456 



INDEX 



Intra-cardiac pressure, changes in, 239 

 pressure, method of determining, 

 239 



Inulin, 331 



lodothyrin, 407 



Iris, 119 



Islets of Langerharis, 343 



Isometric method of measuring mus- 

 cular contraction, 53 



Isotonic method of measuring muscular 

 contraction, 53 



JACOBSEN'S nerve, 347 

 Jecorin, 206 

 Joule's law, 328 

 Juice, gastric, 350 et seq. 

 pancreatic, 361 



KATABOLIC changes, 5 

 Katacrotic crests, 268 

 Katelectrotonus, 46 



Kennedy's experiments on nerve cross- 

 ing, 79 



Keratin, 12, 21, 329 

 Ketones, 444 

 Knee jerk, 160 

 Kidney, 423 et seq. 



circulation in, 424 



physiology, 424 



structure, 423 



LABOUR, 440 



Labyrinth of ear, 141, 142 

 ' Lactase, 365 

 Lactate of ammonia, 390 

 Lacteals, 380 

 Lactic acid, 445 

 Lactose, 331 

 Lacunae, 32 

 Laevulose, 330 

 Lamella?, Haversian, 35 



interstitial, 35 



medullary, 35 



peripheral, 35 



Langerhans, islets of, 343, 411 

 Langley, experiment on vagus and 



sympathetic nerves, 79 

 Lanolins, 430 

 Large intestine, 341 

 Larynx, cartilages of, 323 



mucous membrane of, 324 



muscles of, 324 



nervous mechanism of, 325 



physiology of, 325 



position in deglutition, 348 



structure of, 323 

 Law, Pniiger's, 81 



of polar excitation, 46 

 Lecithin, 76, 333, 335, 368, 386, 389 

 Lens, crystalline, 120 



Lenticular nucleus, 180 

 Lesions of the cerebral cortex, 199 

 Leucin, 8, 361, 365 

 Leucoblasts, 217, 218 

 Leucocytes, 202, 207 et seq. 



chemistry of, 208 



fate of, 220 

 Leucocytosis, 217 



digestion, 380 

 Levatores costarum, 300 

 Lieberkiihn's follicles, 340, 365 

 Light, 116 

 Liquor folliculi, 433 



sanguinis, 202 

 Lipas^e, 362 

 Lipochrome, 206 

 Lissauer's tract, 167 

 Liver, 341 et seq. 



development of, 387 



formation of urea in, 390 



glycogenic function, 387 



relation to fats, 389 



relation to general metabolism, 

 387 



relation to proteins, 389 



storage of carbohydrates, 387 



summary of Junctions, 391 

 Localisation of functions. 191 

 Lockhart Clarke's column, 89, 163, 164 

 Lorrain Smith and Haldane's method 



for total blood, 219 

 Loudness of sounds, 145, 325 

 Lungs, 294 



air sacs, 294 



capillaries, 294 



elasticity of, 295 



interchange between air and 

 blood in, 313 



physiology of, 296 et seq. 

 Lymph, 222 et seq. 



chemistry of, 222 



in disease, 223 



formation of, 223 



vessels, 223 



Lymphatic glands, 217, 221 

 Lymphatics, pressure in, 261, 286 

 Lymphocytes, 30, 207 

 LympLoid tissue, 30, 216 



MAIZE, 335 

 Malic acid, 327 

 Malleus, 140 

 Malpighian bodies,, 424 



bodies, secretion in, 425 



corpuscles, 220 

 Maltose, 331, 345 

 Mammary glands, 430 

 Marchi's method of nerve-staining, 85, 



165 

 Mastication, 344 





