ACTION ON THE CELLULAR ELEMENTS OF THE BLOOD. 



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Fig. Z3.— Rabbit 13. Simultaneous counts were made from a vein of the ear and one of the mesentery; that of the ear 

 was high, that of the mesentery lower; the count of the mesenteric vein fell after venom had been injected. 



Rabbit 14. An initial high leucocyte count was found in both the blood from the ear and the mesenteric 

 vein. After injection no striking rise in the leucocytes from the ear-vein was noted, and there was a 

 marked fall in the number of leucocytes in the blood of the mesenteric vein, followed bv a alight rise. 



Rabbit 15. A very marked fall in number of leucocytes was observed in blood of ear-vein, associated with 

 a slight fall in number in mesenteric vein of a rabbit that liad a preexisting leucocytosis following injec- 

 tion of a relatively small dose of venom. 



Fig. a.— Babbit 16. A rise in leucocytes of blood of ear-vein was found after injection of venom, with a considerably 

 lower number of leucocytes in successive counts taken from veins of abdominal cavity (mesenteric vein, 

 splenic vein, vena-cava). In this experiment an initial fall in number of leucocytes could be excluded 

 through repetition of early counts. 



