BLOOD OP FISHES. 



CHAPTER II. 



BLOOD OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS IN ITS NORMAL CONDITION. 



Blood of Fishes. 



1. Tryrjon sabina, Les. (female). Stingray. Aug. 14, 1855. 



The appearance of the left uterus of this Ray, indicated that it had been 

 delivered of young ones only a short time before its capture. 



The appearance of the viscera and impregnated uterus of one of these fishes is 

 represented in Fig. 19. 



The portion of blood first drawn coagulated, in a few moments, into a dense, 

 firm clot, which, in the course of an hour, commenced to dissolve, and in two 

 hours, entirely disappeared. Another portion of blood, drawn subsequently, coagu- 

 lated imperfectly, allowing the majority of the blood-corpuscles to settle to the 

 bottom of the vessel, and, in the course of half an hour, the fibrin was completely 

 dissolved. 



Solid constituents in 1000 parts of blood 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



Water . 



Solid organic constituents 



Fixed saline constituents 



115.80 



884.20 

 101.10 

 . 14.10 



2. Zyrjfvna malleus, Val. Hammerhead Shark. Sept. 10. 



The blood coagulated imperfectly, allowing the blood-corpuscles to settle, and 

 the fibrin, in the course of a few hours, was dissolved. 



Solid constituents in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " " serum 



" " in scrum of 1000 parts of blood 



Water in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " serum 



138.86 



70.96 



65.50 



861.14 



929.31 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



Water . . . • • • • .861.14 



Blood-corpuscles (dried organic constituents) .... 10.24 



Albumen, extractive and fatty matters (dried organic constituents) . 60.24 



Fibrin . . Unstable, coagulating imperfectly, and readily dissolving 



Fixed saline constituents ....•• 8.38 



Fixed saline constituents of blood-eorpuseles of 1000 parts of blood . 5.26 



" " solid matter of serum of 1000 parts of blood 3.12 



