INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 421 



Lenses, 21. 



Lerncea, 113. Parasitic Crustacea. 



Leptothrix, 136, 260, 328. A fungus found on epithelium, 

 etc. 



Lepidocurtis, 56. An insect similar to Podura. 



Lepra, 284. A peculiar skin disease. 



Leucocytes, 189 (Gr. leukos, white, and kytos, a cell). White 

 cells. 



Leucin, 232. A chemical product of decay. 



Lepidoptera, scales of, 175. 



Leukaemia, 296. Excessive number of white cells in 

 blood. 



Lieberkuhn, 37. 



Ligaments, 194. Fibrous tissues connecting bones. 



Light for microscope, 50. 



Life, theories of, 116. 



Living Bodies, Element of, 117. Bioplasm or cell. 



Litmus-paper, 107. 



Ligneous Tissue, 130. Sclerogen. Woody fibre, 



Lichens, 154. An order of Cryptogamous plants. 



Liver, 210. Largest gland connected with nutrition. 



Lignites, 93. Fossils of vegetable origin. 



Liverworts, 154. Hepaticese. 



Ligula, 176. Tongue of insects. 



Lice, 339. 



Lime water, 68. 

 " salts, 115. 



Lipoma, 277. Fatty tumor. 



Liver-fluke, 335. Distomum hepaticum. 



Lister's antiseptic plan, 343. 



Locomotive Organs, 215. Bone, muscle, etc. 



Low powers, 55. 



Logwood staining fluid, 70. 



Lungs, 213. Organs of respiration. 



Lutein Spectra, 105. Spectra from juice of corpora lutea in 

 the ovary. 



Lupus, 283. A peculiar skin disease. 



Lymphatics, 207. Yessels of the lymph. 



