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INDEX. 



Laurinic acid, 437 

 Lecithalbumins, 77 

 Lecithanes, 78 

 Lecithins, 76 



digestion of, 193 



in birds' eggs, 453 



in nerve- tissue, 393 



in the urine, 314 



isolation of, 453 

 Legal's test for acetone, 282 

 Leichenwax. See Adipocire. 

 Leo's method of estimating hydro- 

 chloric acid, 132 



sugar. See Laiose. 

 Leucin, 80 



in the urine, 285 



isolation of, 205 



tests for, 202 

 Leucocytes, 341 



chemical composition of, 342 

 Leucomains, 107 



kreatinic, 107 



xanthinic, 102 

 Leukonuclein, 427 

 Lichenin, 72 



Lieben's test for acetone, 283 

 Liebermann's albumin reaction, 38 

 Liebermann-Burckhard's test for cho- 



lesterin, 177 

 Lignin, 73 

 v. Limbeck's method of estimating the 



alkalinity of the blood, 320 

 Lipase in the gastric juice 136 



in the pancreatic juice, 151 



in the urine, 315 

 Lipases, 117 

 Lipochrin, 400 

 Lipochromes, 76, 452 

 Lipochromic pigments, 452 

 Lipolysis, 192 

 Lipuria, 314 

 Lithofellic acid, 167 

 Lithuric acid, 276 

 Liver, 420 



albuminates of, 422 



albumins of, 421 



chemical composition of, 421 



extractives of, 426 



fats of, 425 



ferments of, 424 



function of, 420 



glucose of, 425 



glycogen of, 424 



nucleins of, 422 

 Living matter, chemical changes in, 



18 



forces at work in, 17 

 general composition of, 17 

 Lowy's method of estimating the alka- 

 linity of the blood, 326 

 Ludwig-Salkowski method of estima- 

 ting xanthin-bases, 253 

 Luteins, the, of bird eggs, 452 



Lymph, 357 



amount of, 359 

 analyses of, 361, 362 

 chemical composition of, 359 

 general properties of, 358 



Lymphagogues, 358 



Lymph-glands, 427 



Lysin, 88 



Lysuric acid, 89 



M. 



MALTASE in the pancreatic juice, 152 



in the saliva, 124 

 Maltases, 117 

 Maltobiose, 70 

 Maltodextrin, 72 

 Maltose, 70 



in the urine, 300 

 Mammary glands, 428 

 Mannides, synthesis of, in plants, 25 

 Mannite, 25 



Manni tides. See Mannides. 

 Mannose, 64 

 Meconium, 223 

 Melanins, 312 



in the skin, 415 



in the urine, 312 

 Melanogen, 313 

 Melanoidins, 415 

 Mesoporphyrin, 355 

 Mesoxalic acid, 106 

 Metalbumin, 360 

 Methsemoglobin, 353 



sulphide, 354 

 Methyl-glycocoll, 108 

 Methyl -guanidin, 108 

 Methyl-hydantoin, 108 



in muscle-tissue, 380 

 Methyl-hydantoinic acid, 85 

 Methyl-uracil, 100 



Mett's method of estimating pepsin, 140 

 Milk, 429 



albumins of, 433 



amount of, 431 



analysis of, 432 



caseinogen, 433 



chemical composition of, 432 



citric acid in, 439 



coagulation of, 434 



extractives of, 439 



fats in, 437 



ferments in, 440 



general characteristics of, 429 



lactalbumin in, 435 



lactoglobulin in, 435 



lactose in, 438 



reaction of, 431 



skimmed, 431, 433 



specific gravity of, 431 

 Millon's reaction, 37 

 Mineral ash, estimation of, in the urine, 



233 

 Molisch's test, 38 



