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CIRCULATING FLUIDS: 



The solid residue consisted of: 



Albumen .... 77'978 

 Extractive matters . . 0-977 



Salts .... 9-529 



The whole blood contained, in 1000 parts : 



Water .... 825-698 



Solid residue . . 174-302 



Fibrin . . . 4-568 



Albumen . . , 70-636 



Blood-corpuscles . . 71-069 



Extractive matters . 20-178(?) 



Soluble salts . . 6-399 



Earthy phosphates . 1-825 



The serum presented a singular milky appearance, arising 

 from the presence of numerous minute granules in suspension. 

 No fat-vesicles could be recognized by the microscope. 



Becquerel and Rodier have analysed the blood in eight cases 

 of acute bronchitis, four males and four females. The mean 

 results are expressed in the following table : 



Density of defibrinated blood 



Density of serum 



Water 



Solid constituents 



Fibrin 



Fat . 



Albumen 



Blood-corpuscles 



Extractive matters and salts 



The salts consisted of : 



Chloride of sodium 



Other soluble salts 



Phosphates 



Iron .... 



|3. Pneumonia. 



The blood usually exhibits the characters of hyperinosis, 

 more decidedly in pneumonia than in most other inflammatory 

 diseases, it also retains its heat for a longer period.^ The clot 

 is rather below the ordinary size, very consistent, and does not 



' Lauer found that blood, which, as it flowed from the vein, had a temperature of 

 97°-7, raised the thermometer to 83°-6 thirteen minutes after its removal from the 

 body. 



