396 G. F. Barker—Physiological Chemistry. 
after the animals were killed. Hence, McDonnell deems the 
conclusion justifiable, that the blood of animals living on veg- 
etable food is normally saccharine ; but that the liver does not 
transform its amyloid substance into sugar, and pour it out into 
the blood of the hepatic vessels. 
(60.) On the 21st of June, Pavy presented a paper supple- 
mentary to his former one, to the Royal Society.* In it he 
shows that blood collected from the right side of the heart 
post-mortem observations, are erroneous. He roves, moreover, 
aes Lohtty 
that the heart excised instantly after killing, contains blood as 
main ere tranquil during the operation. Pavy further 
asserts that the blood found in the right side of the heart is 
not more saccharine than portal blood ; that the saccharine 
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sion of sugar into hepatine ; that it is highly improbable that 
5 | hepatine merely to be ch back 
again by the same organ ; that one and a half parts of hepa- 
* Proc. Roy. Soc., x, 528. 
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