INDEX 



437 



Liver, summary of functions, 373 

 Localisation of functions, 178 

 Lockhart Clarke's column, 90, 153 

 Lorrain Smith and Haldane's method 



for total blood, 203 

 Loudness of sounds, 309 

 Lungs, 278, 279 



air sacs, 278 



capillaries, 278 



elasticity of, 278 



interchange between air and 

 blood in, 298 



physiology of, 279 et seq. 

 Lymph, 187 et scq., 206 et seq. 



chemistry of, 207 



in disease, 207 



formation of, 208 



specific gravity of, 207 



vessels, 209 



Lymphatic glands, 201, 209, 258 

 Lymphatics, pressure in, 246, 270 

 Lymphocytes, 192 

 Lymphoid tissue, 30, 201 

 Lysin, 10 



MACULA lutea, 181 

 Maize, 321 

 Malic acid, 313 

 Malleus, 131 

 Malpighian bodies, 403 



bodies, secretion in, 404 



corpuscles, 206 

 Maltose, 317, 329 

 Mammary glands, 409, 411 

 Marchi's method of nerve-staining, 



86, 152 



Mariotte's experiment, 116 

 Mastication, 328 



Maternal attachment of ovum, 417 

 M'Fie, experiments with extract of 



suprarenal, 385 

 Meconium, 354 

 Medulla of kidney, 403 

 Medulla oblongata, 154 et seq. 



commissural fibres of, 157 



conducting paths in, 155 



grey matter of, 155 



pyramids of, 156 



reflexes of, 160 



structure of, 154 

 Medullary sheath, 78 

 Meissners plexus, 328 

 Melanin, 32 



Membrana tympani, 130 

 Membranous labyrinth, 133 

 Memory, 175 

 Menstrual period, 415 

 Menstruation, 414 

 Mesial fillet, 156 

 Mesoblast, 416 



parts developed from, 416 



Metabolic equilibrium, 374 

 Metabolism, general, 8, 371 



during fasting, 373 



of fats, 372 



proteid, 371 



method of investigating, 371 

 Methsemoglobin, 196 

 Methane, 421 

 Methylene blue, use in muscle ex- 



" periments, 303 

 Micro-organisms, 193 



in cheese, 319 

 Micturition, 407 

 Milk, 318 



composition of cow's, 318 



composition of human, 318 



effect of cooking on, 322 



fats, 412 



phosphorus compounds of, 412 



proteids of, 411 



secretion of, 410 



souring of, 412 



sugar of, 412 

 Mitosis, 19 

 Mitral area, 233 



valve, 214 



Molecular layers of retina, 108 

 Monamido acids, 11, 424 

 Monaster stage of cell division, 20 

 Monosaccharids, 316 

 Monotremes, 182 

 Motor nerves (see Nerves) 



points, 46 



Mott, views on the Kolandic area, 183 

 Mouth, 324 



nerve supply of, 327 

 Mucin, 13, 25, 26, 315, 344, 387 



secreting epithelium, 25 

 Mucoid tissue, 27 



Mucous membrane of large intestine, 

 326 



of small intestine, 325 



of stomach, 325 



of uterus, 414 

 Murexide test, 398 

 Murmurs, cardiac, 233 



simulation of, by breath sounds, 



298 

 Muscle, 40 et seq. 



absolute force of, 55 



application of weights to, 57 



carbohydrates of, 42 



cardiac, 67 



changes in blood passingthrough, 

 69 



changes in shape, 51 



chemical changes in, 67 



chemistry of, 41 



death of, 74 



duration of contraction, 54 



electrical changes in, 65 



