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Loeb on ionic action, 237 ; on fertilisa- 

 tion, 237 



Loewy's aerotonometer, 132 

 Lungs, 126 



Lymph formation, 242 

 Lysine, 32, 33, 81 



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McMuNN on stercobilin, 95 



McWilliam's test for proteins, 183 



Magnesium, 3, 8 



Magnesium phosphate, 165 



Magnesium sulphate, action of, on pro- 

 teins, 27, 40, 49 



Malic acid, 231 



Mallow, 18 



Malpighian capillaries, 142 



Malt upon starch, action of, 179 ; dias- 

 tase, 179 



Maltase, 65 



Malting ferment, 179 



Maltose, 13, 16, 19, 65, 66, 68, 78, 171, 

 177, 178, 179 



Maly on the formation of hydrochloric 

 acid, 72, 73 



Mammary glands, 84, 88 



Manganese, 3, 8 



Mannite, 15 



Mannose, 15 



Marchi reaction, 202 



Marsh gas, 65 



' Mass Action,' 78 



Measures of capacity, 7 ; of length, 7 



Meat, 50, 52, 57 ; constituents of, 57 



Meconium, 95 



Melanin, 216 



Mercurial air-pumps, 231 



Mercury, 8 



Metabolism, 2 



Meta-proteins, see Infra-proteins 



Methsemoglobin, 114, 119, 170, 172, 

 191 ; in urine, 170 



Methane, 65, 85 



Methyl-indole, 34 



Methyl-glycine, 32 



Methylene blue experiments, 128 



Methyl-guanidine acetic acid, 32 



Methyl-orange, 235 



Metric system, 7 



Mett's tubes, 184 



Microchemical detection of glycogen, 

 177 



Micrococcus urea, 66 



Microspectroscope, 117 



Milk, 23, 49, 50, 52, 53, 181 ; alcoholic 

 fermentation of, 56 ; coagulation of, 

 54, 181 ; composition of, 54 ; fats of, 



54 ; proteins of, 54 ; salts of, 56 ; 



souring of, 56 ; sugar, 56 

 Milk-curdling, ferment of pancreas, 80, 



82 ; of stomach, 49, 54, 55 

 Milk-sugar, 19, 49, 56 ; crystals, 19, 96 

 Millon's reagent, 5, 27 ; test, 27 ; re- 

 action, 39 



Mineral compounds, 3 

 Mohr's method of estimating chlorides, 



205 



Monatomic alcohols, 24 

 ' Monoacetin, 25 



Monoamino-acids, 32, 34 



Monoamino-caproic acid, 32 



Monochromatic light, 228 



Monosaccharides, 16, 17, 66 



Monovalent, 236 



Monoxypurine, 159 



Moore and Rockwood on fat absorption, 



100 

 i Moore on osmotic pressure of proteins, 



243 



Moore's test for sugar, 13, 17 

 | Morner and Sjoqvist's method of esti- 

 mating urea, 204 

 Morris and Brown on starch digestion, 



68 



Mucedin, 58 

 Mucic acid, 18, 178 

 Mucin, 2, 30, 45, 67, 68, 91, 94, 95, 



173 ; in bile, 91 ; in saliva, 62, 67 ; 



in urine, 162 ; tests for, 62 

 Mucinogen, 67 

 Mucoids, 45 



Mucous glands, structure of, 45, 69 

 Mucous membrane of frog's intestine, 



99 



Mucous salivary glands, 69 

 Mucus, 170 



Munk on fat absorption, 100 

 Murex, 157 

 Murexide test, 156 

 Muscle, 199; clot, 198; pigments of, 



199 ; plasma of, 197 ; extractives of, 



200 



Muscle, cardiac, 237 

 Muscle fibrin, 198 

 Muscle sugar, 18 

 Muscle tissue, 197 

 Muscles, pale and red, 199 ; involuntary, 



198 

 Muscular movement, 2 ; exercise and 



carbonic acid, 136 

 Mutton, 57 



Myogen, 198 ; myogen fibrin, 198 

 Myo-haematin, 199, 200 ; absorption 



spectrum of, 200 

 Myosin, 4, 57, 75, 197, 198; fibrin, 



198 



Myosinogen, 37, 198 

 Myxoadema, 87 



