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GENERAL INDEX. 



DAVY, Sir HUMPHREY, on the effect of 



gases on coagulation of blood, 20. 

 on the curd of the salmon, 86. 

 Dead and living parts, coagulation of 



blood confined in, 23. 

 DE HAEN, confounded coagulable lymph 



with serum, xxx. 



DELAFOND,on the blood of the horse, 40. 

 DELLA TORRE, on the shape of the red 



corpuscles of the blood, 211. 

 his glasses, 214, 225. 

 on the centre of the blood-disc, 216. 

 supposed that the red corpuscles of 



the blood are perforated, 221. 

 his figures of the division of the 

 red corpuscles of the blood, 226 ; 

 and of the rolls of the corpuscles, 

 221. 



DELPECHE, M., on the pale blood of the 

 young embryo of vertebrata, 222. 

 DENIS, M., incorrectly declares that he dis- 

 covered the liquidity of the fibrin in 

 the circulating blood, xliii. 

 on the coagulation of fibrin after it 



has been dried, 21. 

 on the buffy coat of the blood, 33. 

 on fibrin and albumen, 81. 

 on fibrin and serum, 81. 

 Dictionnaire Raisonne d' Anatomic, xxx. 

 DIONIS, on the use of the thymus, 261. 

 Dog, coagulation of the blood of, 24, 27 ; 



villi of the intestines of, 187. 

 Dogs, size of the blood-discs of, 218. 

 DONNE, on the use of the spleen, 273. 

 DOWLER, Mr., on the fibres of fibrin as 

 distinguishing it from albumen, 

 xlv. 

 DRAKE, on the coagulation of the blood, 



xxix. 

 Dropsy, proportion of serum in the blood 



increased in, 1. 



properties of the fluid of, 157, 160. 

 produced by a ligature on the vena 

 cava, 1 74 ; and on the jugulars, 

 175. 



account of, 196-204. ' 

 Drowning, effect of, on the coagulation 

 of the blood, 68, 69, and on the 

 rigidity of muscle, 69. 

 state of the blood in the splenic vein 



of kittens killed by, 269. 

 DRUMMOND, Dr., 66. 

 Duct, thoracic, see Thoracic Duct. 

 Ductus aquosi, 123, 157. 

 DUMAS, entertained the hypothesis that 

 the fibres of fibrin are formed of 

 colourless nuclei of the red cor- 

 puscles of the blood, xlii. 

 on the formation of fat in animals, 

 87. 



DUTROCHET, supported the hypothesis 

 that the fibres of fibrin are formed 

 of colourless nuclei of the red cor- 

 puscles of the blood, xlii. 



DUVERNOI, observed the vesicular roots 

 of the milk-ducts, 191. 



Ecchymoses, blood remaining long fluid 



in, 70. 



Echidna, on the blood-discs of, 218. 

 Edinburgh, HEWSON studied and attended 

 Dr. MONRO'S lectures at,xiv,xv,92. 

 LEEUWENHOEK'S doctrine on the 

 blood taught at, by the first Dr. 

 MONRO, and opposed by the se- 

 cond, xxxiv. 



EDWARDS, Dr. MILNE, supported the hy- 

 pothesis that the fibres of fibrin are 

 formed of colourless nuclei of the 

 red corpuscles of the blood, xlii. 

 states the belief on the Continent, 

 that the coagulation of the blood is 

 produced by thered corpuscles, xliii. 

 Electricity, effect of, on coagulation of 

 blood and irritability of muscle, 20, 21. 

 Elephant, large size of its blood-discs, 217. 

 Embryo, young, of vertebrata, discovery of 

 the paleness of the blood in, xliv-v. 

 red corpuscles of the blood of, larger 

 than those of the adult, xlvi, 233. 

 of a fowl, red corpuscles of the blood 

 larger and rounder than those of 

 the mother, 233 ; and so in the 

 viper, 233. 

 of mammals, blood - corpuscles of, 



larger than after birth, 233. 

 abundance of pale corpuscles in the 



blood of, 222. 



paleness of the blood of, xliv-v, 222. 

 nuclei in the red corpuscles of, 222. 

 Emphysema, HEWSON'S account of his 

 paper on, in answer to Dr. MONRO, 

 92. 



remarks on, 291. 

 experiments concerning, 295. 

 cases from wounds of the lungs, 297. 

 from an abscess in the lungs, 301. 

 best place for performing the para- 



centesis thoracis for, 301. 

 Empyema, matter of, instance of its co- 

 agulating spontaneously, 16. 

 Envelope of the red corpuscles of the 

 blood, nucleus within the, like a 

 pea in a bladder, 274. 

 action of water on the envelope, 274 ; 



and of a neutral salt, 274-5. 

 adhesion between the envelope and 



nucleus, 275. 



formed in lymphatics emerging from 

 a lymphatic gland, 277. 



