EXCRETORY FUNCTION OF THE LIVER. 



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the next day, with paralysis. The leg was less affected than 

 the arm, from the first. The cause was supposed by Dr. 

 Flint, the attending physician, to be due to an embolus. 

 Her condition is now about the same, as regards the arm, but 

 the leg has somewhat improved. 



These cases all occurred at the Black well's Island Hos- 

 pital. The treatment in all consisted of good diet, frictions, 

 passive motion, and use of the paralyzed members as much 

 as possible. 



A small quantity of blood was drawn from both arms in 

 these three cases. It was drawn from the paralyzed side, in 

 each instance, with great difficulty, and but a small quantity 

 could be obtained. 



The specimens were all examined for cholesterine, with 

 the following results : 



Table of Quantity of Cholesterine in Blood of Paralyzed 

 and Sound Sides, in three cases of Hemiplegia. 



The result of these examinations is very interesting : not 

 a single crystal of cholesterine was found in any of the three 

 specimens of blood from the paralyzed side, while about the 

 normal quantity was found in the blood from the sound side. 

 As the nutrition of other tissues is interfered with in paraly- 



