LYMPH. 



Water, . 990'0 



Albumen, . 1 *5 



Osmazorae, 0*5 



Common salt, . 6 '5 



Phosphate of soda, 0*5 



Carbonate of soda, 1*0 



1000-0* 



3. Guttural ganglions of the horse. The liquid in these gan- 

 glions was examined by Lassaigne,f and found to contain, 



Fibrin, a great deal. 



Coagulated albumen, a little. 



Soluble albumen. 



Traces of fatty matter. 



Phosphate and carbonate of lime. 



It was observed by M. Gaspard, that when men were obliged, 

 from want of proper food, to feed on grass and green herbs, ana- 

 sarca was the consequence. :f 



4. Liquor of the pericardium. This liquor, obtained from the 

 pericardium of a boy who died suddenly, was examined by Dr 

 Bostock. It had the colour and appearance of the serum of 

 blood. When evaporated to dryness it left a residuum amount- 

 ing to ^yth of its weight. When exposed to the heat of boiling 

 water it became opaque and thready. It was abundantly pre- 

 cipitated by corrosive sublimate before boiling, but after boiling 

 and filtering it was not affected by this reagent. Hence it evi- 

 dently contained albumen. It yielded, 



Water, . 92-0 



Albumen, . 5 '5 



Mucus, . 2-0 



Common salt, 0'5 



100-0 



5. 'Liquor from spina bifida. This liquid also was examined 

 by Dr Bostock.|| It was slightly opaque, and did not alter ve- 

 getable blues. Heat increased its opacity, but did not coagulate 

 it It contained, 



* Jour, de Physiol. i. 98. t Ibid. p. 391 



+ ibid. p. 237. Nicholson's Journal, xiv. 147. 



II Nicholson's Jour. xiv. 145. 



