EXPERIMENTAL. 



These preparations were found to have the following compositions : 



Preparations 62 and 63. 



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Preparations 64 and 65. 



The residues which remained after treatment with alcohol of 0.820 sp. gr. 

 were then dehydrated with absolute alcohol and digested with ether. From 

 extract 1 preparation 66 was obtained, weighing 63 grams ; from extract 

 2 preparation 67, weighing 2.1 grams, and from extract 3 preparation 68, 

 weighing 41.2 grams. 



Preparation 66, which constituted the principal fraction of the protein 

 extracted, was further treated in the following manner : 20 grams were 

 dissolved in 250 cc. of 0.90 sp. gr. alcohol and found to yield a clear solu- 

 tion, which was then poured into 800 cc. of absolute alcohol, whereby a 

 considerable precipitate was at once separated, leaving the solution milky. 

 This substance was dehydrated with absolute alcohol and digested with 

 ether, yielding preparation 69. The filtrate was then treated with a few 

 drops of 10 per cent sodium-chloride solution, causing a heavy precipitate, 

 which on stirring rapidly agglutinated and adhered as a mass to the stirring- 



