CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



PAG a 



Chemical composition of living matter - - I 

 Proteins - ..... 



Carbo-hydrates - -3 



Fats - 3 



Structure of living matter - 4 



Functions of living matter - . - 6 



CHAPTER II. 

 THE CIRCULATING LIQUIDS OF THE BODY. 



SECTION I. MORPHOLOGY OF THE BLOOD - - J 4 



Blood-corpuscles - 15 



Life-history of the corpuscles - -20 



SECTION II. GENERAL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF 



THE BLOOD - 23 



Viscosity of blood - - 23 



Reaction of blood - - -24 



Specific gravity of blood - 26 



Electrical conductivity of blood - - - 26 



Relative volume of corpuscles and plasma - -27 



Haemolysis - ... - 28 



Agglutination - - -30 



Precipitins - - - 31 



Anaphylaxis - 32 



Coagulation of blood - - 33 



Vaso-constrictor property of shed blood 45 



SECTION III. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF BLOOD - -47 



Haemoglobin and its derivatives - 50 



SECTION IV. QUANTITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE Bi OOD - 55 



Quantity of blood - - * = 



Distribution of blood - - - - - 



