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PHYSIOLOGY AND TEMPERANCE, 



CHAPTEK VI. 

 CIRCULATION. 



1. The Blood. The blood is the life-giving liquid which 

 permeates every part of the body, except the cuticle, hair, 

 nails, etc. The average quantity in the body is equal to 

 about one-thirteenth of the body-weight; therefore, a man 



FIG. 25. Blood Corpuscles: A, magnified about 400 diameters. 

 The red corpuscles have arranged themselves in rolls, a, a, white 

 corpuscles. B, red corpuscles more magnified ; C, corpuscles seen 

 edgewise ; F, G, /7, 7, white corpuscles highly magnified. 



weighing about one hundred and eighty-five pounds would 

 have between fourteen and fifteen pounds of blood. As it 

 is drawn from the body, it is a red, sticky fluid. Examined 



