624 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Milk, coagulation of, by rennet, 213 



composition of, 590 



formation of, in mammary glands, 

 236 



guaiac test for, 362 



osmotic pressure of, 261 



in vegetarian diet, 585 

 Millon's reaction, 122, 123 

 Mineral acids in protein coagulation, 122 



constituents of tissue fluids, 268-271 



requirements of organism, 34 

 Mistletoe, inosite in, 96 

 Molecular concentration, estimation of, 

 260 



solutions, first use of, in physiology, 



310 



Molisch test, 58 



Mollusca, artificial parthenogenesis in, 

 449 



hemocyanin in, 350 

 Monoamino-dicarboxylic acids, 132 

 Monoamino-phosphatids, 114 

 Monoglycerides, 107 

 Monomolecular chemical reaction, 475 



logarithmic formula, 251 

 Mononucleotids, 178 



absorption of, 231 

 Monosaccharides, 53 



distribution of, in living tissues, 



69-72 



Monourates, 548 

 Monstrosities, 469-470 

 Moore's test for sugar, 58 

 Motility in Balanus larva, calcium neces- 

 sary for, 325 

 Mucic acid, 64 



formula, 404 

 Mucilages, vegetable, 82 

 Mucins, 129 



glucosamin in, 69 

 Mucoids, 129 



glucosamin in, 69 

 Multirotation, 72 



Murex, ammonium purpurate in, 175 

 Murexide test, 549 

 Muscle element, diagram of, 444 



fatigue, products of, 524 



plasma, 398 

 Muscular activity in infants, 592 



contraction, 391 



chemical mechanics of, 438 

 reactions underlying, 428 



exertion, stimulation of metabolism \ 

 in, 589 



tissues, glucose consumption by, in 

 children, 592 



work, 568 



carbon dioxide output in, 539 

 respiratory quotient in, 538 

 tissue glycogen in, 391 

 Mutarotation, 72 



Mutton tallow, assimilation of, 235 

 Mylius' reaction, 103 

 Myogen. 398 



fibrin, 398 



Myogenic contractions in skeletal mus- 

 cle, 312 



Myqneural junction of sympathetics, 

 stimulation of, 369 



Myosin, 398 

 fibrin, 398 



Myricyl alcohol, 112 



Myristic acid, 410 



Myrosin, 89 



Myxedema, 382, 386, 486 



N 



NAPHTHO-RESORCINOL reaction, 67 

 Narcotics, lipoid theory of, 293 

 Naunyn plan, 407 

 Negative phase of intravascular clotting, 



343 



Nephritis, cholesterol deposition in, 237 

 globulin-albumin ratio in, 341 

 urea excretion in, 542 

 Nerve cells, chemical changes in, 428 

 passage of impulse in, 523 

 centers, fatigue products of, 524 

 fibers, rate of conduction of, 523 

 impulse, effect of temperature on, 



426 

 Nervous system, growth catalyzers in 



517 



in inanition, 501 

 tissues, 514 



growth relationships of, 500 

 Neuberg-Rauchwerger's reaction, 100, 



104 



Neurine, 116, 196 

 Neurokeratin, 127 

 Neurons, 522 



in cerebral cortex, stimulation of, by 



creatine, 195 



Neutral fat in circulation, 234 

 in diabetic blood, 406 

 as source of acetone bodies, 409 

 salts in protein coagulation, 122 

 sulphur, 560 



output of, after taurine admin- 

 istration, 561 



Neutrality of tissue fluids, 271 

 Neutralizing power of blood, 277 



of saliva, 279 



Newborn infant, heat production by, 591 

 Nicotinic acid, 191, 192 

 Ninhydrin reaction, 123 

 Nitriles, 65 

 Nitrogenous bases, 173-200 



derived from guanidine, 194 

 from hydrolysis of nucleic 



acid, 174-184 

 from phospholipins, 196 

 in internal secretions, 197-200 

 production of, by bacteria and 



fungi, 184 

 metabolism 580 

 poisons, 514 </ 

 waste products, 541-554 



