ix CONTENTS 



CHAPTER II. 



fAC.E 



1. Reaction of blood - - - 62 



2. Specific gravity of blood - - - 62 



3. Coagulation of blood - - - - - 62 



4. Preparation of fibrin -ferment - 65 



5. Preparation of extracts containing thrombokiiaase - 65 



6. Serum - 65 



7. Action of serum on artery rings - 06 



8. Comparison of action of seram and epinephrim on artery rings 66 



9. Comparison of action of serum and plasma on artery rings - 66 



10. Enumeration of the blood-corpuscles - - - 67 



11. Haematocrite - .... 68 



12. Electrical conductivity of blood - - - -68 



13. Opacity of blood - - - - 70 



14. Laking of blood 



15. Haemolysis and agglutination - - - 71 



1 6. Osmotic resistance of coloured corpuscles - - 73 



17. Blood-pigment - - - 73 



(1) Preparation of haemoglobin crystals - - 73 



(2) Spectroscopic examination of haemoglobin and its 



derivatives - 74 



(3) Guaiacum test for blood - 76 



(4) Quantitative estimation of haemoglobin - 76 



(5) Haemin test for blood-pigment - - -78 



CHAPTER III. 



1. Microscopic examination of the circulating blood - - 193 



2. Anatomy of the frog's heart - - - 194 



3. Beat of the heart - - - - - 194 



4. Apex of the heart - -194 



5. Heart tracings - - - - 194 



6. Dissection of vagus and cardiac sympathetic in frog - 1 96 



7. Stimulation of the vagus in the frog - - 198 



8. Stimulation of the junction of the sinus and auricles - 598 



9. Action of muscarine and atropine on the heart - 199 



10. Stannius' experiment - - 199 



1 1 . Stimulation of cardiac sympathetic in frog - - - 1 99 



12. Action of inorganic salts on heart-muscle ... 2 co 



13. Action of the mammalian heart - - - 201 



14. Perfusion of the isolated mammalian heart - - - 205 



15. Action of the valves of the heart ... 2 o6 



16. Sounds of the heart ----.. 207 



17. Cardiogram ....... 207 



