INDEX 



735 



Mesocarpus scalaris, 54, Fig. 31. 

 Mesoporphyrin, 152. 

 Mesoxalic acid, 377. 

 Metabolic products, 84. 



influence of, on organs, 356. 



removal of, by massage, 445. 

 Metabolism after extirpation of pancreas, 363. 

 of thyroid, 360. 



after feeding thyroid extract, 361. 

 Metabolism, definition of, 83. 



effect of castration on, 357, 358. 



experiment in, example of, 91, 92. 



in different organs, 402. 



in fasting, 95. 



influence of age on, 119, 120. 

 of food on, 98. 

 of muscular work on, 110. 

 of size of body on, 117. 

 of temperature on, 114. 



intermediary, 373, 376, 377. 



in the young, 118, 119. 



methods of, 83 seq. 



of albumoses, 108. 



of alcohol, 110. 



of asparagin, 110. 



of carbohydrates, 105. 



of cellulose, 110. 



of fat, 104. 



of fatty acids, 109. 



of gelatin, 109. 



of gelatin-forming substances, 109. 



of peptones, 108. 



of proteid, 102. 



theories of, 134 seq. 

 Metacasein, 252. 

 Metallic taste, 484. 

 Metathalamus, 600. 

 Metencephalon, 600. 

 Methsemoglobin, 151. 

 Methyl-glyco-cyanamid, 382. 

 Methyi-indol-amino-acetic acid, 71. 

 Methyl mercaptan, 295. 

 Micturation, 390. 



center for, 393, 588. 

 Midbrain, 600, 613. 



importance of, in fishes, 619. 



in turtles, 621. 

 Middle ear, 494. 

 Milk, 700. 



coagulation of, 250. 



composition of, 701, 703. 



effect of, on properties of gastric juice, 

 265. 



secretion of, 703. 



influence of nerves on, 704. 

 mechanism of, 704. 

 quantity of, 705. 

 Milk sugar, 81 ; see also Lactose. 



origin of, 705. 



Millon's reaction, 72. 



Mind blindness, 669, 670. 



Mind, mechanics of, 670, 673. 



Mineral substances, see Inorganic substances. 



absorption of, 139, 307. 



in young animals and milk, 702. 



required by animals, 25, 26. 



by plants, 24. 

 Minimal air, 320. 

 Minimal requirements of food, 95. 



of proteid, 124. 

 Minimal stimulus, 51. 

 Mitral valve, 165. 

 Modalities of sensation, 453. 

 Moderate worker, nutritive requirements of, 



142. 



Molisch's reaction, 73. 

 Monamino acids, 70. 



Monokow's bundle in the cord, 593, 596. 

 Monosaccharides, 80. 



percentage composition of, 82. 

 Moral significance of cerebral processes, 672. 

 Morphinism, 30. 



Morphological changes during activity of 

 gastric glands, 268. 



of hepato-pancreas of isopod, 244, Fig. 99. 



of intestinal glands, 277, Fig. 111. 



of mammary glands, 704. 



of nerve cells, 574. 



of pancreas, 272, Fig. 109. 



of retina, 537, 538, Fig. 232. 



of salivary glands, 260, Fig. 100; 261, Fig. 



101. 



Motility, forms of, 42. 

 Motor aphasia, 663. 



Motor cortical areas, 633; see also Cerebral 

 localization. 



action on, by other areas, 660, 661. 



connection of, with motor nerves, 594, Fig. 

 266; 647. 



development of, 648. 



extirpation of, in monkey, 644. 



finer movements dependent on, 644. 



in human brain, 645. 



psycho-physical significance of, 659. 



stimulation of, 601, 631, 632, 633. 

 direct and crossed effects of, 640. 



suppression of, in dogs, 643. 



recovery of functions after, 646. 

 Motor nerves, 564. 



Motor response in ParamoBcium, 54, Fig. 32. 

 Motor sensations, 469. 



areas of, in cortex, 652. 



conducting tracts of, from cortex to cord, 647. 



in the cord, 596. 



physiological significance of, 472. 

 Motor sense, 462. 



Motor spinal nerves, distribution of, 682, 685. 

 Motor zone of cortex, 634. 



