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REPRODUCTION (continued) PAGE 



Development of the ovum - i6 



Physiology of the embryo - 1010 



Exchange of materials in the placenta - io*3 



Parturition - IOI 9 



Milk - I021 

 Transplantation of tissues 



Parabiosis - I02 4 



APPENDIX " I02 7 

 INDEX -------- 1029 



PRACTICAL EXERCISES 

 INTRODUCTION 



General reactions of proteins - 7 



Colour reactions of proteins 7 

 Special reactions of groups of proteins - 

 Precipitation reactions of proteins 



Reactions of derivatives of proteins 9 



Carbo-hydrates - I0 



Fats . - II 



Scheme for testing for proteins and carbo-hydrates - 13 



CHAPTER I. 



1. Reaction of blood - 54 



2. Specific gravity of blood - 54 



3. Coagulation of blood 54'57 



4. Preparation of fibrin-ferment - 57 



5. Preparation of extracts containing thrombokinase - 57 



6. Serum - 57 



7. Enumeration of the blood-corpuscles 58 



8. Haematocrite 59 



9. Electrical conductivity of blood 60 



10. Opacity of blood - 61 



11. Laking of blood - OI 



12. Haemolysis and agglutination 63 



13. Osmotic resistance of coloured corpuscles - 64 



14. Blood-pigment 



(1) Preparation of haemoglobin crystals 65 



(2) Spectroscopic examination of haemoglobin and 



its derivatives 65-67 



(3) Guaiacum test for blood 68 



(4) Quantitative estimation of haemoglobin 68 

 '(5) Haemin test for blood-pigment 7 1 



