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PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 



The gases of the blood-serum, which consist chiefly of carbon 

 dioxide with only a little nitrogen and oxygen, will be described 

 when treating of the gases of the blood. 



Because of the difficulty of obtaining plasma only a few analy- 

 ses have been made. As an example the results of the analyses of 

 the blood-plasma of the horse will be given below. The analysis 

 No. 1 was made by HOPPE-SEYLER. No. 2 is the average of the 

 results of three analyses made by the AUTHOR. The figures are 

 given in 1000 parts of the plasma. 



No. 1. 



Water 908.4 



Solids 91.6 



Total albuminous bodies 77.6 



Fibrin 10.1 



Globulin 



Serum albumin 



Fat 1.2 



Extractive substances 4.0 



Soluble salts 6.4 



Insoluble salts 1.7 j 



As an example of the constitution of the blood-serum with 

 special regard to the relationship of the different albuminous 

 bodies to each other, the following analyses are given. The results 

 are in 1000 parts. 



No. 2. 



917.6 

 82.4 

 69.5 

 6.5 

 38.4 

 24.6 



12.9 



