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CONTENTS. 



, Saponifiable fats 



a. Fatty bases 



Glycerin 

 Oxide of cetyl 

 Cerain 



b. Fatty acids 



Margaryl and its oxides — stearic and margaric acids 

 Oleic acid 



Butyric and its allied acids 

 Cerebric and oleophosphoric acids 

 . Non-saponifiable fats : 



a. Cholesterin 



b. Serolin 

 . Organic acids : 



a. Lactic acid 



b. Oxalic acid 



c. Acetic acid 



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CHEMISTRY OF MAN. 



CHAPTER I. 

 On the proximate analysis of compound animal substances . 87 



CHAPTER II. 

 The circulating fluids — the blood 



The general physical relations of the blood. 

 Microscopic analysis of the blood ..... 



The general chemical relations of the blood. 



The general chemical relations of the blood-corpuscles 



jj „ „ colouring matter of the blood 



^^ „ „ nuclei of the Ijlood-corpuscles 



,, „ „ plasma (liquor sanguinis) 



The retardation or prevention of coagulation 



Acceleration of the joagulation ..... 



On the chemical physiology of the blood. 



On the formation of the blood ...... 



On the forces that circulate the blood ..... 



On the process of respiration ...... 



Absolute quantity of expired carbonic acid .... 



Relations of the constituents of the expired air to the theory of respiration 

 Respiration of the frctus and of animals .... 



On the metamorphosis of the blood . . 



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