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INDEX. 



Liver, glycogen in the, conditions affecting the 



supply of, 270 

 function of, 269 

 occurrence and origin of, 266, 267 



nerves of the, vaso-niotor, 498 



relations of the, to the circulation, 276 



secretions of the, 185, 205 



structure of the, histological, 184 



urea in the, formation of, 271 



urea-forming power of the, 271, 272 

 Liver and spleen, physiology of, 260-272 

 Liver-cells, blood-supply of, sources of, 187 



chemical changes by the, 184 



formation of urea by the, 271, 272, 275 



glycogen of the, 267 



physiology of the, 260, 261 



relations of the, to the ducts, 184, 185 



secretions formed by the, 205, 206 

 Locomotion, body-, 860 



of the spermatozoa, 883, 903 



mechanisms of, 855-861 

 Loop of Henle, 189, 190, 192 

 Lumen of the secretory cells, 161 

 Lung-pressure, 504, 505, 514, 516 

 Lung-ventilation, artificial, laboratory method 



of, 553, 554, 561 



Lungs, action of the continuous pull of the, on 

 the blood-flow, 387 



air in the, admixture and purification of, 522 

 amount of, in adult human, 517 



alveoli of the, number and size of, 504 



blood- flow through the, 395 



capillaries of the, 504 



elasticity of the, 504 



expansion of, in the new-born, 504, 573 



fetal, atelectatic condition of, 504 

 in utero, 573 



gases in the, alterations in the, 517 



inflation of the, artificial, 554 



innervation of the, 573 



nerves of the, vaso-motor. 466 



O and C02 absorbed and eliminated by the, 



quantity of, 519 

 diffusion in the, forces concerned in, 520 



structure of the, 504 

 Lunulse of the semilunar valves, 403 

 Lutein, 1015 

 Lymph, 363-367 



aspiration of, thoracic, 439 



composition of, 363 



formation of, filtration-and-diffusion theory 

 of, 362-367 



movement of, 362, 363, 437-439 



occurrence of, 362 



origin of the, 438 

 Lymph-flow, influence of body-movements upon 



the, 439 



Lymph-hearts, absence of, in man, 438 

 Lymph-pressure, differences of, 438 

 Lymph-valves, body-movements and the, 439 

 Lymphatic system, 437 

 Lymphocytes, 345 

 Ly satin, 994 

 Lysatinin, 277, 994 

 Lysin, 994 



MAGNESIUM, 970 



carbonates, 971 



phosphates, 971 

 Malleus, the, 810, 811 

 Maltose, 218, 247, 1007 

 Mammalia, removal of cerebral hemispheres of, 



effect of, 710 



Mammary glands. See Glands. 

 Man, reproductive power of, waning period, 927 

 Manometer, differential, 422, 423 



elastic, 418, 419 



Manometer, mercurial, 379, 380 

 Manometers, Hales', 378 

 Marsh-gas, 976 



Massage, effect of, on muscular fatigue, 79 

 Mastication, 310 



normal salivary flow during, the result of re- 

 flex action, 171 



taste-perception developed by, 852 

 Maturation of the ovum, 889, 891 



of the spermatozoon, 884, 892 

 Meats as a source of proteid-supply, 305 

 Meconium, biliary salts in, 987 

 Medullary sheath, 36, 151 

 Medullation in central nervous system, 616 

 of nerve-fibres, 614, 615 



significance of, 729 

 Melanins, 1015 

 Menopause, the, 898, 927 

 Menstruation, 895 

 amount of blood discharged, 896 

 appearance of, time of, 927 

 conditions affecting, 897 

 duration and onset, 896-898 

 physiology of, comparative, 898 

 process of, 895, 896 

 theory of, 898, 899 

 Mercaptan, methyl, 977 

 Metabolism, body-, 20, 282, 302 

 conditions influencing, 298 

 effect of muscular work, 298 

 effect of starvation, 301 

 effect of variations in temperature, 300 

 metabolism during sleep, 300 

 total, determination of, 282-284 

 in the encephalon in old age, 743 

 in the nerve-cells in old age, 742 

 of carbon, 962 

 of cell-body, 626 

 of sulphur, 951 

 Methsemoglobin, 342, 1014 

 Methane, 975, 976 

 Methyl aldehyde, 977 

 compounds, 976 

 cyanide, 985 

 mercaptan, 977 

 selenide, 978 

 telluride, 978 

 Methylamine, 984 

 " Micellae," 25 



Microcephalies, the brain of, 711, 720 

 Micturition, 327 

 control of the process of, 329 

 mechanism of normal, 328 



movements of the bladder, 328 

 movements of the ureters, 327 

 nervous mechanism of the bladder, 330 

 normal, a reflex act, 329, 330 

 "Micturition-centre," 329 

 Milk, composition of, 201 



secretion of, normal, 204 

 Milk-coagulation, rennin process, 234 

 Milk-ducts of the mammae, 201 

 Milk-fat, constituents and formation of, 201, 203 

 Milk-formation, changes in the cells of alveoli 



of mammary gland during, 202 

 Milk-plasma, constituents of, 201, 202 

 Milk-salts, secretion of, epithelial, 202 

 Milk-sugar or lactose, 202, 247, 1006 

 Mitosis, 20 

 Molecule, proteid, size of, 1021 



protoplasmic, instability of, 23, 24 

 Monoxide, carbon, 960 

 Morula, 909 



Mouth, temperature of the, 577 

 Mucin, 261 

 bile, 265 

 formation and function of, 221 



