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4. In a case of pneumonia after catarrh, four analyses were 

 made, the blood taken at the first venesection apparently not 

 having been examined. In addition to the bleedings, tartarized 

 antimony and calomel were administered : recovery. 



2d Venes. 



Water .... 796-494 



Solid constituents . . 203-506 



Fibrin .... 5-919 



Albumen and blood-corpuscles 1 73605 



Soluble salts . . . 10-188 



Insoluble salts . . r340 



Extractive matters . . 11-454 



5. In a case of pneumonia of four weeks^ standing, accom- 

 panied with catarrh and delirium tremens, in which tartar emetic 

 was administered, and recovery took place, the following results 

 were obtained : 



2d Venesection. 3d Venesection. 4th Venesection. 



Water . . . 793237 797-915 



Solid constituents . 206-763 202-085 

 Fibrin . . . 7-893 9-087 9-478 



Albumen and corpuscles 157-916 164-451 

 Salts . . , 10-978 8-291 



Extractive matters . 29-975 20-256 



Helleri has analysed the blood of a powerful young man, 

 aged 21 years, suffering from pneumonia, the left lung being 

 perfectly hepatized. 



The colour of the blood was rather dark. As it flowed from 

 the vein, its reaction was perfectly neutral. The serum, after 

 the separation of the clot, had an alkaline reaction, a specific 

 gravity of 1025, and was of a darker yellow colour than usual, 

 although the addition of nitric acid disproved the presence of 

 biliphsein. The blood was composed of 600 parts of clot and 

 400 of serum. It contained, in 1000 parts : 



Becquerel and Rodier have analysed the blood of five women 



' Archiv fiir pbysiologische und pathologiscbe Chemie und Mikroskopie. Wieu, 

 1844, vol. 1, p. 3. 



