GENERAL INDEX. 



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Mastodon giganteus, anatomy of the. See PACHYDERMATA. 



tusks of the, iv. 927. 



pelvis of the, ?. 156. 

 Mastoid cells, ii. 546. 



foramen, i. 734. 



nerve, iii. 571. 



anterior, iv. 753. 

 external occipital, iv. 753. 



process, i. 734. 



portion of the temporal bone, i. 734. 



Maternal affection, or rn^yn, general final cause of, iii. 15. 

 Matrix, fibro-celliilar, of the kidney, iv. 239. 



of tubes of stomach, s. 324. 

 Matter, organic, considered, iii. 152. See LIFE. 

 Maturity of man, i. 76. 



osseous system at, i. 438. 

 Maw, etymology of the word, s. 294, note. 

 MaxilUe', or lesser jaws, of insects, ii. 889. 

 office of the, ii. 889. 



of Arachnida, i. 202. 

 Maxillary, or inferior dental, artery, I. 489. 



external, or facial artery, i. 486 ; ii. '227. 



internal, i. 489 ; ii. 2^7. 556 ; iii. i'3. 733. 903. 

 branches, i. 489, 490. 



bone, superior, i. 728, 729 ; ii. 207; iii. 725. 



borders, ii. 209. 



1. anterior, or naso-maxillary, ii. 209. 



2. posterior, or pterygo-palatine, ii. 209. 



3. inferior, or alveolar, ii. 209. 

 connexions, ii. 209. 

 development, ii. 209. 

 maxillary sinus, ii. 209. 



os intermaxillare, ii. 210. 

 structure, ii. 209. 

 surfaces, ii. 207. 



1 . facial, ii. 207. 



2. posterior, or zygomatie, it 203. 



3. internal, or naso-palatine, ii. 208. 



4. superior, or orbitar, ii. 208. 

 in the inferior animals, ii. 210. 



Maxillary, inferior, or lower jaw-bone, ii. 213. 

 angles of the bone, ii. 214. 

 body of the bone, ii. 213. 

 borders, ii. 214. 



1. upper, or alveolar, ii. 214. 



2. lower, ii. 214. 

 surfaces, ii. 213. 



1. anterior, ii. 213. 



2. inferior, ii. 213. 

 connexions, ii. 215. 

 development, ii. 215. 

 rami, ii. 214. 



borders, ii. 214. 



1. anterior, ii. 214. 



2. posterior, ii. 214. 



3. superior, ii. 214. 



4. inferior, ii. 214. 

 surfaces, ii. 214. 



1. external, or masseteric, ii. 214. 



2. internal, or pterygoid, ii. 214. 

 structure, ii. 215. 



canal, interior, ii. 294. 

 nerve, inferior, i. 749 ; ii. 291, 292. 294. 

 branches, ii. 289-297. 

 divisions, ii. 291. 



origin and cranial course, ii. 290, 291. 

 superior, i. 749 ; ii. 283; iii. 787. 

 branches, ii. 284. 

 course, ii. 283. 



orbital portion of the, iii. 787. 

 or auricular process, ii. 210. 213. 

 sinus, or antrum Highmori, ii. 209, 

 suture, ii. 208. 

 tuberosity, ii. 208. 



vein, inte'rnal, iii. 903. 949 ; iv. 1405. 

 Meadows, ravages of the wire-worm in, ii. 861. 

 Meal-beetles (Tenebrionidae), ii. 863. 

 Mcandrina cerebriformis, a species of Polypifera, iv. 36. 



mode of growth, iv. 37. 

 Meandrina, genera of Polypifera, iv. 36. 

 Measles, traces of, in the foetus in utero, ii. 333. 

 " Measly pork," cause of, ii. 120. 

 Meat. See MUSCLE. 



Meat, or flVsh, as food, s. 389. See Food. 

 Meatus auditoriuscartilagineus-membranaceus, ii. 552 

 development and abnormal conditions, ii. 561. 

 auditorius externus, i. 733. 

 interims, i. 733. 



of temporal bone, internal, ii. 510. 

 externus s. porus acousticus, ii. 552, 553. 

 development and abnormal conditions, ii. 561. 

 nervi meatus auditorii externi, inferior et superior, 



ii. 553. 

 offiVe of the, in the function of hearing, ii. 571. 



577. 

 nasal, i. 731. 



middle, i. 731 ; iii. 725. 

 superior, i. 731 ; iii. 724. 

 urinarius, iii. 914 ; iv. 1244 ; g. 710. 



of female, iv. 1264. 

 Meeker s ganglion, ii. 585. 

 Medea (Acalepha?}, i. 39. 



