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INDEX 



'Motor-areas' in man, 844, 851, 855, 



860 



in monkey, 844 

 in opossum, 872 

 in ornithorhynchus, 872 

 in rabbit, 872 

 path, 774, 776, 792 

 recovery after ablation of, 848, 



850, 851 



sensory functions of, 844, 856 

 Mountain sickness, 275 

 Movements, co-ordination of, 798, 831, 



837 



forced, 836, 837 

 Mucin, 3 



of bile, 335 

 Mucous glands, 319, 345 



changes in activity, 352, 425 

 membranes, sensibility of, 981, 



1002 



Miiller's experiment, 273 



Murexide test for uric acid, 484 



Muscas volitantes, 914 



Muscarine, action of, on digestive 



secretions, 387 

 on heart, 150, 183 

 on pupil, 911 

 Muscle, afferent impressions from, 835, 



983 



path for, 984 

 composition of, 666, 713 

 degeneration of, 698, 700, 814 

 diffraction spectrum of, 642 

 direct excitability of, 633, 706 

 elasticity and extensibility of, 630 

 gases of, 260 



general physiology of, 627 

 glycogenin, 514, 515 

 heat -production in, 583 

 heat -shortening of, 673 

 lactic acid production in, 667, 668, 



7 I6 

 oxygen consumption and carbon 



dioxide production of, 263 

 permeability of, 671 

 polarization of, 726 

 proteins of, 672, 714 

 reaction of, 667, 716 

 respiration of, 261 

 rigor of, 263, 715 

 smooth, contraction of, 645, 647, 



713 



sound, 660 



stimulation of, 632, 704, 707 



by voltaic current, 636, 704 

 structure of, 638 



in polarized light, 641 

 Muscles, antagonistic, co-ordination of, 



838 



Muscle-interruptor, automatic, 648 

 Muscle -nerve preparation, to make, 703 



Muscle spindles, 229, 983, 984 

 Muscular contraction, chemical phe- 

 nomena of, 666 

 duration of, 642 ' 

 formula of, 684, 686, 742, 743 

 heat produced in, 583, 663 

 idio-muscular, 659 

 in absence of oxygen, 261, 295 

 influence of fatigue on, 648, 



652, 708, 709 

 of load on, 645, 708 

 of mental fatigue on, 



654 

 of temperature on. 647, 



706 



of veratrine on, 654, 709 

 isometric and isotonic, 645 

 lactic acid formed in, 667, 668, 



716 



latent period of, 642, 710 

 mechanical phenomena of, 



643 



mechanism of, 640 

 of smooth muscle, 645, 647, 



713 



optical phenomena of, 638 

 physico-chemical conditions 



of, 671 



recording of, 706, 707 

 reversal of stripes in, 640 

 seat of fatigue in, 651, 652, 



708, 709 

 source of energy of, 537, 586, 



669 



superposition of, 656, 711 

 velocity of wave of, 659, 719 

 voluntary, 660 



seat of fatigue in, 652 

 work done in, 646 

 Muscular fatigue, 650 



influence of stimulants on, 



552 



seat of exhaustion in, 651, 652 

 exercise, effect of, on pulse, 97, 



192 

 sensations, 835, 856, 862, 869, 968, 



982 



sense, 983 



tetanus, 656, 657, 711 

 tissue, action of extracts of, 569 

 tone, 813, 886 



work, nitrogen metabolism in, 537 

 relation of, to energy expended, 



583, 665, 666 

 Musical centres, 861 

 Mydratics, 911 

 Myelination, time of, in cortex, 854, 



855 



Myocardiogram, 155 

 Myocardiograph, 1 88 

 Myogenic hypothesis of heart-beat, 132 



