INDEX. 



647 



Lower, on the fibres of the hearb, ii. 

 340 



Ludwig and Volkmann, on the circu- 

 lation in arteries, ii. 363 



Luminosity of animals, i. 245 



Lungs, ii. 385 ; resilience of, 401 ; de- 

 velopment of, 605 



Lunula of nail, i. 416 



Lymph, ii.271; composition of, 282; 

 corpuscles, 279, 280, Mr. Wharton 

 Jones on, 280 ; and blood, distinc- 

 tion between, 282 



Lymphatics, function of, ii. 288 ; of 

 gall bladder, 472; of liver, 473; of 

 lower extremities, 271; in the tail 

 of larvae of batrachia, 276 ; origin of, 

 276 ; of spleen, 516 ; and capillaries 

 of skin, i. 427 



Lymphatic glands, number of, ii. 272 ; 

 structure of, 274 



Lymphatic system, as one origin of 

 blood corpuscles, ii. 306 



Lymphatic hearts, ii. 278 



Lymphatic network of skin, i. 421 



Lyra, i. 286 



MADDER colours bone, i. 122 

 Magnesia, salts of, in urine, ii. 499 

 Magnus, on the quantity of oxygen 

 and carbonic acid in blood, ii. 411 ; 

 on solubility of carbonic acid in 

 serum, 411 



Maissat,on ordinary respiration, ii. 398 

 Majendie, on absorption, ii. 287 ; on 

 the cerebellum, i. 359 ; on the su- 

 perior and inferior laryngeal nerves, 

 122; on cerebro-spinal fluid, 297; 

 on circulation in the veins, ii. 369 ; 

 on cerebellum, i. 359 ; on the effects 

 of feeding dogs on sugar, ii. 155; 

 on taste, i. 442, 448 ; on vomiting, 

 ii. 213 ; and Mayo on falsetto notes, 

 442 

 Male, organs of generation of, ii. 538 ; 



lacteal glands of, 628 

 Malleus, ii. 70 



Malpighi, on capillary vessels, ii. 330 

 Malpighian bodies of kidney, ii. 486; 



corpuscles of spleen, 514, 608 

 Mammalia, air-cells of, ii. 396 ; blood- 

 corpuscles of, 299 ; circulation of, 

 385; intestinal canal of, 219; ge- 

 nerative organs of, 536; organ of 

 hearing of, 66; ovum of, changes 

 in, 584 



Man, an omnivorous animal, ii. 151 

 Mandl, on the vitality of hair, i. 420 

 Manis, teeth of, ii. 166 

 Manubrium of malleus, ii. 70 



Marcet, Dr., on the composition of 

 faeces, ii. 449 



Margarin, i. 43, 82 



Marianini, Dr., contractions produced 

 in frog by galvanism, i. 385 



Mariotte, on the absence of visual 

 sensation over the point of en- 

 trance of the optic nerve, ii. 54 



Marmot during hibernation, ii. 425 



Marshall, Mr. J., on the development 

 of the anterior venous trunks, ii.605 



Marsupialia, ii. 536; intestinal canal 

 of, 221 ; connexion between foetus 

 and mother, 612 



Mascagni, on the follicles of the lac- 

 teal glands, ii. 626 



Mastication, ii. 184 ; motor nerve of, 

 114; movements of, 181 



Mastoid cells, ii. 70 



Maternal cotyledons, ii. 6 1 2 



Matrix of enamel, ii. 1 76 ; of nail, i. 

 416 ; of kidney, ii.486 



Matteucci, electro-physiological expe- 

 riments, i. 305, 375 ; on the gills of 

 the ray, ii. 385; and Cima, on ab- 

 sorption through membranes, 285 ; 

 researches in animal electricity, 244, 

 370, 375, et seq. 



Mayo, on falsetto notes, ii. 442; on 

 fifth nerve, 113; and Valentin, on 

 the third nerve, ii. 102 



Meat, digestion of, ii. 201, 207 



Meatus auditorius, ii.67; urinarius, 

 559 ; of the nose, 1 



Mechanism of valves, ii. 338 ; of the 

 skeleton, i. 138 



Meckell's ganglion, nasal branches of, 

 ii.10 



Mediastinum testis, ii. 539 



Medulla of hair, i. 418 



Medulla oblongata, descriptive ana- 

 tomy of, 263; course of fibres in, 

 268; disease of one half of, 343; 

 function of, 342; influence of in 

 vomiting, 214; irritation of, 342; 

 office of nerves arising from, 342 



Medullary portion of kidney, ii. 486 ; 

 of supra-renal capsules, 517 



Medusa buds, formation of, from 

 polyps, ii. 528 



Medusse, circulation in, ii. 385 : diges- 

 tive organs of, i. 151 



Meibomian glands, ii. 42 



Meissner, on the impregnation of the 

 ovum, ii. 569 



Melsens and Dumas, on the acidity 

 of gastric juice, ii. 204 



Membrana decidua, ii. 557; granu- 

 losa, 552; intermedia of Reichert, 



