INDEX 



597 



Lecithin, function of, 289 



, pure, hardly obtainable, 290 



- in suprarenal capsules, 286 

 Lecithin-carbohydrate, 286 

 Leucocytes, glycogen content, cause of 



increase, 418 

 Levulose, administration of, effect, 



430 

 , experimental results, 417, 418, 



419 



, inhibits action of invertin, 419 

 " Leydig's between-cells/' 392 

 Leydig cells, 394 



, relationship to genital hormone, 



398 

 Lipoid granules in cells of suprarenal 



cortex, 272 



- substances, 21 



- in suprarenal capsules, 292, 



293 



Lipoids, suprarenal, 279, 287 

 Liver, accumulation of glycogen in, 



427, 428 

 , deposition of glycogen in, after 



extirpation of pancreas, how 



effected, 430 

 , effect on destruction of adrenalin, 



257 

 , formation of glycogen in, 216 



- of sugar in, inhibited by pan- 

 creas, 430 

 , how controlled, 428, 429 



- urea by, antitoxic function, 9 

 > glycogen in, reduced after extir- 

 pation of pancreas, 418 



Lutein cells, origin of, 401 



- tabloids, therapeutic use of, 405 

 Lymph, excretion from thoracic duct, 



promoted by adrenalin, 213 



- glands, cells of thymus gland not 



identical with those of, 112 

 Lymph-vessels, passage of thyroid 



secretion into, 28 

 Lymphagoga, suppression of adrenalin- 



glycosuria by, 221 

 Lymphagogues, 443, 444 

 , blood from subject of kidney dis- 

 ease acting as, 444 

 Lymphatic ducts, ligature of, 221 

 Lymphatics, peritoneal, action of 

 adrenalin on, 213 



MAMMALS, blood-circulation in supra- 

 renals of, 300, 301 



, cortex and medulla of suprarenal 

 capsules amalgamated in, 130 



, innervation of bladder, differences 

 in, 205, 206 



, suprarenal bodies in, develop- 

 ment, 133 



Mammary glands, 355, 360 

 , development of, 372, 375 



Marchand's accessory suprarenals, 

 tumours of female genitals 

 derived from, 270 



" Masculinity," 362 



Menstruation, connection of ovulation 



with, 403, 406 



, disordered, in acromegaly, 331, 337 

 , origin of, 406 

 , relationship of ovary to, 381 

 Mental changes following thyroid- 



ectomy, 65 

 Mercapturic acid, affinity of gly- 



curonic acid for, 9 



Metabolic changes in hypothyrosis, 88 

 , how influenced by thyroid 



extract, 88 

 Metabolism, action of adrenalin on, 



214, 215 

 , effects of pituitary extract on, 327 



, thyroid extract on, 91 

 , end-products of, function, 15 



- in endemic cretinism, 89 



- in Graves's disease greatly in- 



creased, 98 



- in myxoedema, 88, 89 



- in pancreatic diabetes, 415 



, processes of, changes following 

 thyroidectomy, 67 



, glands accelerating, 70 



retarding, 70 



Methylaminoketone, action on blood- 

 pressure, 213 



Meyer's method, effects of adrenalin 

 determined by, 199 



Mice, parathyroid tetany in, 41 



Milk diet in acute tetany, 107 



, secretion of, 372, 375 



Mongolism, diagnosis from sporadic 

 myxoedema, 78 



Monoamidomonophosphatide cephalin, 

 292 



Mors thymiaj see Status thymico- 

 lymphattcns, sudden death in 



Mountain climbing, effect on upper 

 extremities, 14 



Muscarin and adrenalin, action com- 

 pared, 258, 259 



Muscles, action of adrenalin on, 228, 

 229 



- and apocodein on, com- 

 pared, 228 



, chemical processes, relation of 

 formation of adrenalin to, 296 



effect of pituitary extract on, 326 



glycogen in, disappearing after 

 extirpation of pancreas, 418 



glycolytic ferment in, 426 



involuntary nerve supply to, 191 

 - toxicity of, following extirpation 



of suprarenals, 156 

 , unstriated, action of adrenalin on, 



229 

 , and sympathetic nervous 



system, 229 



, vascular, see Arteries, muscles of 

 Muscular exertion, effect on glyco- 



suria in pancreatic diabetes, 417 



weakness following suprarenal 



suppression, 156 



