TTTF r.LOOD. 



189 



Average, 52$ 

 Maximum, 56.7$ 

 Minimum, 45.6$ 

 Take 100 parts 



CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF BLOOD. 



PLASMA. 



Water 



Solids 



Organic 



(8.86$ ) 



Inorganic 



f Serum - 

 albumin 



f Proteids J Serum - 

 globulin 



I Fibrin . 



L Extractives : Fats, etc. 



f NaCl 



Soluble } KC1 

 salts . 1 NaHCO 3 

 [ Na 2 HPO 4 



Insoluble f CaHP0 4 

 salts . | CaSO 4 



90.29$ 



7.9 % 



0.4 % 

 0.56$ 



0.85$ 

 100.00$ 



100. 00 # 



internal respiration in the cells of the tissues. The haemoglobin 

 molecule possesses the property of linking to itself an oxygen mole- 

 cule, forming a compound known as oxyhcemoglobin. The union of 

 the two molecules is so unstable that the presence of an easily 

 oxidized body, or of an atmosphere with a lower oxygen pressure, 

 separates the two, the oxidizable body and the atmosphere taking 



