380 LIQUID PARTS OF ANIMALS. 



We see a great diminution in the globules and a proportional 

 increase in the water, albumen, and salts. 



12. Blood in Chlorosis. In this disease there appears to be a 

 great diminution in the globules of the blood, as appears from 

 the following analysis of the blood of a chlorotic patient by M. 

 Lecanu : 



Water, . 862-40 

 Globules, 55.15 



Albumen, &c. 82-45 



1000-00 



A second analysis of the blood of the same patient made some 

 months later gave, 



Water, ^ - 861-97 



Globules, 51-29 



Albumen, &c. 86-74 



1000-00 



Foedisch made two comparative analyses of healthy blood and 

 chlorotic blood. The result is as follows : 



Cruor. Serum. Fibrin. Water. Iron. 



Healthy blood, . 124-00 86-01 25-11 756-87 8-01 

 Healthy blood, . 144-00 89-20 25-01 732-73 9-01 



Chlorotic blood, . 91-41 93-61 6-40 826-28 3-30 



Chlorotic blood, . 85-90 92-21 6-31 830-75 5-01 



It was in consequence of the supposed diminution of iron which 

 was believed to be the colouring matter of blood that physicians 

 prescribed iron as a remedy in chlorosis. 



] 3. Milky Blood. In certain pathological states of the body 

 not yet well determined, the blood has such a resemblance to milk 

 that it has been compared to milk mixed with a little blood. 

 This was for a long time ascribed to the mixture of milk with the 

 blood. But analysis has shown that this blood does not contain 

 the constituents of milk ; but that its milky appearance is owing 

 to the existence of fatty matters held in suspension in it. The 

 following analysis of such a blood by Lecanu shows this very 

 clearly : 



