496 FLUID PRODUCTS 



Analysis 173. 



Water ..... 860-00 



Solid constituents .... 140-00 



Cholesterin with a little margarin and oleic acid . 8-40 



Albumen ..... 48-30 



Albuminate of soda with extractive matter . 6-88 



Extractive matter soluble in alcohol . . 2*30 



Chlorides of sodium and calcium, a little sulphate, and "1 70-52 



traces of phosphate of lime . . . J 



Phosphate of lime with traces of peroxide of iron . 0-70 



[Heller has recently published an essay on the fluid of 

 hydrocele, founded on three analyses : 



1. Nearly ten ounces of fluid were removed from a man 

 aged 65 years, who had laboured under hydrocele for seven 

 years. 



The fluid was of a dark-brown colour, alkaline, and of 

 specific gravity 1021. 



It contained a large amount of bile-pigment but no chole- 

 sterin, and after standing deposited a sediment. 



In 1000 parts there were contained : 



Water .... 919-2 



Solid constituents . . .80-8 



Albumen .... 58-0 



Free fat . . . .1-6 



A soda-soap, biliphain, haematoglobulin, "I , 



dissolved haematin, and extractive matters J 

 Fixed salts . 7 -3 



2. About three ounces were obtained from a man aged 30 

 years. The fluid was of a clear yellow colour, strongly alkaline, 

 and had a specific gravity of 1020. 



It contained in 1000 parts : 



Water ..... 934-00 



Solid constituents .... 66-00 



Albumen .... 52-81 



Fixed salts, chiefly chloride of sodium . 7 -68 



Fat, but no cholesterin . . . 0-14 



Water-extract . . . . 1-17 



A soda-soap, biliary resin and pigment, urea, uric 1 4 . 2Q 



acid, and alcohol-extract . . . J 



3. One ounce was taken from a man aged 50 years. It 



