CHAPTER XVI 



BLOOD ANALYSIS 



THE study of the composition of the blood under various normal and 

 pathological conditions has received great impetus from the development 

 of methods for blood analysis which require but small amounts of 

 material and yet give accurate results. Many facts of physiological 

 as well as clinical importance have thus been made available. Some 

 typical examples of data obtained in this way are given in the table on 



COMPOSITION OF NORMAL BLOOD AND OF THE BLOOD IN CERTAIN 

 PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 1 



1 Results are expressed as milligrams per 100 c.c. of blood unless otherwise indi- 

 cated. Some of the figures given are based upon but few analyses and may not be entirely 

 characteristic. 



2 A short time after a meal rich in fat the blood may contain considerably more fat. 



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