PAROTID SALIVA. 



[BOOK ii. 



between 1003 and 1006, or according to Hoppe-Seyler between 

 1006*1 and 1008'8. It contains no formed elements. 



Parotid saliva contains as a rule no mucin, but 

 small quantities of soluble albuminous bodies; it is 

 therefore partly coagulable by heat and by mineral acids. In the dog 



Chemical 

 characters. 



O *' 



CG -*! 



02 



H O 



H 



1 Compiled from Hoppe-Seyler, Physiologische Chemie, pp. 198 and 199, and Maly 

 (Hermann's Handbuch, Vol. v. part ii. pp. 16 and 17). 



