CONTENTS. 



XIX 



Page 

 On animal heat ...... ^ . 142 



Metamorphosis of the blood in the nutrition of the organism . . 147 



Active metamorphosis of the blood . . . . .152 



Special chemistry of the blood. 



Proximate constituents of the blood . . . . .166 



On the methods of analysing the blood . . . . .167 



Analysis of coagulated blood . . • . . .190 



071 the health!/ blood in relation to phyniology. 



On the distinctive characters of arterial and venous blood . . .192 



Properties of the blood of the vena portae ; its compaiison with arterial blood 201 

 Properties of the blood of the hepatic vein ; its comparison with the blood of 



the vena portae . . . • • • » • 208 

 Properties of the blood of the renal veins ; its comparison with the blood of 



the aorta ........ 213 



Comparison of venous blood with the blood of the capillaries . . 217 

 Review of the modifications and changes that the blood undergoes in the 



com-se of the circulation ...... 218 



On the absolute composition of healthy venous blood . . .227 



On the differences of the blood dependent on sex . . . . 234 



„ „ „ on constitution . . . 236 



„ „ „ on temperament . . ib. 



„ „ „ on age . . . . ib. 



ON DISEASED BLOOD. 



The pathological chemistry of the blood ..... 239 



Andral and Gavarret's method of analysis ..... 240 



On the effect of repeated venesections on the blood . . . 248 



First form of diseased blood : hyperinosis ..... 250 



Blood in inflammatory affections generally . . . .251 



„ metrophlebitis puerperalis ..... 252 



„ phlegmasia alba dolens ..... 253 



„ carditis . . . . . • . 254 



„ bronchitis . . . . . . ,255 



„ pneumonia ....... 258 



„ pleuritis ....... 266 



„ angina tonsillaris (amygdalitis) .... 268 



„ hepatitis and lienitis . . . . . . ib. 



„ peritonitis ....... 269 



„ nephritis and cystitis . . . . . . 273 



„ rheumatismus acutus . . . . . . ib. 



„ erysipelas ....... 277 



„ phthisis tuberculosa . . . . . .279 



„ febris puerperalis ...... 282 



„ eclampsia . . . . ... . ib. 



„ carcinoma meduUare colli uteri .... 284 



