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INDEX 



Mammals, metabolism of purin bodies 



in, 392-5 



Mammary gland, 191 

 Man, critical temperature of, 271 

 Manganese salts, 111 

 Mass action, law of, 53 

 Massage, 310 



Meat, 190, 192, 193, 395-6, 406, 407 

 Menstruation, 191 

 Metabolism 



Cell, 10-11, 16, 31, 101-3 

 Compressed air, in, 237-8 

 Critical temperature, at, 271 

 Effect of fat, carbohydrate and 



proteid on, 305-6 

 Fat, of, 283 et seq. 

 Kidney, in, 168 

 Reactions of, 30 

 Rest, effect of, 308 

 Water and, 259-68 

 Metals- 

 Colloidal solutions, method of ob- 

 taining, 121-2 

 Energy transformers, as, 5 

 Metal-sols, 118, 120-125 

 Methyl-acetate, 64 

 Methyl-purins, 406, 407 

 Mice, exposure of, to wet cold air, 



269 

 Micro-organisms, lipolytic action of, 



283 



Milk, 192, 193, 277, 278, 294-5, 400 

 Milk-curdling enzyme in fish stomach, 



116 



Miners' phthisis, 483 

 Mines, work in, 273 

 Molecular grouping and zymotic action, 



115-6 

 Molecular vibrations, theory as to, 



126-9 



Molisch, reaction of, 318 note 

 Mono-amino acids, urea from, 671-3, 



681-2 



Mono-butyrin, 33, 282 

 Moulds, 201, 283 

 Mountain air, therapeutic value of, 



232 



Mountain climbing, 310 

 Mountain sickness, 215-9, 222-3, 231, 



232 



Mucin, 316 

 Muscles 



Glycogen in, 314, 321-3, 339, 



361 



Purin bodies in, 403, 405, 429-31 

 Respiratory exchange of, 552-3 

 Muscular work 

 Effects of, 217 

 Fat assimilation and, 281, 289, 



305, 306, 308 



Glycogen elimination by, 324-5 

 Purin excretion and, 405 



Muscular work (continued) 



Respiratory exchange and, 497- 



503, 565* 

 Myxoedema, 576-8, 580, 581 



NEGKOES, skin of, 266 

 Nephrotoxin, 464 

 Nerve degeneration, 299 

 Nervous system 



Central, effect of compressed air 



on, 243-4 



Secretion, influence on, 169 et seq. 

 Secretory activity of lungs, influ- 

 ence on, 549 

 Stimulation of, and glycosuria, 



342-5 

 Temperature controlled by, 268, 



511-2 

 Neuro-muscular system, effects of 



compressed air on, 243 

 Neurotoxin, 464 

 Nicotin, 343-4 

 Nitric acid, 113 

 Nitrogen 



Atmospheric, 480, 481 

 Blood, in, 520, 521, 523, 536-7 

 Coefficient of absorption in water, 



522, 523 

 D : N in diabetes, 347-52, 358-60, 



378 and note 



Organisms, living, in, 205-8 

 Respiratory exchange, in, 485 

 Supplies of, 206-7 

 Water intake and output of, 262-3 

 Work and excretion of, 501-2 

 Nuclein, 396-9, 405, 407, 410-11, 



427-9 

 Nucleo-proteids, 316, 376 



OBESITY, 309-11 

 Olein, 275-7 

 Opsonin, 470-2 

 Organisms, living 



Combustion in, 201-2 



Correspondences between inor- 

 ganic structures and, 1-4 



Cycle of energy changes in, 15-16 



Definition of, 2-4, 7 



Energy phenomena typical of, 

 3-13, 16-17, 138 



Kinetic energy of, 202 



Nitrogen in, 205-6 



Production of, 7 



Selective activity of, 12 

 Ornithin, 665 

 Osmosis, 622-4 



Cell life, in, 11-13, 151, 158, 159 



Diffusion with, 609-13 



Intestinal absorption, in, 653-6 



Law of, 28, 30, 35 



Secretion and, 144, 159, 160-5 

 Overcrowding, 486, 515-6 



