LIST OF TABLES. 



TAGE 



Table of the specific gravity of the blood and serum of animals . . . .24 



Tables showing the amount in 1000 parts, of the water and solid matters of the blood and serum 



of different animals ......... 24,25 



Table of the moist blood corpuscles and Liquor Sanguinis in 1000 parts of blood . . 27 



Table of blood corpuscles in 1000 parts of blood ...... 28 



Table of the fibrin in 1000 parts of the blood of animals . . . . .37 



Table of the fixed saline constituents in the blood of different animals . . . .38 



Tables showing the changes in the relative amounts of the organic and inorganic constituents of 



the blood of Salt-water Terrapins (Emys terrapin), during different periods of starvation 



and thirst ........... 47 



Table showing the actual amounts of blood and its constituents in Salt-water Terrapins, during 



different periods of starvation and thirst ....... 48 



Tables showing the actual losses of blood and its constituents by Emys terrapin, during different 



periods of starvation and thirst ........ 49 



Tables showing the changes in the relative amounts of the constituents of the blood of animals 



during different periods of starvation and thirst ...... G5 



Tables showing the losses of blood and its constituents by animals during different periods of 



starvation and thirst . . . . . . . . .07 



Table of the temperatures of warm and cold blooded animals ..... CO 



Table showing the relation between the temperature and the chemical changes of the molecules 



of the solids and fluids of warm and cold blooded animals ..... 70 

 Table showing the losses in weight of animals during different periods of starvation and thirst . 70 

 Table showing the comparative weight of the heart in fishes . . . . .73 



Table showing the comparative weight of the heart in reptiles . . . . .74 



Table showing the comparative weight of the heart in birds . . . . .74 



Table showing the comparative weight of the heart in mammals . . . . 7 t 



Table showing the rapidity of the circulation in different animals -. 75 



Tables showing the changes in the amount and chemical constitution of the blood of Emys ter- 

 rapin during starvation, thirst, and a change of diet . . . . . 84, 85 

 Tables showing the effects upon terrapins that were first starved, and then transferred to fresh 



water and supplied with food . . . . . . . . 8G, 87 



Table showing the effect of change of diet upon the quantity, chemical and physical constitution 



of the mine .... ... 89 



