CHYLE. 



4G1 



probably clue to the absorption of the amylolytic ferment of the pancreas 

 from the intestinal canal. 



Chyle of Man (Rees). 

 Water 90.48 per cent. 



Solids, 



Fibrin, : ' . . ^ 

 Albumen, ..... 

 Eats, lecithin, cholesterin, etc., 

 Extractives, . . 



Salts, . . . . . 



Water, 

 Solids, 



Chyle of Dog (Hoppe-SeyUr). 



trace 

 7.08 

 0.92 

 1.0 

 0.44 



90.67 

 9.02 



Fibrin, . .";.-. 



Albumen 



Fats, lecithin, cholesterin, etc., 



Fatty acid and soaps, 



Salts, 



0.11 

 2.10 

 6.48 

 0.23 

 0.79 



Chyle of Horse (C. Schmidt). 



Sodium, 0.13 " " 



Potassium, . . ... . . 0.07 " " 



Phosphates and sulphates, . . . 0.11 " " 



The following table gives the composition of the chyle from the 

 thoracic duct in the ruminant under different conditions (Wurtz) : 



Pure chyle from the mesenteric vessels of the ox before mixture 

 with the lymph has a specific gravity of 1013 and contains in 100 parts 



