494 FLUID PRODUCTS 



1. 2. 3. 



Water . . . 935-52 936-06 928-0 



Solid constituents . . 64-48 63*94 72-0 



Fibrin 0'62 0-60 



Albuminate of soda 

 Albumen 

 Fat . 



Alcohol-extract . 

 Water-extract . 

 Salts 



49-77 52-78 



52-0 



2-14 1-35 2-4 



1-84 1 , A1 5-2 



1-62 } 1>61 2-2 



7-93 7-40 10-2 ] 



I once analysed the fluid obtained from incisions in the 

 lower extremities of a man with Bright' s disease. It contained 

 a very appreciable amount of urea, and a considerable quantity 

 of albumen, with much chloride of sodium. 



I give the results of this analysis : 



Analysis 172. 



Specific gravity . . . .1012 



Water .... 976-0 



Solid constituents 24-0 



Fat containing cholesterin 



Albumen 



Alcohol-extract with urea 



Spirit-extract 



Water-extract 



Carbonate of soda and phosphate of lime 



Chloride of sodium and lactate of soda 



0-5 

 7-0 

 2-0 

 1-9 

 3-0 

 1-0 

 8-1 



[Heller has recently published an elaborate essay on the 

 chemistry of the fluids in Bright's disease, including several 

 analyses of the subcutaneous serum. His analyses of the blood 

 and urine will be found in Appendix II. 



a. The subcutaneous serum from the body of a man who 

 died from Blight's disease was of a pale yellow colour, alka- 

 line, and had a specific gravity of 1011. It contained only a 

 very small quantity of albumen, but a large amount of fixed 

 salts, viz. 10-1 in 1000 parts of the fluid. 



b. Several ounces of fluid were obtained by incisions in the 

 leg of a man aged 40 years, with general oedema. The liquid 

 was clear and almost as colourless as water, there being merely 

 a very faint tint of yellow. On cooling there was formed at 

 the bottom of the vessel a very light and delicate clot, which 

 was slightly pink from the presence of a few blood-corpuscles ; 



