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INDEX. 



Lead an accidental element, ii, 343 



Leaping, i, 44 



Lecithin, i, 275 



Legumen identical with casein, i, 216 



Lens, crystalline, ii, 204 



Lenticular ganglion, relation of third 



nerve to, ii, 141 

 Leucic acid, ii, 340 

 Leucin, i, 266 

 Leucocytes, 



of blood, i, 79 



amoeboid movements, i, 80 



chyle, i, 301 



lymph, i, 300 



origin of, i, 99 

 Leucocythaemia, state of vascular glands 



in, ii, 3 



Levers, different kinds of, ii, 39 

 Lieberkilhn's glands, 



in large intestines, i, 263 



in small intestines, i, 256 

 Life, ii, 320 



relation to other forces, ii, 306 



simplest manifestations of, i, 7 

 Ligamentum nuchse, i, 33 

 Lightning, condition of blood after death 



by?i, 72 



Lime, salts of, in human body, ii, 342 

 Lingual branch of flftn nerve, i, 231 

 Lips, influence of fifth nerve on move- 

 ments of, ii, 141 

 Liquor amnii, ii, 263 

 Liquor sanguinis, or plasma, i, 63 



lymph derived from, i, 302 



still layer in capillaries, i, 158 

 Liver, i, 268 



action of, on albuminous matters, i, 280 

 on saccharine matters, i, 281 



blood-elaborating organ, i, 280 



blood-making organ, i, 97 



blood-vessels of, i, 271 



capillaries of, i, 271 



cells of, i, 269 



circulation in, i, 269 



development of, ii, 297 



ducts of, i, 271 



functions of, i, 273 

 in foetus, i, 277 



glycogenic function of, i, 280 



secretion of, i, 273. See Bile. 



structure of, i, 268 



sugar formed by, i, 282, et seq. 

 Locus niger, ii, 113 

 Loss of water, ii, 341 

 Ludwig's air pump, i, 89 

 Lungs, i, 178 



blood supply, i, 182 



capillaries of, i, 134 



cells of, i, 179 



changes of air in, i, 192 



changes of blood in, i, 197 



circulation in, i. 182 



contraction of, i, 192 



coverings of, i, 179 



development of, ii, 298 



Lungs, elasticity of, i, 187 



lobes of, i, 179 



lobules of, i, 179 



lymphatics, i, 182 



muscular tissue of, i, 192 



nerves, i, 182 



nutrition of, i, 182 



position of, i, 173 



structure of, i, 179 

 Luxus consumption, i, 222 

 Lymph, i, 301 



compared with chyle, i, 301 

 with blood, i, 302 



current of, i, 297 



quantity formed, i, 302 



source of, i, 303 

 Lymph-corpuscles, i, 301 



in blood, i, 99 



development of into red blood-corpus- 

 cles, i, 99 



origin of, i, 99 



Lymph- hearts, structure and action of, 

 i, 304 



relation of to spinal cord, i, 305 

 Lymphatic glands, i, 297 

 Lymphatic vessels, i, 291 



absorption by, i, 303 



communication with serous cavities, 

 i, 293 



communication with blood-vessels, i, 

 293 



contraction of, i, 297 



course of fluid in, i, 297 



distribution of, i, 291 



origin of, i, 292 



propulsion of lymph by, i, 297 



structure of, i, 297, et seq. 



valves of, i, 297 



Lymphoid or retiform tissue, i, 34. See 

 Adenoid Tissue. 



M. 



Macula germinativa, ii, 237 

 Magnesium, ii, 342 

 Male sexual functions, ii, 246 

 Malleus, ii, 180 



function of, ii, 188 



Malpighian bodies or corpuscles of kid- 

 ney, i, 349 



capsules, i, 350 



corpuscles of spleen, ii, 4 

 Maltose, i, 231; ii, 336 

 Mammalia, 



blood corpuscles of, i, 77 



brain of, ii, 126 

 Mammary glands, i, 328 



evolution, i, 330 



involution, i, 330 



lactation, i, 329 

 Mandibular arch, ii, 274 

 .Manganese, ii, 343 

 Manometer, i, 149 



experiments on respiratory power with, 

 i, 192 



