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CHAPTER XII. 

 ABSORPTION. 



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Interstitial Absorption, 



The Lymphatic System, 187 



Structure of Lymphatic Glands, 190 



Intestinal Absorption, 195 



Mechanism of Absorption, 198 



Materials Absorbed, . 200 



Lymph and Chyle, 203 



Movement of the Lymph, 205 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BLOOD AND THE BLOOD-PLASMA. 



General Characters of the Blood, 210 



Amount of Blood in the Body, 211 



Physical Construction of the Blood, Blood-plasma, . . . .213 



Chemical Composition of Plasma, 216 



Preparation and Properties of Fibrin, .218 



Serum,. 218 



CHAPTER XIV. 



BLOOD-CORPUSCLES. 



Proportion of Ked to White, 220 



White Blood-cells, 221 



Origin of the Colorless Blood-cells, 223 



The Red Corpuscles, Sizes and Shapes, 224 



Action of Reagents on Red Corpuscles, . . . . . . 227 



Method of counting Corpuscles, 230 



Chemistry of the Coloring Matter of the Blood, 231 



Spectra of Haemoglobin, 234 



Hsematin, 235 



Development of the Red Disks, 237 



The Gases of the Blood, . 239 



CHAPTER XV. 



COAGULATION OF THE BLOOD. 



Formation of the Blood -clot, 241 



Circumstances influencing Coagulation, 244 



