GENERAL IXDEX. 



539 



Lymph, mechanical theory of the origin of, i. 75 



movement of, i. 71, 146 



pressure of, i. 146 



secretion of, i. 21 1 

 Lymphagogues, action of, i ?•!. 7i 

 Lymphatic system, nature of, i. 143 

 Lymphatics of the heart, i. 186 

 Lymphocytes, i. 48 

 Lysatin, i. 55i 

 Lysatinin, relation of, to una formation, i. 337, 



551 

 Lysin, i. 552 



Macroceph \i.i< brains, weight of, ii. 275 



.Macula acustica, ii. 373 



lutea, ii. 327 

 Macula? acustica. relation of, to state of equi- 

 librium, ii. 1<>7 

 Magnesium carbonate, i. 527 



nutritive history of, i. 527 



occurrence of, i. 527 



phosphates, i. 527 

 Making contraction, point of origin of, ii. 35 

 " Slaking "' shock, ii. 31 

 Male births, relative number of, ii. 483 



pronucleus, ii. 466 

 Males, rate of growth in, ii. 488 

 Malic acid, i. 558 

 Malleus, ii. 365 



ligaments of, ii. 366 

 Malpighian corpuscle of the kidney, structure 



of, i. 249 

 Maltase, i. 280, 565 



in starch digestion, i. 285 



occurrence of, i. 308 

 Mammary glands, ii. 443, 462 



histological changes in, i. 262 

 in pregnancy, ii. 477 

 normal secretion of, i. 264 

 secretory nerves of, i. 263 

 structure of, i. 261 

 Manuose, i. •"><>.' 

 Manometer, differential, i. 131 



elastic, i. 127 



maximum, i. 107 



mercurial, i. -7 

 Manubrium of the malleus, ii. 365 

 Marsh gas. i. 532 

 Masseter muscle, i. 372 

 Mastication, i. 372 



Masticatory movements, effect of, on taste-sen- 

 sations, ii. Ill 

 Mastoid antrum, ii. 363 



" Mastzellen," relation of, to colostrum corpus- 

 cles, i. 263 

 Maturation of germ-cells, significance of, ii. 454 



of nerve-cells, ii. 177 



of spermatozoa, ii. 445 



of tiie ovum. ii. I'll 

 Meat extracts, physiological action of. i. 359 

 Meats, composii ion of, i. 278 

 Meatus auditorius interims, ii. 373 

 Mechanical stimulation of uerves, ii. 25, 56 



strain, influence of, on neuroblasts, ii. i?i> 



work (if muscular contraction, ii. 138 

 Meconium, biliary salt- in. i. •" I 1 

 Medial lemniscus, ii. 226 

 Medullary -heath, development of, in the C6E 



tral nervous system, ii. 181 

 in the peripheral nerves, ii. 180 

 significance of, ii. L80 



tube, fetal, ii. 204 



lamina' of, in t lie foetus, ii. 205 

 Medullation, central, progressive character of, 



ii. 1-1 

 of nerve-fibres, significance of. ii. 283 

 peripheral, ii. 180 



Medusae, rate of conduction in. ii. 89 



staircase contractions in. ii. 112 

 Melauius, i. 57 I 

 Melicyl alcohol, i. 540 

 Membrana basilaris, ii. 374 



flaccida, ii. 365 



granulosa of the Graafian follicle, ii. 454 



reticulata, ii. .17- 



tectoria. ii. 377. :!7i» 



tympani, ii. '■'>*> I 

 Membrane of Reissner, ii. 371. :;7!» 

 Membranous labyrinth of the ear, ii. 372 

 Menopause, ii. 159, 190 

 Menstrual ion. ii. 457 



age of onset of. ii. 459 



cessation of, at the climacteric, ii. 490 



genera] disturbances accompanying, ii. 459 



in animals, ii. 460 



relation of ovulation to. ii. 456 



theory of, ii. 460 

 Mental activity, relation of cerebral circulation 



to, ii. 288 

 Menthol, action of, on cold nerves, ii. 398 

 Mercapturic acids, i. 517 

 Mercury manometer, description of. i. -7 

 Metabolism, conditions influencing, i. 359 



definition of, i. 20 



during sleep, i, 361 

 starvation, i. 3(52 



effect of temperature on, i. 362 



influence of the cell-nucleus on, i. 22 



intensity of. in the brain, ii. 288 



methods of estimating, i. 343 

 Metaphosphoric acid. i. 514 

 Methsemoglobin, i. 1 1. 573 

 Methane, origin of, i. 532 

 Methods, physiological, i. 31 

 Methyl amido-acetic acid, i. 538 



mercaptan, i. 534 



seleuide, i. 534 



telluride, i. 5:>4 



violet, in testing for mineral acid-, i. 289 

 Methylamine, i. 541 

 Meynert's commissure, ii. 238 

 M icellsa, definition of, i. 25 



Microcephalic brains, weight of, ii. '.'75 

 Microcephalics, ii. 268 

 Micturition, i. :;-:i 



en i,-e for. i. 391, 393 



cerebral control of. ii. 070 



nervous mechanism of. i. 392 



reflex character of, ii. 213 

 Mi. Idle ear, ii. 3d-.' 



inflammatory disease of, ii. 364 

 mechanism of, ii. 368 



muscles of. ii. .".ii!" 

 Migration of neuroblasts, ii. 17ii 

 Milk, composition of, i. 261 



mineral constituents of. i. 530 



normal secret ion of. i. 26 1 

 Milk-sugar, i. 565 

 Millon's reaction for proteids, i. 576 



nature of, i. .".flit 



wit h phenol, i. 569 



M ineral acids, tests for. i. 289 



constituents, amount of, in the tissues, i. 630 

 Mitosis, i. 20 

 Modiolus, ii. 372 

 M..i,cular weight, relation of. to physiological 



act ion. ii. 60 



Molecules, physical ami physiological, i. 25 

 Monochromal ic light, ii. 316 



M .nuclear leucocytes, i. |s 



M.ms Veneris, ii. 162 

 Monstrosities, congenital, ii. 1**1 



origin of, ii. 183 

 Morgagni, v.m ricles of. ii. 122 



