INDEX 



935 



Lipoids, 184. 



-of the blood, 204. See also Blood 

 Lipoids. 



of brain, 467. 



compound, cephalins, 187. 



glycolipoids, 187. 



lecithins, 186. 



phospholipoids, 185. 



derived, fatty acids, 187. 



sterols, 188. 



simple, fats, 184. 



Lithium, effect of, on metabolism, 724. 

 Liver, capacity of, to store glycogen, 

 251. 



cholesterol of, 463. 

 -fat of, 463. 



in fat metabolism, 207. 



functions of, 463. 



glycogen in, 463. 

 iron in, 463. 



lecithin of, 463. 



normal constituents of, 463. 



phosphatids of, 463. 



proteins of, 463. 



secretion of. See Bile. 



storing in, of carbohydrate, in form 

 of glycogen, 463. 



urea formation in, 464. 



Liver poisoning, effects of carbohydrate 

 in, 689. 



Lusk's experiments on protein metab- 

 olism, 131. 



Lymphatic fluid, 788. 



Lysin, 88, 112. 



Magendie (1783-1855), exxperiments 



of, on calorimetry, 37. 

 Magnesium, absorption of, 323. 



in the blood, 451. 



effect of, on mineral metabolism, 

 727. 



in the feces, 511. 



in human body, 323. 



in metabolism, 323. 



in the urine, 503. 



Magnesium sulphate, intravenous in- 

 fusion of, in tetanus, 800. 



Magnus (1802-1870), experiments of, 

 in history of metabolism, 33. 



Magnus-Levy's table of mineral con- 

 stituents of different organs, 305. 



Maltose, 246. 



formula for, 244. 

 Mannose, 238. 



conversion of glucose into fructose 

 and, 231. 



Masks, for measuring respiratory ex- 

 change, 532. 



Mayow, John (1640-1679), on respira- 

 tion, in history of metabolism, 9, 10. 



McCay's experiments on protein mini- 

 mum and optimum, 406. 



Meals, water drinking with, 280, 283, 

 287, 288, 294. 



Meat, caloric value of, von Liebig, 49. 



dry, free from ash, elementary anal- 

 ysis of, 60. 



extract of, v. Liebig's, his defense of 

 the use of, 54, 55. 



heat value of, 550. 



importance of, as food, 363. 



per capita consumption of, table 



of, 364. 



metabolism of, von Voit, 68. 



place of, in diet, 400. 



weight of feces following ingestion 

 of, 58. 



Meat protein, metabolism of, 61. 

 Mechanical efficiency, on different 

 diets, 591. 



of muscular work, 586. 

 Menstruation, creatinuria after, 176. 

 Mercury, effect of, on metabolism, 755. 

 acid-alkali, 756. 



body temperature, 756. 



carbohydrate, 756. 



fat, 756. 



mineral, 756. 



protein, 756. 



total, 756. 



water, 756. 



Metabolism, acid-alkali, effect on, of 



anesthetics, general, chloroform and 



ether, 762. 



of antipyretics, 773 



of mercury, 756. 



of opiates, 766. 



acid-base, effect on, of arsenic, 754. 

 of phosphorus, 750. 



action on, of light, 893. 



activity of yeast cells, von Liebig's 

 discussion of, 54. 



of alcohol, 297. 



distribution of, after absorption, 



299. 

 excretion of, 298. 



von Liebig, 49. 



and muscular work, 301. 



nutritive value of, 297. 



alkalinity, effect on, of purins, 780. 



analysis of, in human beings, by 

 Barral, 38, 39. 



bacterial, chemical requirements for 

 bacterial development, 668. 



energy, 669. 



structural, 669. 



chemistry of, 678. 



