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CIRCULATING FLUIDS 



fibrin increases, and the blood-corpuscles diminish, as in simple, 

 uncomplicated inflammations. 



Lastly, they observed that when venesection was frequently 

 had recourse to in inflammatory afi'ections, each venesection 

 tended to increase the amount of fibrin and of water, and to 

 diminish the quantity of blood-corpuscles. 



The following are the results of the first and last venesec- 

 tions of a horse that was bled seven times in 24 hours : 



The 1st Venesection gave 



7th 



Nasse has likewise taken up this subject since the publica- 

 tion of Simon's Chemistry. 



In the following analyses, w hich are extracted from his paper, 

 the extractive matters of the blood and the insoluble salts ap- 

 pear to be included with the albumen : 



Blood- 



The following table represents the composition of the soluble 

 and insoluble salts occurring in 1000 parts of the blood of these 



animals : 



Soluble salts : 

 Alkaline 

 sulphates. 



0-197 

 0-210 

 0-213 

 0-181 

 0-269 

 0-265 

 0-348 

 0-202 

 0-189 

 0-090 

 0-100 



