EFFECTS OF THIRST, ETC., ON ANIMALS. 



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(</.) MOIST BLOOD-CORPDSCLES AND LIQUOR SANGUINIS. 



Name of animal. 



Period 



of starva- 

 tion and 

 thirst. 



Amount 

 of blood 

 obtained. 



MOIST BLOOD-COHPUSCLES. 



Moist 

 blood cor- 

 puscles. 



1st female Emys terrapin 



2d " " 



3d " " . 



1st female Emys serrata 



2d " " 



3d " 



4th " 



6th " 



7th male " 



447.28 

 200.00 

 128.44 

 673.52 

 383.80 

 254.22 

 197.92 

 62.60 

 193.67 



Water 

 of moist 

 blood cor- 

 puscles. 



335.46 

 150.00 



96.33 

 505.14 

 387.85 

 190.67 

 148.44 



46.95 

 145.26 



Solid con- 

 stituents of 

 moist blood- 

 corpuscles. 



LIQUOR SANGUINIS. 



Liquor 

 sanguinis. 



111.82 

 50.00 

 32.11 



168.38 

 95.95 

 63 55 

 49.48 

 15.65 

 48.42 



552.72 

 200.00 

 71.56 

 1326.48 

 416.20 

 245.78 

 252.08 

 137.40 

 306.32 



Water of 



liquor 

 sanguinis. 



509.82 

 170.23 

 52.63 

 1245.68 

 369.60 

 206.20 

 212.10 

 107.73 

 255.21 



Solid con- 

 stituents 

 of liquor 



sanguinis. 



42.90 

 29.77 

 18.93 

 80.80 

 46.60 

 39.58 

 39.92 

 29.67 

 51.11 



The following tables have been constructed by calculations based upon careful 

 comparisons of the blood of starved animals with the blood of those in a normal 

 condition. They are, therefore, not absolutely correct, but are the nearest approxi- 

 mation to the truth that can at present be obtained. 



III. — Tahhs showing the Losses of Blood and its Constituents Ltj Animals during different periods 



of Starvation and Thirst. 



