CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



FAGH 



Chemical composition of living matter - - i 



Proteins - - - - - * 



Carbo-hydrates -,- - - - - -3 



Fats ... - - .3 

 Structure of living matter - ...... 4 



Functions of living matter - - - - - 6 



CHAPTER II. 

 THE CIRCULATING LIQUIDS OF THE BODY. 



SECTION I. MORPHOLOGY OF THE BLOOD - 14 



Blood-corpuscles - - - - 15 



Life-history of the corpuscles - - - 20 



SECTION II. GENERAL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF 



THE BLOOD - ~ 2 3 



Viscosity of blood - - - - - 23 



Reaction of blood - - - 24 



Specific gravity of blood - - - - - 26 



Electrical conductivity of blood - 26 



Relative volume of corpuscles and plasma - 27 



Haemolysis - - - 28 



Agglutination - - - - - 3 



Precipitins - 3 1 

 Anaphylaxis - .--.,- 32 



Coagulation of blood - 33 



Vaso-constrictor property of shed blood - "45 



SECTION III. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF BLOOD - - 47 



Haemoglobin and its derivatives - - 50 



SECTION IV. QUANTITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BLOOD - 55 



Quantity of blood - - 55 



Distribution of blood - l& 



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