INDEX 



235 



Mechanical stimulation of muscle, 23 



of retina. I'.H) 



Medieolegal tests for blood, 77 

 Membrana tyinpaiii in man, observa- 

 tion of, 175 



Membrane manometer, 115 

 Mercury key, 26 

 Metric weight, 229 



exact equivalent, 230 

 Microscopic examination of blood, 73 

 Miiral insufficiency, schema. 102 



stenosis, schema of, 102 

 Morse key, 26 

 Mosso's ergograph, 51 

 Motion, ameboid, 21 

 ciliary, 21 



sensation of, at elbow, 171 

 Motor nerve, irritability near center, 59 



points, stimulation of, til 

 Movement, touch sensations modified by, 



169 



simultaneous, 170 

 Miiller-Lyer figures, 205 

 Muscarin, action on heart, 87 

 Muscle, 21 



action current, 59 

 contraction, compound, 43 



effect of excessive stimulation on, 49 

 of veratrin on, 49 

 on volume, 38 

 fusion of, 42 

 height of, relation of load to, 44 



of strength of stimulus to, 43 

 influence of blood-supply on, 52 

 of chemicals on, 48 

 of temperature changes on, 47 

 method of registering, 33 

 of human, 51 

 paradoxic, 60 

 single, 41 

 summation, 42 



cross-section, relation of force to, 38 

 extensibility of, 36 

 fatigue, 49 



human, law of unipolar stimulation, 65 

 independent irritability, 35 

 long and compact, comparison be- 

 tween, 37 



manner of attachment to bones, 39 

 movement, 22 

 power, measurement, 37 

 smooth, 53 

 stimulation of, 31 

 direct. 23, 32 

 indirect, 23, 32 

 stimuli, 22 



relation of strength of, to height of 



contraction, 43 



subminimal summation of, 44 

 tetanus, 43 



tissue, structure of different types, 21 

 tonus, 160 

 twitch, 41 

 warmer, 47 

 work, 45 



Muscle work, addition of, 46 



Muscular and cutaneous sensation-. Iti? 



Slyograms, isometric, 34 



isotonic, :; 1 

 Myogrnphy, 25, 32 



records of, fixation, 34 

 Myopia, 188 



NEAR and far points of eye, 193 



point, 188 



Near-sightedness, 188 

 Negative after-images, 201 

 Nerve, 21 



action current of, 60 

 anodic excitation, 64 

 cathodic excitation, 64 

 chorda tympani, function of, 210 

 conductivity of, 36 

 currents, 61 

 glossopharyngcal, 141 

 human, law of unipolar stimulation, 65 

 hypogastric, function of, 225 

 impulse, speed of, in cold-blooded ani- 

 mals, 55 

 in man, 56 



influence of temperature on, 59 

 irritability of, 36 



motor, irritability near center, 59 

 phrenic, 137 



secretory, isolation of, 209 

 stimulation of, 31 

 direct, 32 

 indirect, 32 



superior laryngeal, 142 

 supply of submaxillary gland, schema 



illustrating, 209 

 sweat, 223 



sympathetic, function of, 210 

 tissue, histologic study, 55 

 trigeminal, 141 

 vagus, influence of, 207 



main trunk, 143 



Nerve-fibers, conduction in both direc- 

 tions by, 57 



Nervous regulation of respiration, 141 

 system, 163, 165 



frog's dissection of, 155 

 localization of function in, 156 

 reflex action, 155 

 Neurons, histologic study, 155 

 Nicotin, action on heart, 87 

 Non-polarizable electrodes, 29 

 Nystagmus, railroad, 181 



OBSERVATION of interior of larynx in 



man, 176 



of membrana tympani in man, 175 

 Olfactory cells, distribution of, 174 



structure of, 174 

 fatigue, 174 

 latency, 174 



qualitative changes before exhaustion, 

 174 



