538 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Larynx, muscles of, Li. 125 

 in i \ ea hi', 11. I'J- 

 31 nictate of, ii. i.l 

 Latent ana- of the cortex, ii. 2<il 

 characters, hereditary transmission of, ii, 495 

 beat, definit inn hi', i. 504 

 period, effect of u mperature on, ii. L36 

 ..I' tension mi, Li. l in 

 hi' cardiac accelerator nerves, i L70 

 oi' In-art muscle, i. L53 

 ni' motor end-plates, ii. 103 

 ..I" muscle, ii. L03 

 • ■I' nil muscle, ii. 109 

 i.f retinal si Lmulation, ii. 343 

 of simple muscular contraction, ii. 102 

 of \ agus-stimulal Lon, i. L62 

 Latham's hypothesis of tin- structure of pro- 

 toplasm, i. •-' l 

 Laughing, i. 154 



"Law ui' contraction," Pfliiger's, ii. 50 

 I, aw uf -i Lmulation of human nerves by battery 



currents, ii. 51 

 Lecil liin. i. 559 

 amount of. in tin- blood, i. 51 

 occurrence uf, i. 325 

 of hilc, i. 45 

 of milk, i. •.'HI 

 of nerves, ii. 169 

 l.i . eh extract, effect of, mi blood coagulation, i. 

 • ;-.' 

 lymphagogic action of, i. 73 

 Lemniscus, medial, i. 226 



-i nsoiy paths entering, ii. 235 

 Lens, changes in. during accommodation, ii. :;n7 

 crystalline, changes in, with old age, ii. 314 

 curvatures of, ii. 303 

 opacities in. ii. :;■-'! 

 refract Lve index of, ii. 303 

 thickness of, ii. 303 

 Lent Lcular ganglion, ii -';i l 

 Leucin, action of, on end-plates, ii. '-'7 

 chemical properties of, i 540 

 formation of, in tryptic digestion, i. 303 

 nutritive history of, i- 540 

 occurrence of, i. 540 

 Leucocytes, behavior of, in blood capillaries, i. 



classifical L< f, L. 17, 48 



emigration of, i. 83 



from the thymus gland, composition of, i. 51 



functions of, i. l v 



influence of, on blood-plasma, i. L9 



movements of, ii. L9 



origin of, i. Ii' 

 Leucocythsemia, fatty acids in, i. 530 



purin bases excreted in, i. 557 

 Leuconuclein, effecl of, on intravascular clot- 

 ting, i. 61 

 Leucophrys patula, reproduction of, ii. U2 

 Levatores ani muscles, expiratory action of, i. 

 107 



costarum breves, inspiratory action of, i. 402 

 l.i vu lie acid, i. 538 



fate of, m pancreatic diabetes, i. 267 

 Levulose, i. 562 



occurrence of, i. 56 1 



oxidation of, in diabett -. i. 564 

 Lieberkuhn'e crypts, histology of, i. 243 

 Liebig's method of area determination, i. 549 

 Life, general hypothesis of, i. 25 



of i he individual, stages of, ii. 186 

 Ligaments of the incus, ii. 367 



of the malleus, ii. 366 

 Ligatures of Stannins, i. 178 

 Light, changes in the retina produced by, ii. •"■•'; | i 



definition of, ii 298 



dispersion of, ii- 316, 332 



Light, monochromatic, ii. .">1<J 

 physical theory of, ii. 33] 

 rays of the Luminiferous ether, ii. 381 

 i lions, intensity of, ii. 332, 339 

 mechanism for the production of, ii. 331 

 quality of, ii. 332 

 Light-waves, lengths of, ii. 332 

 Limbs, vaso-inotor nerves of, i. 209 

 Liinhiis of the spiral lamina, ii. 377 

 Lingual frict ionals, ii 138 



nerve, gustatory function of, ii. 410 

 Liuguo-palatal consonants, ii. 437 

 Lipase, i. 305 

 Lipochroines, i. 574 

 Liqueurs, i. 535 

 Liquids, ii. 43ti 

 Liquor amnii, ii. 472 



folliculi, ii. 454 

 List ing's law, ii. 299 

 I. ill iv. glands of. ii. 448 



Liver, defensive action of, against intravascular 

 clotting, i. 61 

 extirpation of, i. 336 

 functions of, i. 320 

 histology of, i.244, 321 

 internal secretion of, i. 265 

 Lymph formation in, i. 73 

 nerve-endings in, i. 245 

 secretory function of, i.244 



nerves of. i. 217 

 urea formation in, i :'.:il 

 vaso-motor nerves of, i. 206 

 Living matter, elementary constituents of, i. 

 499 

 general properties of, i. 18 

 molecular structure of, i. 23 

 Load, effect of, on latent period of muscle, ii- 110 



<>n the contraction curve, ii 111 

 Local signs of sensations, ii. 394 

 Localization, cutaneous variations of, ii. 395 

 in the skin, theory of, ii. 395 

 of cell-groups in the cerebral cortex, ii. 241 

 of cortical cell-groups for afferent impulses, ii. 



252 

 of pain sensations, ii 399 

 of touch sensat ion-, ii. 394 

 power, relation of. to mobility, ii. 394 

 Locomotion, ii. 420 



Locomotor ataxy, disturbance of equilibrium 

 in, ii. 105 

 mechanisms, action of. ii. Ill 

 I. new- hypothesis of the structure of proto- 

 plasm, i. •_':; 

 Long-reed register of the voice, ii.432 

 Long tracts of the cord, terminations of, ii. 235 

 Loop of Henle, i. 250 



Loudness of the voice, factors determining, ii. 

 430 

 physical cause of, ii. 381 

 Luminiferous ether, rates of vibration of, Li. 331 

 Luminosity, relative, of spectral colors, ii. 340 

 Luminous sensations, intensity of, ii. 339 

 Lungs, capacity of, i. 4'.'7 

 ini'Ve-supply of. i. 165 



structure of. i. 396 



vaso-motor nerves of, i. 205 

 Lunulas of the semilunar valves, i. Ill 

 Lustre in \isual sensations, explanation of, ii. 



Lutein, i. 571 



Luxus consumption, i. 348 



Lymph, i. 33 



amount of. i. 1 hi 



definition of. i. to 



formation of. i. 71 

 gases of, i. mi 

 glands, i. 140'. 



