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CIRCULATING FLUIDS 



The fat was perfectly saponifiable with potash, and yiekled 

 no traces of cholesterin. 



After the separation of the clot, the serum exactly resembled 

 milk : its reaction was alkaline, and its specific gravity 1034-35. 



In the blood of a girl, aged 18 years, suffering from a slight 

 attack of peritonitis, Becquerel and Rodier found a marked di- 

 minution of the blood-corpuscles, and an increase of the fibrin 

 (5) ; the albumen remained normal, the phosphates and the cho- 

 lesterin were increased. 



The serum was abundant, limpid, and yellow ; the clot large 

 and firm. 



In a woman, aged 24 years, attacked with metroperitonitis, 

 Scherer observed a tolerably large buffy coat, apparently more 

 gelatinous than tough. The clot was rather large, but not very 

 firm. The serum was neutral. 



The buffy coat had a more gelatinous appearance, and the 

 serum was redder than on the former occasion. Death occurred 

 two days after the second venesection. 



In a case of metroperitonitis, in which the blood was analysed 

 by Heller, the clot was soft, and exhibited a well-marked buffy 

 coat. The serum was clear, but of a deep yellow colour, and 

 contained a large quantity of biliphsein. Its specific gravity 

 was 1024. The blood consisted of 486-5 parts of clot and 513-5 

 of serum, and contained : 



