110 ORGANISED FLUIDS. 



The results which confirm those which had been previously 

 obtained are the following : 



1. The augmentation of the fibrin in inflammations, the 

 establishment of which fact is especially due to MM. Andral 

 and Gavarret. 



2. The diminution of the globules in chlorosis, in the con- 

 dition denominated the anaemic, and under the influence of 

 fasting ; a fact stated by M. Lecanu, and confirmed by MM. 

 Andral and Gavarret. 



3. The diminution of the globules from haemorrhages and 

 anterior bleedings ; a result which, signalised for the first 

 time by MM. Prevost and Dumas, has been confirmed in 

 the numerous analyses of MM. Andral and Gavarret. 



4. The little influence of bleedings upon the scale of the 

 fibrin. 



5. The diminution of the albumen in the malady of Bright 

 as indicated by Gregory, Rostock, Christison, Andral, and 

 Gavarret. 



Of the results which differ from, and perhaps invalidate 

 those of antecedent observers, the principal are, 



1. That the scale y^o gi yen as representing the mean of 

 the globules in a state of health is too low, and is not the 

 same in man and in woman. 



2. That the scale representing the fibrin as T O%O is too 

 high. 



3. That there is not alone in plethora an augmentation of 

 the globules, as signalised by M. Lecanu, and as has been 

 admitted by MM. Andral and Gavarret. 



4. That the scale of the globules is not preserved in its 

 normal proportion in the majority of acute affections. 



5. That the depression in the scale of the fibrin in severe 

 fevers is but little constant. 



The more important of the new results are the follow- 

 ing : 



1. That the scale 141 expresses the mean number of the 

 globules in man in a state of health, and that of 127 repre- 

 sents the average in woman. 



2. That the ordinary scale of the fibrin is 2-2, and the 

 mean 3. 



