OHAPTEE VIII. 



PATHOLOG Y— continued. 



CHAK"GES I:N" THE BLOOD. 



Healthy Blood, when it can be seen flowing in the vessels of a 

 living part, appears as a colourless fluid — the liquor sanguinis — 

 containing minute solid particles — the blood globules — of which 

 the greater part are red, and the remainder colourless or white. 

 Analyses of blood show that it is composed of, in 1000 parts — 

 Water, ..... 784- 



Eed corpuscles, 

 Albumen, 

 Saline matters, . 

 Extractive matters, 

 Fibrin, 



131- 

 70- 

 6-03 

 6-77 

 2-2 



1000-00 



The above constituents being proportioned as follows : — 



Water, 



Albumen, 



Eibrin, 



Eed corpuscles, 



Fatty matters. 



Inorganic salts, 



0-08 



0-4 



0-02 



' Globulin, 

 ( Haematin, . 

 Cliolesterine, 

 Cerebrine, . 

 Seroline, 



Oleic and margaric acids, 

 Volatile and odorous fatty acid, 

 Fat containing phosphorus. 

 Chloride of sodium, . 

 CMoride of potassium, 

 Tribasic phosphate of soda, 

 \ Carbonate of soda, . 

 Sulphate of soda. 

 Phosphate of lime and magnesia, 

 Oxide and phosphate of iron. 

 Extractive matter, Avith salivary matter, urea, ] 

 biliary colouring matter, gases, and accidental > 

 substances, . . . , . j 



784 

 70 



2-2 

 123-5 



7-5 



\ 1-3 



3-6 



0-36 



0-2 



0-84 



0-28 



0-25 



0-5 



5-47 



1000-00 



