276 CIRCULATING FLUIDS 



The second bleeding was ordered when the fever had com- 

 pletely gone^ and onl}^ a few slight pains remained ; the third 

 upon the occurrence of a relapse ; and the fourth during a con- 

 tinuation of the pain and fever. 



[Dr. Rindskopf has analysed the blood of a woman suffering 

 from rheumatism^ accompanied with pneumonia. He found 

 in 1000 parts : 



Becquerel and Rodier have analysed the blood of four men 

 suffering from acute rheumatism. The mean composition of 

 the blood is given in the following table : 



Andral and Gavarret have analysed the blood of ten indivi- 

 duals suffering from chronic and subacute articular rheumatism. 

 No peculiarly striking results were obtained. The proportion 

 of fibrin in no instance exceeded 5-0, and in two cases was as 

 low as 2'9 and 2'6. The blood-corpuscles in one instance 

 amounted to no less than 154"3j and the solid constituents to 

 259*1 . Ill the other cases the corpuscles were below the healthy 



average. 



These results lead us to the conclusion tliat^ provided there 



