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(2) it was taken from the same girl after an eiglit weeks' course 

 of chalybeates. 



In both instances the blood formed a tolerably large clot, 

 but no buflFy coat. 



Andral and Gavarret have likewise analysed the blood of a 

 chlorotic man. They made three analyses of it at intervals of 

 four weeks each. During this time he had been taking iron, 

 but without any marked advantage : 



The blood of chlorotic persons has also been analysed by 

 Lecanu^ and Jennings.^ The following are the results of their 

 analyses. 



Lecanu. 



Jennings. 



Water 



Fibrin 



Blood-corpuscles . 



Residue of serum . 



Albumen 



Fat . . . 



Extractive matters 



Alkaline salts 



Earthy salts 



Andral and Gavarret consider that the great rarity of cases 

 of hemorrhage in chlorotic persons is due to the amount of fibrin 

 remaining normal, while the blood-corpuscles are considerably 

 diminished. I cannot, however, think that the primary cause 

 of ordinary hemorrhage is only to be sought for in the pecu- 

 liarities of the blood. That a lesion of the vessels occurs in 



' Etudes cliimiques, etc., p. 113. 

 « The Lancet, 1839-40, p. 887. 



