10 Prof. H. Rose on the Inorganic Constituents 



as that of the blood ; but as it is formed from the blood, it 

 must contain more oxidized inorganic salts and less deoxidized 

 salts than the blood. But if oxidation still continues, the 

 inorganic constituents, which become perfectly oxidized by 

 the inspired oxygen, must finally be removed from the body, 

 as they are of no further use in it. Thus we find, in fact, that 

 the inorganic constituents of the fluid and solid excrementitious 

 matters are in a perfectly oxidized state, and are perfectly 

 teleoxidic substances. Experiments upon the inorganic con- 

 stituents of the blood, flesh, and the excrements, have com- 

 pletely confirmed these suppositions. 



The inorganic constituents of the blood of the ox have been 

 examined by MM. Weber and Merk (Appendix VIII.). 



In the blood which was used for this purpose, the clot cer- 

 tainly had coagulated from the liquor sanguinis ; but they were 

 both carbonized without separation. 



Water extracted from the carbonized mass a very large 

 amount of chloride of sodium, carbonate of potash and of soda, 

 and mere traces of phosphate and sulphate of potash. 



Muriatic acid removed from it an inconsiderable amount of 

 the phosphates of soda, potash, lime, magnesia, and perphos- 

 phate of iron. 



The carbonized mass after exhaustion with these solvents 

 yielded, on incineration, the phosphates of soda, potash, lime, 

 and magnesia, with a large quantity of peroxide of iron and a 

 small quantity of silica; it also contained traces of sulphates. 



The following are the relative amounts of the inorganic 

 constituents obtained by the three operations : — 



In the aqueous solution 3*920 grms. 



In the muriatic solution 0*389 ... 



On the incineration of the remainder of\ o-iou 



the carbonized mass j 



We thus see that the amount of oxidized salts in the blood 

 is very large. They consist, however, for the most part of 

 salts soluble in water; and of these chloride of sodium, which 

 cannot be considered as an oxidized salt, is the principal con- 

 stituent, forming more than half of the whole amount of these 

 salts. When this is taken into consideration, the quantity of 

 inorganic constituents formed by the incineration of the car- 

 bonaceous mass after exhaustion with the solvents is larger 

 than that of the salts contained in the blood. Hence the 

 blood is a meroxidic body. 



Flesh (that of the horse) has been examined as to its inor- 

 ganic constituents by M. Weber (Appendix IX.). 



Water extracted from the carbonized flesh small quantities 



