TEMPERATURE OF ARTERIAL AND VENOUS BLOOD. 827 



the combination of oxygen with haemoglobin. The numerous results 

 obtained by different observers have been collected by Bernard, 1 and 

 are given in the following tables : 



TABLE I. 



Results in which the Arterial Blood is warmer than the Venous. 



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1 ' Lemons sur la chaleur animale," 1876, p. 40 et scq. 

 ~ 'Elementa Physiol.," 1760. 



3 'Experiments and Observations on Animal Heat," London, 1779. 



4 ' An Essay on the Blood," London, 1824. 



5 'Recherches experimentales," etc., Paris, 1808, p. 69. 

 * Phil. Trans., London, 1814. 



7 Rheinisch. u. Westplial. Correspondent., 1843, 1844, 1845. 



