BLOOD. 



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The insoluble salts were found by Nasse to be combinations 

 of peroxide of iron, lime, magnesia, silica, and phosphoric and 

 sulphuric acids. The magnesia and silica were not determined 

 quantitatively. 



In 1000 parts of blood there were : 



The only animals in a state of disease whose blood was ana- 

 lysed by Nasse were sheep with chronic rot (hydrsemia or watery 

 cachexia), and horses Avith the glanders. The blood of three 

 sheep aifected with the disease in question gave the following 

 results : 



The sheep a was very much reduced, and the blood had 

 much the appearance of reddened serum. There was effusion 

 into the peritoneum. The sheep b was pregnant, and in bad 

 condition ; while the sheep c had been delivered about 10 weeks 

 previously, and had been since attacked with dropsy. The salts 

 were determined individually, but they presented no peculiar 

 deviation from the normal standard. 



The following analyses refer to the blood of two horses a and 

 B, suffering from chronic ozoena (the glanders) : 



