GENERAL INDEX 



951 



Meat extract, 546, 548, 549 



effect upon gastric secre- 

 tion, 438 



Meat, metabolism of, 848. Also see flesh. 

 Meconium, 500 

 Medulla, 576 



Medullary fibers, composition of, 583 

 Melanin, 359, 792-794 

 in the eye, 586 

 in urine, 755, 792 

 Melanogen, 755 

 Melanoidins, 77, 80, 794 

 Melanotic cancers, 755, 793, 794 

 Melissyl alcohol, 232 

 Membrane, semi-permeable, 26 

 Membranin, 167, 525 



of capsule of lens, 586 

 Menthol, behavior in animal body, 742 



elimination in urine, 743 

 Mercaptans, from protein substances, 78, 



112, 492 



Mercuric chloride in perspiration, 799 

 Mercuric salts poisoning, 23 

 Mesitylene, oxidation of into mesitylenic 



acid, 739 

 Mesoinosite, 551 

 Mesoporphyrin, 288 

 Mesoxalyl urea, 664 

 Metabolism, 822 



calculation of extent of, 826- 



828, 832 



dependence of external tem- 

 perature upon, 870 

 dependence of, on various 



conditions, 854 

 influence of altitude on, 871 

 influence of hunger on, 836- 



841 



influence of light on, 870 

 influence of mental activity, 



on, 870 



influence of sex on, 867 

 influence of sleep on, 869 

 influence of various ages on, 



865, 866* 

 influence of various foods on, 



848-862, 872 

 influence of work and rest on, 



562-569, 869 

 in muscles, 562 

 Metacasein reaction, 618 

 Metalbumin, 341, 594 

 Metanitrobenzaldehyde, fate of in the 



body, 741 

 Metaproteins, 92 

 Metazym, 307 



Metha3moglobin, 273, 276, 277 

 in urine, 752 

 Methal, 231 

 Methose, 205 

 Methylamine, 237 

 Methylenitan, 205 



Methylethylmaleic acid anhydride, 283 

 Methylglycocoll. See Sarcosin. 

 Methylglyoxal, 197, 200 



Methylguanidine, 548, 550, 661, 663, 678 



in urine, 718 

 Methylimidazol, 197 

 Methylmercaptan, 80, 492, 493, 744 



as decomposition prod- 

 uct in intestine, 493 

 Methylindol, 155. SeeSkatol. 

 Methylindolin, 693 

 Methyl pentoses, 192, 201 

 Methylphenylhydrazine test for levulose, 



211 

 Methyl pyridine, behavior in animal body, 



738, 741 



chloride in urine, 718 



Methylpyridylammonium hydroxide, 743 

 Methylthiophene, 741 

 Methyluracil, 190 

 Methyluramine, 548, 661 

 Methylurea, 658 

 Methylxanthine, 677 

 Z-Methylxanthine, 182 

 Mett's method of testing pepsin, 445 

 Micro-organisms in intestines, 488, 491, 



494, 497 



Microtonometer, 812 

 Milk, 610-637 



behavior in stomach, 456, 459, 627 

 blue and red, 637 



coagulation retarded by horse- 

 serum, 68 

 consumption of intestine, 508, 515, 



627-628 



fat, constituents, 614, 624, 627, 635 

 gases of, 625 

 globules, 612 



human, characteristics and con- 

 stituents of, 627-633 

 lactic acid fermentation of, 612 

 mineral bodies of, 623, 625 

 of the ass, 626 

 of cow, 611-626 



analysis, 623-626 

 coagulation with rennet, 612, 



616 



composition of, 624 

 general behavior, 611, 612 

 of the dog, 626, 632 

 of horses, 626 

 of pig, 626 

 of reindeer, 626 

 of sheep, 626 

 of various animals, composition of, 



626 



of woman. See Human milk, 

 plasma, constituents of, 614 

 proteins, determining, 623 

 secretion, chemistry of, 634-637 

 solids, determining, 623 

 sugar. See Lactose. 

 Millimoll, 43 



Millon's reaction for proteids, 98, 100 

 Mineral bodies, in connective tissue, 521 



in serum and plasma, 260, 



263 

 of human milk, 633 



