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CIRCULATING FLUIDS 



The following table, extracted from their memoir, gives the 

 mean results obtained from the analyses of blood in a number 

 of cases of well marked inflammation. 



Density of defibrinated blood 



Density of serum 



Water 



Solid constituents 



Fibrin 



Albumen 



Blood-corpuscles 



Extractive matters and salts 



Fat ... 



Consisting of — Serolin 



Phosphorized fat 

 Cholesterin 

 Saponified fat 



Males. 



1056-3 



1027-0 



791-5 



208-5 



5-8 



66-0 



128-0 



7-0 



1-742 



0-020 

 0-602 

 0-136 

 0-984 



The salts in 1000 parts of blood were : 



Chloride of sodium . . . . 3-1 



Other soluble salts .... 2-4 



Phosphates 0-448 



Iron 0-490 



Females. 

 1054-5 

 1026-8 

 801-0 

 199-0 

 5-7 

 65-8 

 118-6 

 7-2 

 1-669 

 0-024 

 0-601 

 0-130 

 0-914 



3-0 



2-7 



0-344 



0-480 



By a comparison of these results with the formulae for healthy 

 blood, (vide supra, p. 233,) we see that only three constituents, 

 fibrin, cholesterin, and albumen, dcvdate from the normal 

 standard. The first two of these constituents are increased, 

 the last is diminished.] 



I. PHLOGOSES OF THE CIRCULATING SYSTEM. 



ft. Metrophlebitis puerperalis. 



In most of the cases of metrophlebitis puerperalis that have 

 occurred in our lying-in institution as well as in the hospital, 

 the blood exhibited all the symptoms of hyperinosis. Accord- 

 ing to Ebert's observations the clot was rather large, and so 

 consistent that sections of it still displayed a powerful and 

 well-marked tenacity. The surface, which was more or less con- 

 cave, was either covered with a thin true bufiy coat, or more fre- 

 quently, with a rather thick, and often discoloured stratum of 

 gelatinous substance, forming, what is termed, a false bufty 

 coat. Gelatinous coagula, of a similar nature, were also fre- 

 quently seen floating in the serum. 



