CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



FLUIDS OF THE HUMAN BODY. 



ARTICLE I. 



The LYMPH and CHYLE. General description of Lymphatics and 

 Lacteals, 1. Characters and Structure of Lymph, 4. Ditto of Chyle, 5. 

 Ditto of Fluid of Thoracic Duct, 7. Corpuscles of Thymus, 9. 



ARTICLE II. 



The BLOOD. Definition, 13. Coagulation of the Blood, without the 

 Body, 14. Formation of the Clot, 15. Formation of the Buffy Coat 

 of the Blood, 18. Cupping of the Clot, 20. Coagulation of the 

 Blood in the Vessels after Death, 21. Signs of Death, 21. Globules 

 of the Blood, 24. The Red Globules, 25. The White Globules, 39. 

 Molecules of the Blood, 64. Blood Globules of Reptiles, Fishes, and 

 Birds, 66. Capillary Circulation, 69. Circulation in the Embryo of 

 the Chick, 74. Venous and Arterial Blood, 80. Modifications of the 

 Blood Corpuscles the results of different external Agencies, 85. 

 Modifications, the results of Decomposition occurring in Blood aban- 

 doned to itself without the Body, 86. Modifications, the results of 

 Decomposition occurring in Blood within the Body after Death, 87. 

 Causes of Inflammation, 87. Pathology of the Blood, 89. Importance 

 of a Microscopic Examination of the Blood in Criminal Cases, 116. 



ARTICLE III. 



Mucus, 122. General characters, 122. Mucous Corpuscles, 126. 

 Nature of Mucous Corpuscles, 129. The Mucus of different Organs, 

 132. 



