INDEX. 



1579 



Medulla oblongata, cardiac effect of sti- 

 mulation of, 295 

 ,, ,, centre for nerves of taste 



in, 321 



,, ,, for vaso-motor im- 



pulses in,321-323 



,, ,, ,, for secretion of sa- 



liva, 398 



,, ,, ,, for deglutition, 455 



,, ,, for vomiting, 461 



,, ,, ,, for respiration, 585 



effect on blood-pressure of 



successive sections of, 326 

 ,, ,, antero-lateral nucleus in, 



327 

 ,, diabetic area of, 730 



see also Bulb. 



Meibomian glands, 693, 1312 

 Meissner, plexus of, 441 

 Melting point of various fats, 772 

 Membrana pupillaris, absorption of be- 

 fore birth, 1143 

 tympani, 1317, 1329 

 tectoria, 1359 

 Membrane, elastic, of arteries, 193 



fenestrated, 194 

 hyaloid, 1167 

 Membranes of the brain and cord, 1125 

 Meniere's disease, 1015 

 Menstruation, 1498-1501 



,, causation of, 1500 



Mercurial gas pump, Ludwig's, 554 

 Pfliiger's, 555 



,, Alvergniat's, 555 



Metabolic processes of body, 703 

 Metabolism, defined, 41 

 water of, 44 

 increased by exercise, 349 



,, ,, by proteid food, 



785, 795, 828 



of muscle, products of, 752 



,, of nervous tissue, 753 



,, of glands, 754 



,, proteid, its complexity, 759 



nitrogenous, 794 

 ,, ,, products of, 827 



,, of muscle the chief source 



of heat, 808 



,, conducted in the tissues, 822 



its relation to structural ele- 



ments, 825 



,, course of products of, 826 



,, nervous control of, 829 

 ,, rapidity of, in infancy, 1544 

 Metals, retention of, in the liver, 422 

 Metameres, hypothetical, of spinal cord, 



169, 896, 1067 



Methamoglobin, spectrum of, 569, 570 

 Meynert's commissure, 1074 

 Micro-organisms, their action in diges- 

 tion, 477 



in expired air, 552 

 Micro-unit of heat denned, 105, note 

 Micturition, mechanism of, 680 



Micturition, nervous mechanism of, 682 



centre for, 683 

 ,, voluntary and involuntary, 



684 



Migration of the white corpuscles, 45 

 ,, ,, ,, in inflammation, 337 

 aided by changes in 

 vascular walls, 339 



Milk, action of gastric juice on, 371, 374 

 ,, rennet, 374 



,, double mode of secretion of, 779, 



784 



nature of, 780 

 constituents of, 781, 782 

 uterine, 1519, 1526 

 Millon's reagent for detection of protein, 



Mitral valves, their structure, 197 



their action, 230 



Molecular basis of chyle, 500 



,, ,, where elaborated, 517 



Moll, glands of, 1312 

 Monro, foramen of, 931, 1127 

 Morse key, 62 



Mouth, lining membrane of, 1392 

 Movements of alimentary canal, 452- 



469 



amoeboid, 38, 166, 337 

 of lymph corpuscles, 497 

 bilateral, 1047 

 ,, of body, how accomplished, 54 

 ,, Brownian, in chyle globules, 500 

 cardiac, visible, 228 

 ciliary, 55, 162 . 

 ,, co-ordinating machinery of, 1009 

 ,, of cortical origin, how effected, 



1044 



of dog, 1035, 1056 

 of monkey, 1038, 



1051 

 ,, of anthropoid ape, 



1043 



forced,' 1111, 1017 

 ,, ,, from in jury to optic lobes 



in frog, 1113 

 foetal, 1527 

 ,, gastric, 464, 465 

 intestinal, 464, 465 

 ,, in living bodies, 2 

 ,, of locomotion, 1480 

 ,, muscular, flow of lymph increased 



by, 501 

 heat given out during, 104, 



813 



ocular, 1283 

 peristaltic, 455 

 ,, respiratory, 538 

 sense of, 1433 



skilled, correlation of with pyra- 

 midal tract, 1048, 1052 

 voluntary, 1034-1069 

 spinal mechanisms for, 914 

 ,, action of motor area in 

 effecting, 1056-1058 



