INDEX 



457 



Maternal attachment of ovum, 437 

 McFie, experiments with extract of 



suprarenal, 405 

 Meconiuni, 375 

 Medulla of kidney, 423 

 Medulla oblongata, 167 et seq. 

 comrnissural fibres of, 170 

 conducting paths in, 168 

 grey matter of, 167 

 pyramids of, 170 

 reflexes of, 172 

 structure of, 167 

 Medullary sheath, 75 

 Meissner's plexus, 343 

 Melanin, 30 



Membrana tympani, 140 

 Membranous labyrinth, 142 

 Mesial fillet, 169 

 Mesoblast, 435 



parts developed from, 435 

 Metabolic equilibrium, 395 

 Metabolism, general, 4, 392 

 during fasting, 393 

 of fats, 392 

 protein, 392 



method of investigating, 392 

 Methsemoglobin, 212 

 Methane, 443 

 Micturition, 427 

 Milk, 333, 430 



composition of cow's, 334 

 fats, 431 



phosphorus compounds of, 431 

 proteins of, 431 

 secretion of, 431 

 souring of, 333 

 sugar of, 432 

 Mitosis, 17 

 Mitral area, 247 



valve, 231 



Molecular layers of retina, 121 

 Monamino acids, 8, 446 

 Monaster stage of cell division, 19 

 Monosaccharids, 330 

 Motor nerves (see Nerves) 



points, 43 



Mott, views on the Rolandic area, 197 

 Mouth, 337 



Mucin, 12, 23, 329, 368, 407 

 secreting epithelium, 22 

 Mucoid tissue, 25 

 Mucous membrane of large intestine, 



341 



of small intestine, 340 

 of stomach, 339 

 of uterus, 437 

 Murexide test, 417 

 Murmurs, cardiac, 248 



simulation of, by breath sounds, 

 313 



Muscle, 37 et seq. 



absolute force of, 52 



application of weights to, 55 



carbohydrates of, 40 



cardiac, 72 



changes in blood passing through,. 

 66 



changes in shape, 49 



chemical changes in, 64 



chemistry of, 39 



deatli of, 72 



duration of contraction. 52 



electrical changes in, 63 



electrical condition of, 42 



extensibility of, 41, 64 



fatigue, 53 



heat production in, 42, 61 



latent period of contraction, 52 



minimum stimulus, 54 



optimum load, 60 



optimum stimulus, 54 



physical characters of, 41 



proteins of, 39 



respiration of excised muscle, 65 



skeletal, 37 



spindles, 107 



stimulation by galvanic current, 

 47 



stimulation by induced elec- 

 tricity, 48 



storage of food in, 386 



structure of, 37 



successive stimuli, 56 



temperature effects, 54 



visceral, 37, 70 



visceral, staircase contraction of,. 

 71, 72 



voluntary contraction, 57 



wave of contraction, 50 



work, 59 

 Muscles, co-operative antagonism of,. 



58 

 Muscular sense (see Sense), 107^ 



work, effect on excreta, 67 

 Myelocytes, 207 



Myogenic movements of intestine, 37 

 Myoglobulin, 39 

 Myohsematin, 41 

 Myoids, 14, 37 

 Myopia, 127 

 Myosin, 39 

 Myosinogen, 39 

 Myostromin, 39 

 Myxa'dema, 408 



NAUNYN'S observations on cholesterin r 



368 



Near point of vision, 124 

 Necrobiosis, 6 

 Nerve cells, 74 



