BLOOD. 



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Becquerel and Rodier have recently published an elaborate 

 memoir on the composition of the blood in health and disease. 

 Their method of analysis is founded on nearly the same prin- 

 ciples as that of Andral and Gavarret, which Avill be found at 

 the commencement of our section on Diseased Blood. 



The following table is drawn up from the analyses of the 

 blood of 1 1 men^ varying in age from 21 to 56 years^ all of whom 

 were considered by the experimenters to be in perfect health. 



The composition of the blood in the healthy female, as 

 deduced from eight analyses, is given in the following table : 