Median artery of spinal cord, anterior, iii. 656 ; iv. 821. 

 vein, ii. 63. 362. 524. See ELBOW. 

 basilic, ii. 63. 361,362. 

 cephalic, ii. 64. 361, 362. 

 nerve, i. 217. 361 : ii. 524. 527 ; iv. 756. 

 muscular branches, iv. 756. 

 anterior interosseous nerve, iv. 756. 

 palmar cutaneous branch, iv. 757. 

 terminal digital branches of the median nerve, ir. 



757. 



Mediastinal arteries, i. 193 ; iv. 822. 

 Mediastinum, iv. 1. 



testis, iv. 977. 



Medical Statistics. See STATISTICS, MEDICAL. 

 Medicaments, action of, on the system, ii. 15. 

 Medina, or Guinea, worm, ii. 122. See ENTOZOA ; Filaria 



MedinensU. 



Medulla, or marrow of bones, i. 434. 

 composition, i. 434. 



condition of, in rickets, i. 440. See Rickets. 

 medullary membrane, i. 434, 435. 

 See also BONE, FAT, OSTEOGENY. 

 oblongata, i. 732 ; iii. 668. 670 : iv. 677. 



columns, anterior pyramidal, iii. 679 684. 

 olivary, iii. 679. 683, 684. 



corpus dentatum, iii. 683. 

 posterior pyramidal, iii. 679. 682. 



course of fibres, iii. 680. 

 restiform, iii. 679. 682. 684, 

 interpretation of the various columns, iii. 684. 

 definition, iii. 679. 

 development, iii. 683. 

 fibres of, antero-posterior, iii. 680. 685. 

 arciform, iii. 680. 

 decussating, iii. 680. 

 fissure of, median anterior, iii. 679. 



posterior, iii. 679. 

 nerves connected with Ihe medulla oblongata, iii. 



684. 



shape, iii. 679. 

 transverse sections of the medulla oblongata, iii. 



6*3. 

 sketch of the microscopic anatomy of the medull* 



oblongata, iii. 708. 



functions of the medulla oblongata, iii. 722 I. 

 spinalis, i. 731. 



diseases of the, iv. 957, 958. 



hydrorachis, iv. 957, 958. 

 spinata in birds, i. 300. See AVES. 

 Medullary fungus in the muscular substance of the heart, 



ii. 637. 



sarcoma of the cranium, i. 746. 

 of the bones of the lace, ii. 220. 

 of liver, iii. 193. 

 of pancreas, s. 1 12. 

 substance of the kidney, iv. 237. 

 Medusa aurita, organs of locomotion of, i. 39. 



mot iii ty and sensation of, i. 41, note f a, 

 organs of digestion in, i. 42. 

 organs of generation in, i. 46. 

 Medusa, i. 35, 36. 

 food of, i. 43. 



mode of reproduction of, s. 20, 21. 

 ova of, s. [129]. 



structure of the integuments of, s. 485. 

 agastric Medusae, i. 42, 43. 

 Megalnpttra, a section of Insects of the order Neuroptera, 



if 865. 



characters of the section, ii. 865. 

 Megalotrocha, a genus of Rotifera, iv. 402. 

 Megalotrocha flavicans, iv. 402. 

 Megalotroctuea, a family of Rotifera, iv. 402, ft seq. 



characters and genera, iv. 402. 

 Megalosaurs, teeth of, iv. 895. 

 Megatherium, the, ii. 47. See EDENTATA. 

 pel vis of the, s. 162. 

 teeth of, iv. 867- 

 Meibomian follicles, iii. 79. 81. 

 glands, iii. 81, 82. 



comparative anatomy, in. 83. 

 hordeolum, or stye, iii. 83. 

 secretion of, iii. 83. 

 Melancholic temperament, iv. 931 

 Melanic races of man. See VARIETIES OF MANKIND. 

 Metanosis,iv. 116. 



raelanic deposit, iv. 116. 



chemical composition, iv. 116. 



a. alteration of ha?matosine, iv. 117. 



stagnation, iv. 117. 

 extravasation, iv. 117. 

 chemical action, iv. 117. 



b. introduction of black-coloured substances from 



without into the lungs, iv. 117. 

 Melanosis of absorbent gland*, iii. 234. 



of the adipose tissue, i. 64. 



in the liver, iii. 194. 



in the muscular substance of the heart, ii. 6"8. 



of scrotum, iv. 1016. 



of the testicle, iv. 1010. 

 Melanotic tumours, or melanomata, iv. 128. 

 Meles Europaea, organs of voice of the, iv. 1490. 

 Meliceric deposits in the scalp and eyelids, iv. 97. 



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