CHYLE. 357 



[Nassei has instituted the following analysis of the chyle of 

 the cat. It contained in 1000 parts : 



Water 905-7 



Solid constituents 9^ '3 



Fibrin 1'3 



Fat ........•• 32'7 



Albumen, blood-corpuscles, and extractive matters . 48*9 



Chloride of sodium ....... 7*1 



Other soluble salts 2-3 



Iron • traces 



Earthy salts 20 ] 



The elaborate treatise of Tiedemann and Gmelin affords much 

 information respecting the influence of diet on the qualities of 

 the chyle, and on the modifications that it undergoes in its 

 passage tlirough the mesenteric glands. 



Their analyses of the chyle of the horse are given in the 

 following table : 



Solid Spirit-extract, Water-extract, 



Water, constituents. Clot. Albumen. Fat. with salts. with salts. 



1 924-3 75-7 17*5 44-45 a trace 7-97 3-60 



2 949-8 50-2 4-2 34-27 a Uttle 8-41 2-33 



3 918-3 81-7 7-8 42-86 16-12 11-83 2-04 



4 967-9 32-1 1-9 19-32 a little 9-19 0-94 



5 948-6 57-4 31 24-27 1234 8-33 1-36 



6 871-0 129-0 small 35-75 8707 322 



7 959-0 41-0 24-60 (?) 16-40 (.') 3-22 



The first four analyses were made with chyle taken from the 

 thoracic duct. The chyle in these cases separated into a bright 

 red clot, and opaque, milky serum. The fifth analysis was made 

 with chyle (taken from the same horse as in analysis 4) 

 after its passage through the mesenteric glands, and the sixth 

 analysis, with chyle, pre\dous to its passage through them. In 

 the former case, the chyle was of a bright red colour, and co- 

 agulated perfectly, forming a pale red clot, and a reddish white 

 serum ; in the latter, it was white, and coagulated very imper- 

 fectly ; in fact, instead of there being a clot, there was merely 

 a transparent yellowish film; the serum was white and milky. 



' Wagner's Handworterbuch, vol. 1, p. 235, article ' Chylus.' 



