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EFFECTS OF THIRST, ETC., ON EMYS SERRATA. 



]000 parts of blood contained — 



Moist blood-corpuscles 439.68 | y at f r - . " 



(Solid constituents 



Liquor sanguinis 



560.32 



(Water . 



(.Solid constituents 



Amount of blood obtained, 450 grains. 



Solid constituents in 450 grains of blood 



" " serum of 450 grains of blood 



450 grains of blood contained — 



Water ..... 

 Blood-corpuscles (dried oi'ganic constituents) 

 Albumen, fatty and extractive matter 

 Fibrin ..... 

 Fixed saline constituents 



450 grains of blood contained — 



Moist blood-corpuscles 197-92 



Liquor sanguinis 



(Water . 



(.Solid constituents 



252.08 j Water • 



( Solid constituents 



329.76 

 109.92 



471.58 

 88.74 



89.40 

 38.06 



360.60 



46.34 



36.05 



1.86 



5.15 



148.44 



49.48 



212.16 



39.92 



Calculated amount of blood consumed during twenty-six days of starvation and 

 thirst, 1550 grains. 



Solid matter in 1550 grains of blood ..... 159.78 

 " serum of 1550 grains of blood .... 40.66 



1550 grains of blood contained — 



Water ..... 

 Blood-corpuscles (dried organic constituents)- 

 Albumen, fatty and extractive matter 

 Fibrin ..... 

 Fixed saline constituents 



1550 grains of blood contained — 



Moist blood-corpuscles 475.60 



(Water . 



(Solid constituents 



Liquor sanguinis 



1074.40 j Water • 



(Solid constituents 



1390.22 



115.00 



39.27 



0.22 



5.29 



356.70 



118.90 



1033.52 



40.88 



30. Blood of a Female Emys serrata, which had been kept without food and 

 drink for thirty-one days. 



Weight, May 25 ....... 41.086 grains. 



June 13 ...... 34.960 



Loss of weight in twenty clays ..... 6.126 " 



Loss of weight, each hour, 12^ grains = j-yVr^ of tne weight of its whole 

 body. In thirty one days this terrapin lost from one-fourth to one-fifth of its whole 

 weight. 



On the day of the analysis the terrapin was found to be completely exhausted 

 by starvation and thirst, and had scarcely strength to move its muscles. 



Owing to the feeble state of its circulatory apparatus, and the rapidity of the 



