INDEX. 



441 



Medula oblongata, cardiac effect of sti- 

 mulation of, 295 

 ,, ,, centre for nerves of taste 



in, 321 



,, for vaso-motor im- 



pulses in, 321-323 



,, t> ,, for secretion of sa- 



liva, 398 



,, ,, ,, for deglutition, 455 



,, ,, ,, for vomiting, 461 



,, ,, for respiration, 585 



,, ,, effect on blood-pressure of 



successive sections of, 326 

 ,, ,, antero-lateral nucleus in, 



327 

 ,, ,, diabetic area of, 730 



see also Bulb. 



Meibomian glands, 693, 1312 

 Meissner, plexus of, 441 

 Melting point of various fats, 772 

 Membrana pupillaris, absorption of be- 

 fore birth, iv. 5 

 ,, tympani, iv. 179, 191 

 ,, tectoria, iv. 221 

 Membrane, elastic, of arteries, 193 

 ,, fenestrated, 194 

 ,, hyaloid, iv. 29 

 Membranes of the brain and cord, 1125 

 Meniere's disease, 1015 

 Menstruation, iv. 360-363 



causation of, iv. 362 



Mercurial gas pump, Ludwig's, 554 

 ,, Pniiger's, 555 



,, ,, Alvergniat's, 555 



Metabolic processes of body, 703 

 Metabolism, denned, 41 

 water of, 44 



,, increased by exercise, 349 



,, ,, by proteid food, 



785, 795, 828 



,, of muscle, products of, 752 



of nervous tissue, 753 



,, of glands, 754 



proteid, its complexity, 759 



,, nitrogenous, 794 



,, ,, products of, 827 



,, of muscle the chief source 



of heat, 808 



,, conducted in the tissues, 822 



,, its relation to structural ele- 



ments, 825 



,, course of products of, 826 



,, nervous control of, 829 



,, rapidity of, in in fancy, iv. 406 



Metals, retention of, in the liver, 422 

 Metameres, hypothetical, of spinal cord, 



169, 896, 1067 



Methuemoglobin, spectrum of, 569, 570 

 Meynert's commissure, 1074 

 Micro-organisms, their actions in diges- 

 tion, 477 



,, in expired air, 552 

 Micro-unit of heat denned. 105, note 

 Micturition, mechanism of, 680 



Micturition, nervous mechanism of, 682 

 ,, centre for, 683 



,, voluntary and involuntary, 



684 

 Migration of the white corpuscles, 45 



,, ,, in inflammation, 337 



,, ,, "aided by changes in 



vascular walls, 339 



Milk, action of gastric juice on, 371, 374 

 ,, ,, rennet, 374 



,, double mode of secretion of, 779, 



784 



,, nature of, 780 

 ,, constituents of, 781, 782 

 ,, uterine, 1526, iv. 381, 388 

 Millou's reagent for detection of protein, 



17 

 Mitral valves, their structure, 197 



,, ,, their action, 230 



Molecular basis of chyle, 500 



,, ,, where elaborated, 517 



Moll, glands of, iv. 174 

 Monro, foramen of, 931, 1127 

 Morse key, 62 



Mouth, lining membrane of, iv. 254 

 Movements of alimentary canal, 452 



469 



,, amoeboid, 38, 166, 337 

 ,, ,, of lymph corpuscles, 497 

 bilateral, 1047 

 ,, of body, how accomplished, 54 

 Browniau, in chyle globules, 500 

 cardiac, visible, 228 

 ciliary, 55, 162 



,, co-ordinating machinery of, 1009 

 ,, of cortical origin, how effected, 



1044 



of dog, 1035, 1056 

 ,, of monkey, 1038, 



1051 

 ,, ,, ,, of anthropoid ape, 



1043 



'forced,' 1111, 1017 

 ,, from injury to optic lobes 



in frog, 1113 

 foetal, iv. 389 

 ,, gastric, 464, 465 

 ,, intestinal, 464, 465 

 ,, in living bodies, 2 

 ,, of locomotion, iv. 342 

 ,, muscular, flow of lymph increased 



by, 501 

 ,, ,, heat given out during, 104, 



813 



,, ocular, iv. 145 

 peristaltic, 455 

 ,, respiratory, 538 

 sense of, iv. 295 

 ,, skilled, correlation of with pyra- 

 midal tract 1048, 1052 

 ,, voluntary, 10341069 

 ,, ,, spinal mechanisms for, 914 

 ,, action of motor area in 

 effecting, 10561058 



