COMPOSITION OF LYMPH AND CHYLE. 363 



when speaking of the white or rudimentary corpuscles of 

 the blood, with which they are identical (see pp. 85 and 

 103). Their mode of origin, probably in the lymphatic 

 glands, is obscure. 



From what has been said, it will appear that perfect 

 chyle and lymph are, in essential characters, nearly similar, 

 and scarcely differ except in the preponderance of fatty 

 matter in the chyle. The comparative analysis of the two 

 fluids obtained from the lacteals and the lymphatics of a 

 donkey, is thus given by Dr. Owen Eees. 



Chyle. Lymph. 



Water 9' 2 37 9 6> 53 6 



Albumen 3'5i6 1-200 



Fibrin 0-370 0-120 



Animal extractive .... 1*565 I- 559 



Fatty matter 3-601 a trace. 



Salts 0-711 0*585 



lOO'OOO lOO'OOO 



The analyses of Nasse afford an estimate of the rela- 

 tive compositions of the lymph, chyle, and blood of the 

 horse. * 



Lymph. Chyle. Blood. 



Water , . . . . 950- 935- 810- 



Corpuscles .... 4- 92-8 



Albumen 39-11 31- 80- 



Fibrin 0-75 2-8 



Extractive matter . . . 4-88 6-25 5-2 



Fatty matter .... 0-09 15- 1-55 



Alkaline salts . . . . 5-61 7- 6-7 



Phosphate of lime and magne- } _ 

 sia, oxide of iron, etc. / 



1000- 1000- 1000' 



* The analysis of the blood differs rather widely from that given at 

 page 78 ; but if it be erroneous, it is probable that corresponding errors 

 exist in the analysis of the lymph and chyle ; and that therefore the 

 tables in the text may represent accurately enough the relation in which 

 the three fluids stand to each other. 



