BLOOD. 



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Having only made two analyses of the blood of healthy persons, 

 I am not in a position to di-aw any inferences regarding difl'er- 

 ences in its composition, dependent npon sex. I have, however, 

 deduced, from Denis's analyses, a table indicating the differences 

 that exist between male and female blood, at the same age. 



Hence it appears that the analyses of Denis ^ bear out 

 Lecanu's statement with regard to the smaller proportion of 

 water in male than in female blood : the albumen, however, 

 appears to be rather more abundant in female than in male 

 blood. The proportion of blood-coi'puscles is smaller, and of 

 fibrin rather larger than in the blood of the male. 



[From the analyses of Becquerel and Rodier, it appears that 

 the influence of sex is so great, that, in order to arrive at any 

 correct conclusions respecting the deviation of morbid blood 

 from the healthy standard, diseased male and female blood must 

 be always contrasted with the respective male and female blood 

 in a state of health. The mean differences may be seen by a 

 glance at the following table : 



