108 EXPERIMENTS ON THE SPLEEN. 



healthy person were received into a graduated glass vessel, 

 previously cooled to the temperature of 3-2°, three more 

 into a second glass of the temperature of 50", and three 

 into a third at 70°. The three glasses were brought into a 

 room, the temperature of which varied from 40° to 50°. At 

 the end of nineteen hours, the serum was found in the fol- 

 lowing quantities. 



In the glass at 32° 9 drams. 



50° 11 



70° 10 



The blood did not flow so freely into the glass at tlie 

 highest temperature, as into the other two. 

 Exp. 2. Exp. 2. This experiment was repeated, and the serum 



examined at the end of forty-three hours. 



In the glass at 32° 12 drams. 

 50° 12 

 70° 13 

 Exp. 3. JExp, 3. It was repeated, and the serum examined at the 



end of 67 hours. 



In the glass at 32° 11 drams. 

 50° llf 

 70° Hi 



Xxp. 4, JExp. 4. It was repeated, and the serum measured at the 



end of ninety hours. 



In the glass at 32° llf drams. 

 50° 13 

 70° lOi 



The blood did not flow so readily into the glass at the 



highest tenn)erature as into the other two. 



Most terum From these expei'iments it appears, that the serum se- 



sepavaies from p^j-ates in larger quantity, when the blood is received into a 



into a warm vessel at the temperature of 70 degrees, than at 50° or 32°: 



''^^f^l' this, however, is prevented from taking place by the blood 



and flowing ' ,-1 r .1, ' 



freely. not iiowmg readily rrom the vem. 



From the experiments on the spleen contained in this and 



the foregoing paper, the following facts appear to have been 



ascertained. 



Sijleen in two That the spleen is met with in two very different states, 



difF.»rent slates: 



