 

 in starvation, 603 



of sterins, 570 



relation of, to surface, 695, 696 

 Meta-proteins, 3 

 Metencephalon, 850 

 Methaemoglobin, 53, 75 

 Methylene blue, behaviour of, in tissues, 



137,218,956 

 Methylglyoxal, 545 

 Methyl orange as indicator, $22 

 Metronome, 195 

 Mett's tubes, 343, 454 

 Microblasts, 21 

 Microtonometer, 259 

 Micturition, 5*0 



centre, 511, 9*5, 920 

 Milk, 1135 



as a food, 62 1 



chemistry of, 629, 718, 1139 



clotting of, 353,719 

 . digestion of, 353, 417 



hydrogen ion concentration of, 1139 



secretion of, 1140 

 Millqn's reagent, 8 

 Mitosis, 5 



Mitral valve, 86, 96 

 Moist chamber, 809, 843 

 Molecular concentration, 426 

 Molisch's test for carbo-hydrates, n 

 Monakow's tract, 867 

 Monochord, 1113 

 Monosaccharides, absorption of, 445 



formation of glycogen from, 537 

 Monro, foramen of, 850 

 Morphine, quantity of, for dogs, 63 

 Morphology of the blood, 14 

 Motor aphasia, 9/0 

 ' Motor ' areas, 951 

 Mountain sickness, 298 

 Movements, forced, 944 

 Mucin in bile, 364, 462 

 . in saliva, 344, 454 



Mucous glands, secretory changes in, 381 

 Miiller's experiment, 296 

 Muscarine, action of, on heart, 164, 199 

 Muscle, action of curara on, 738, 8ll 



action of nicotine on, 739 



anaerobic contraction of, 269, 306, 

 770 



Muscle, arrangement for tracings 812 



chemistry of, 767, 819 



composition of, 767 



contraction of, 743 

 theories of, 744 

 influence of load on, 747, 813 

 of temperature on, 749, 813 



degeneration of, 804 



diffraction spectrum, 745 



direct excitability of, 738, 8n 



direct stimulation of, 740 



efficiency of, 765 



elasticity of, 736 



extensibility of, 736 



fatigue of, 749, 813 

 cause of, 751 

 seats of, 752, 753' 813 



formation of lactic acid in, 751, 769 

 820 



gases of, 270 



general physiology of, 723 



heat-production in, 686, 762, 764 



' idio-muscular ' contraction of, 



759 

 nerve preparation, 808 



fatigue of, 752, 813 

 of eyes, extrinsic, 1063 

 oxygen consumption of, 269 

 permeability of, 773 

 physical properties of, 735 

 reaction of, 769, 820 

 receptive substances of, 739 

 respiration of, 269 

 smooth, contraction of, 745, 747, 817 



wave of contraction in, 759 

 spindles, 804 

 stimulation, 737 

 structure of, 742 

 trough, 809 

 Muscular contraction and lactic acid, 767, 



770 



changes during, 744 

 chemical phenomena of, 767 

 CO 2 production in, 270, 768 

 duration of, 745 

 graphic record of, 8ll 

 heat-production in, 762, 763 

 in absence of oxygen, 269, 306, 



770 



influence of fatigue, 749, 812 

 of load on, 747, 813 

 of mental fatigue on, 754 

 of previous stimulation < n, 



749, 813 

 of temperature on, 749, 



813 



of veratrine, on 754, 814 

 isotonic and isometric, 747 

 latent period of, 7^, 815 

 mechanical phe/tmena of, 745 

 optical phenomena of, 742 

 oxygen consumption in', 768 



