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CHAPTER XII. 



ABSORPTION. 



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Interstitial Absorption, 195 



/The Lymphatic System, . 196 



Structure of Lymphatic Glands, 197 



Intestinal Absorption, . 202 



s Mechanism of Absorption, '. . 205 



Materials Absorbed, . 206 



^Lymph and Chyle, 210 



Movement of the Lymph, 213 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BLOOD AND THE BLOOD PLASMA. 



I General Characters of the Blood, 217 



Amount of Blood in the Body, 218 



Physical Construction of the Blood, Blood Plasma, 220 



Chemical Composition of Plasma, 223 



Preparation and Properties of Fibrin, 225 



Serum, 226 



CHAPTER XIV. 



BLOOD CORPUSCLES. 



Proportion of Red to White, 227 



White Blood Cells, 228 



Origin of the Colorless Blood Cells, 230 



The Red Corpuscles, Sizes and Shapes, 231 



Action of Reagents on Red Corpuscles, 235 



Method of Counting Corpuscles, 236 



Chemistry of the Coloring Matter of the Blood, 238 



Spectra of Haemoglobin, 241 



Hasmatin, 242 



Development of the Red Disks, 243 



The Gases of the Blood, 245 



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CHAPTER XV. 



COAGULATION OF THE BLOOD. 



Formation of the Blood Clot, 247 



< Circumstances influencing Coagulation, 249 



