Everyman in health and in sickness / edited by Dr. Harry Roberts.

  • Roberts, Harry, 1871-1946
Date:
[1935]
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    Menthol, 461, 464. Mercaptan, 21. Mercury, poisoning from, 235-6. -, Ammoniated, 573. Mercuric Chloride, 407. -Oxide (Yellow Mercury Ointment), 454, 457, 618, 657. —— Perchloride, 573, 681. Mesopotamia, 638. Metabolism (tissue change), basal, 74, 429, 430, 431, 432; Calcium (q.v.); chemistry of, 61-2; Cane Sugar (q.v.); Carbohydrates (q.v.); definitions of, 50, 52, 127-8; Diges¬ tion (q.v.); exogenous, 52, 53; endocrine glands in relation to, 427, 429, 430, 431, 432; endogenous, 52, 53; Fats (q.v.); Fatty Acid (q.v.); fever, in, 406; gaseous pro¬ ducts of, 683; Glucose (q.v.); Glycerine (q.v.); Glycogen (q.v.); Insulin (q.v.); Lactose (q.v.); mineral salts necessary for, 57-8; Nitrogen (q.v.); process of, 50-75; Protein (q.v.); regulators of, 113; Starch (q.v.); sunlight an aid to, 112; Sugar (q.v.); total, 73-5; types of, 54; water produced by, 54-5, 56; water essential to, 348; other refs., 33, 224, 348, 350, 371, 500, 502. Methane. See Marsh Gas. Methyl Alcohol, 62. -Chloride, 62. Microbe. See Bacteria. Micro-Organisms. See Bacteria; Virus, Filter-Passing. Microscope, 5, 34, 395. Middle Age, basal metabolism in, 74; blood- pressure in, 486-7; bronchitis (chronic) in, 493; cancer symptoms in, 510; deafness in, 363-4; diet in, 126, 356-9; dress in, 360-3; excretory system in, 349-55; exercise in, 120, 215, 344-6; eyesight in, 363; modera¬ tion in, 344; obesity in, 345; skin trouble in, 364-5; Middle Ages, The, 570. Midriff. See Diaphragm. Midwife, 293, 294. Midwifery, 293, 294. Migraine, Blood (q.v.); causes of, 523; eye affected in, 449, 451, 456; symptoms of, 587; treatment of, 660-1. Milk (cow’s), bacteria in, 136; boiled, 270, 272, 275, 407; bread, in, 143; breast-milk compared with, 271-2; certified, 270; composition of, 134-5, 141, 270-2; con¬ densed, 265, 272-3; contamination of, 136-7; digestion of, 134, 137, 271 (see also Casein); digestive ferments in, 270; dilu¬ tion of, 137, 272, 273, 274; dried, 272; fat in, 67; food value of, 273; grades of, 270; irradiated, 639; metabolism of, 53; mixtures of, 273; pancreatized, 272; pasteurization of, 270, 396, 407 ; peptonized, 272; pregnancy, drunk during and after, 288, 290, 291; Protein (q.v.); scarlet fever from contaminated, 410; sleep, before, 118, 121; solvent, not a, 132, 348; sugar, see Lactose; sugar added to, 274; tuberculin-tested, 270; tuberculosis con¬ veyed by, 136, 137, 402, 407; typhoid conveyed by, 418; Vitamins (q.v.); other refs., 115, 153, 357, 522, 523, 651 See also Cream. - (human). See Breast-Milk. Milk-Fever, 434. See also Tetany. Mill, James, 89. Mind, association a law of, 89-90; asthma, in, 522; body in relation to, 187; Child (q.v.); definition of, 7-8; development of, 85, 89-91; diseases of, 109, 285, 592-602 (see also Insanity); Endocrine Glands (q.v.); epilepsy, in, 587, 595; exercise of, 187; Instincts (q.v.); Old Age (q.v.); pro¬ cesses of, 85-7; working of, 88-9. See also Mental Deficiency. Minerals, dusts from, 236-7; poisons from, 234-6. Mineral Salts, blood, in, 11, 58; Bone (q.v.); Cells (q.v.); cereals, in, 142-5 passim; deficiency of, 57, 113; diet, importance in, 57-8; 131-2; eggs, in, 137; gastric juice, in, 503; metabolism of, 52; milk, in, 270, 271; nuts, in, 148; perspiration, in, 57, 158; urine, in, 160: vegetables, in, 147, 148. Miner’s Cramp, 57. -Elbow, 232, 658. Miscarriage, 626. Moles, 529. Mongolian Idiot, 601. Morning Sickness. See Pregnancy. Morphia, 681. Mortality, infant, 209; maternal, 209; tuberculous milk, from, 407. Mosquitoes, 570. Mother. See Child; Labour; Parenthood. Mountain Sickness, 232. Mouth, bacteria in, 472; care of, 227-9, 469-70; Digestion (q.v.); Respiration (q.v.); nerves of, 76; teething, during, 469; Ulcer (q.v.). Mucin, 499, 503, 511. Mucous Membrane, 487, 488, 492, 493, 611. Mucus, 503, 508, 509, 518, 617. Mumps, cause of, 401; complication of, 415, 464; incubation, and quarantine for, 415, 711; symptoms and treatment of, 415. Munro, Professor, 560. Muscle, Abdomen (q.v.); Arm (q.v.); Arteries (q.v.); atrophy of, 589, 645, 692; Back (q.v.); balance of, 175, 581; biceps, 27, 28, 39, 46, 553; blood supply to, 29, 44, 46-7, 50, 190, 216, 548; Brain (q.v.); Buttocks (q.v.); calf, 566; Child (q.v.); ciliary, 446; contraction of, 26-9, 168, 179, 214, 216, 362, 663, 676; control of, 82, 83, 174, 552; co-ordination of, 191, 195, 563, 566, 581; Cramp (q.v.); development of, 94, 184, 187, 193; Ear (q.v.); effect of upright position on, 176; electrical stimulat on of, 634, 645; erector spinae, 172; exercise of, 157, 187, 214, 346, 563 (see also Exercise); extensor, 172, 173; Face (q.v.); fatigue of, 88, 180, 473, 552, 661; fibrous tissue in relation to, 548, 661; flexor, 173; Foot (q.v.); gluteus maximus, 176; glycogen in, 71, 73; ham¬ string, 565; Hand (q.v.); Heart (q.v.); infan¬ tile paralysis, in, 422, 423; insulin, affected by, 435; intercostal, 30; Larynx (q.v.); latis- simus dorsi, 172; Leg (q.v.); levator, 172; leverage of, 169, 676; locomotor ataxy, in, 585; mineral salts essential to, 57, 58; Neck (q.v.); nerves in relation to, 27, 46, 49, 77; nervous diseases, in, 579-91 passim; pains in, 536, 537; perspiration in relation to, 406; puberty, at, 281; quadrator lumborum, 173; relaxation of, 552; respira¬ tion, in, 49; rheumatic fever, in, 425; sense of the, 80, 580; Spinal Column (q.v.); splenius, 172; Stomach (q.v.); strains of, 547, 689; strapedius, 459; tensor tympani, ib.; tone of, 83; trapezius dorsi, 172; weight-carrying, 181-2, 556. Musk, 211 Mutton, 68, 138. Mullet, 140. Mushrooms, 148, 681. Mussells, 141. Mustard and Cress, 147, 153. Mustard Leaf, 704. -Plaster, 704. Myalgia, 646, 661. Myasthenia Gravis, 451.