EFFECTS OF THIRST, ETC., ON EMYS SERRATA. 



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coagulation of its blood, only a small quantity was collected, insufficient for a com- 

 plete analysis. 



Solid constituents in 1000 parts of blood .... 222.22 



Water in 1000 parts of blood ...... 117.78 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



Water ......... 711.18 



Dried organic constituents ...... 209.66 



Fixed saline constituents ...... 12.56 



31. ' Blood of a Female Emys serrata, wbicb was kept without food and drink for 

 thirty-eight days. 



Weight, May 25 ...... 38.540 grains. 



June 28 ..... . 30.142 *' 



Loss of weight in thirty-four days .... 8.398 " 



Loss of weight each hour 10 T 2 /g grains = 3 y^th of the weight of the whole 

 body. The loss of weight during thirty-eight days of starvation and thirst ecpaalled 

 one-fourth of the original weight of its body. 



With the greatest care not more than two hundred grains of blood could be 

 obtained, and the terrapin was weak from long fasting. 



The fat of the body had in a great measure disappeared. 



The clot formed in the blood was large, and the proportion of serum small. Not 

 more than ten grains of serum could be obtained from 76/'^- grains of blood, 

 although it had stood for twelve hours. The clot showed little or no disposition to 

 contract. The serum was colored red by the hsematin of the blood. 



The ovaries and oviducts contained twelve hard, and a multitude of soft yellow 



Solid constituents in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " " serum 



" " serum of 1000 parts of blood 



Water in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " serum 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



Water ..... 

 Blood-corpuscles (dried organic constituents) 

 Albumen, fatty and extractive matter 

 Fibrin ..... 

 Fixed saline constituents 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



(Water . 



(Solid constituents 



(Water . 



(.Solid constituents 



Moist blood-corpuscles 312.96 

 Liquor sanguinis 681.04 



Amount of blood obtained, 200 grains. 



Solid constituents in 200 grains of blood 



" " serum of 200 grains of blood 



226.62 

 155.00 

 141.86 

 113.38 

 845.00 



773.38 

 72.91 



134.49 



6.52 



12.70 



234.72 



78.24 



538.66 



148.38 



45.32 



28.37 



