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CIRCULATING FLUIDS 



Dr. Rees lias publislied an analysis of tlie lympli taken from 

 the absorbents of a young ass immediately after death. He 

 states its constituents to be : 



The salts were alkaline chlorides, sulphates, and carbonates, 

 with traces of phosphates, and of peroxide of iron. 



Lassaigne analysed lymph collected from the absorbents of 

 the neck of a horse. He found in it, water 925-00, fibrin 3-30, 

 albumen 5 7*36, chlorides of sodium and potassium, soda, and 

 phosphate of lime 14-34. 



[The lymph collected from the absorbent vessels of the neck 



