CONSTITUENTS OF BLOOD. 



CAKTII.AOB or A CKILU. 



Phosphate of lime 20-86 



Sulphate of lime 60-68 



Phosphate of magnesia 9-88 



Phosphate and carbonate of soda - * v * traces. 



Chloride of sodium 9-37 



Herz and GuGEKf. 



moM TMB COSTA.L CABTtLAGE OF A MAN TWBITTY YEARS Or AOE. 



Per cent of ash in the cartilage 



2 '24 



Dried muscle of the ox has the same composition as blood. It is composed of 



Beef. 



Carbon - • 51-83 



Hydrogen 7-57 



Nitrogen J5-01 



Oxygen 21-37 



Ashes - 4'23 



Blood. 



61-95 



7-17 

 16-07 

 21-39 



4-42 Playfaik, 



The conslitntion of teeth is rather different from that of ordinary bone. 



Enamel. Om«oiu portion. 



Phosphate of lime with fluoride of calcium - 89-82 66-72 



Carbonate of lime 4'37 3-36 



Phosphate of magnesia 1*34 1-08 



Salts 0-88 0-83 



Cartilage 3-39 2761 



Fat 0-20 0-40 Von Bibra. 



COMPOSITION or GLANDUI.AR MATTER — UVEK. 



Healthy lirer, Fany lirer. 



Water 76-39 56- 15 



Solid matter 23-61 44-85 



Animal matter dried at 212° 21-00 13-32 



Saponifiable fat 1 -60 30-20 



Cholesterin 017 1-33 Bondkt. 



The brain is composed of 



Water 780 



Albumen- ........... 7-3 



Phosphorized fat •---•---- 12-4 



Extractive matter and salts 1*4 Denis. 



The quantity of water in the brain varies, according to the statement of several eminent 

 chemists. According to Fremy, it amounts to 88 per centum. 



