GENERAL INDEX. 



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Choroid plexus,trial for lymphatics in, 139. 



Chyle, molecular base of, agreeing with 



the milk-like matter on serum, 82. 



of birds, said to be transparent and 

 colourless, 86, 123, 146. 



of birds, suggestion, according to the 

 old view, that it may enter the cir- 

 culation by themesentericveins,87. 



renderingserum white, 87. See Serum. 



base of, composed of fatty particles, 88. 



and lymph, course of, 123. 



white in a crocodile, 147. 



supposed originally to be absorbed 

 by veins, 172. 



said to have been seen in the blood 

 of the mesenteric veins, 173. 



of the seal, supposed to be absorbed 

 by veins, 179. 



globules of, their chemical and other 

 characters, 253-4. See Corpuscles. 



ruddy colour of in the horse, caused 

 by blood-corpuscles, 276, 277. 



size of the corpuscles of, see Mea- 

 surements and Corpuscles. 

 Chyme of birds, 87 ; of the pheasant, 87. 

 CIGNA, on the colour of the blood-clot, 8. 



on the effect of air on the colour of 

 the blood, 8. See Blood. 



thought that the lungs serve to cool 



the blood, 8. 



Circulation of the blood, may go on with- 

 out a heart, 124, 125. 

 Coagulable lymph, 5. See Fibrin. 



the term used by BUTT, xxix, xxxiv. 



confounded with serum, xxix, xxx, 

 6,30. 



PETIT on, xxx. 



termed glaire,xxxi; and gluten, xxxvi. 



the term used by HOULSTON and 

 GEORGE FORDYCE, xxxvii. 



its tenuity said to be increased in 

 inflammation, see Inflammation. 



its coagulation retarded by the blood- 

 vessels, and prevented by salt, 

 xxxviii. 



notice of HEWSON'S inquiries con- 

 cerning, xxxviii-ix. 



fluid when circulating, 14. 



forms the buffy coat, 15, 30, 32-3, 73. 



plugs up arteries, aneurisms, and 

 forms polypi, 15. 



its share in diseases, 15. 



is the self-coagulating principle of 

 the blood, 15. 



effects of agitation on coagulation, 15. 



separating in the veins, 22. 



heat required to coagulate it, 26, 27, 

 78, 82. 



experiments of separating it from the 

 red corpuscles, 31, 32. 



Coagulable lymph, {continued.} 



state of, in inflammation, 34. 



properties of, changed during its eva- 

 cuation, 44. 



one part remaining fluid when the 

 other has coagulated, 48-50. 



sudden changes in its properties, 

 53, 54, 75, 76. See Blood. 



properties of, altered by vascular 

 action ; and by struggles of a dying 

 animal, 57. See Blood. 



may coagulate slowly without being 

 thinned, 58. 



thickened by bloodletting, 59. 



Dr. B. G. BABINGTON on, 73. 



thinning of, in inflammation, 73. 



its properties changed by the action 

 of the blood-vessels, 74, 75. 



its disposition to coagulate, and its 

 consistency, connected with vas- 

 cular action, 76. See Coagulation. 



thinning and retarded coagulation of, 

 from strong vascular action, 76. 



how differing from serum, 78, 79, 80. 



changes in the consistency of, in 

 disease, 161-2. 



forming crusts, without ulceration, on 

 serousmembranes, xxxvii, 162,164. 



changes of, in disease, 161-2, 164-5. 



of blood, fluid of lymphatics and of 

 serous sacscomparedwith,161, 165. 



of blood supposed to be converted 

 into pus, 165. 



supposed sometimes to thin the blood, 

 169. 



called mucago by HARVEY, 232. 



supposed to be converted into the 

 envelopes of the blood-discs, 289. 

 See Lymph, Coagulation, and 

 Blood. 



Coagulated lymph on serous membranes, 

 162. See Serous Membranes. 



on membrane without idceration, 162. 



in the pericardium of bullocks after 

 death, 198. See Pericardium, and 

 Fluid. 



Coagulation of the blood, history of, 

 xxv-xlv. 



ascribed to a fibrous matter, xxv ; to 

 a glutinous matter liquid in the 

 living body, xxvi, xxxv ; to a flat- 

 tening of the corpuscles, and the 

 mixture with them of a mucilage, 

 xxvii. 



the self-coagulating principle well 

 understood in 1681, xxvi, xxviii; 

 and the discovery of it wrongly as- 

 cribed in 183 7 to Mr. HUNTER, xliv. 



supposed to be due merely to the red 

 corpuscles, xxviii-ix, xxxix, xliii-iv. 



