BLOOD. 



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The blood drawn at tlie first venesection yielded : 



Three days after this venesection the patient was again bled. 

 The blood contained : 



Water 



Solid constituents 



Fibrin 



Blood-cor^juscles 



Albumen 



Salts 



Extractive matters 



780-00 

 220-00 



12-72 

 118-47 



69-83 

 7-63 



11-35 



The blood obtained by a foui'th venesection contained : 

 Water .... 796-00 



Solid constituents . . 204-00 

 Fibrin .... 8-87 



Blood-corpuscles . . 106-26 



In Heller's case the blood was taken from a robust man, 

 aged 31 years. The clot was firm, and slightly buffed; the 

 serum was of a deep yellowish-red colour, veiy alkaline, of 

 specific gravity 1023, and, on the addition of nitric acid, a 

 blue coagulum was formed, indicative of the presence of bili- 

 phsein. 



The blood consisted of 521 parts of clot and 479 of serum. 

 It contained, in 1000 parts : 



