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37. Four o'clock P. M., August 11, fourth clay of starvation. 

 The blood coagulated in a few moments after it was drawn. 

 Specific gravity of blood .... 



" serum 



Solid constituents in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " " serum 



" in 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 — 



Moist blood-corpuscles 428.00 j Water ■ 



(Solid constituents 



Liquor sanguinis 



512.00 



(Water . 



(Solid constituents 



1054.5 

 1036.8 

 229.10 

 134.45 

 11T.18 

 770.90 

 865.55 



170.90 



102.55 



112.53 



4.92 



9.10 



321.00 

 107.00 

 449.90 

 122.10 



38. Nine o'clock P. M., August 13, sixth day of starvation and thirst. 



The blood from the vein was black, flowed with difficulty, and resembled tar. 

 It coagulated immediately after it left the bloodvessels into a firm clot. The blood 

 flowed so slowly, and in such a small stream, that it was difficult to obtain a sufficient 

 quantity for analysis. It had been consumed in supplying the waste of the system. 



The dog, during the greater portion of the day, and while the blood was abstracted, 

 lay in a comatose condition. It was completely exhausted, and showed, in its 

 skeleton-like form, the ravages of hunger and thirst. By an unfortunate accident, 

 my last specific gravity bottle was broken, and consequently the specific gravity of 

 its blood and serum was not taken. 



The serum was in small amount, relatively to the size of the clot, and was colored 

 red by the hsematin of the blood. 



Many of the blood-corpuscles appear to have undergone partial decomposition. 

 A similar condition of the blood and serum was observed previously in a large 

 female Envjs serrata during starvation. 



Solid constituents in 1000 parts of blood 

 " " " serum 



" in 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 of blood corpuscles 

 " " serum 



