BLOOD : I i 



The Bpecific gravity of the benzol-chloroform mixl 



and this value is Bupposed to gh •• th< ■<!. 



The Bpecific gravity of the blood determined in tin 

 t ween 1 040 and 1 .065. It is some •■ i al 

 after exercise; it is Blightly lower duri day I 



the variation in individuals is considerable Th< • which 



in the sj ific gravity of the blood in disease are chiefly due tioi 



in the percentage of protein, since the Ball 



tively fixed. It is only when greal chai ir in t ; 



of the noncolloidal salts that they markedly a 



Prom ,,(| to 92 per cenl of the plasma and From 59 2 

 corpuscles consisl of water. Of the whole blood, from I 

 by volume or aboul 55 per cenl by weight cons 

 40 to 30 | t by volume or 15 per cent by weight 



puscles. 



THE PROTEINS OF THE BLOOD 



The plasma obtained by centrifuging the blood rendered not 

 Mi- by oxalates, hirudin or other means 



per < - « - t 1 1 of coagulable proteins. These proteins a min, 



Berum globulin, and fibrinogen. Thej can be 

 by tin' nse of acids and neutral sails. Their proportion ■ 

 ferent conditions, bu1 is approximately 



Fibrinogen ....0.1 



'•iilin 



•mi albumin 



The amount of fibrinogen is subject to th< 



Fibrinogen 



The l( oluble of the bl 1 p fibril 



almost freed of it by hal tion with Bodim lh a 



small amounl cid It is precipit • in ti 



of blood coagulation 



anmunt of fibrin which it product 



Scrum Globulin ami Serum Albumin 

 Globulin ordinarily defim 



and albumins as b.-in It - 



serum globulin and albumin 

 lin obtained b\ dialysis can 



