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in excess, is in a less colloid condition, or, in other words, has 

 not for the other constituents of flesh that peculiar attraction 

 it has in health, and which binds them all together; and it 

 follows, apparently, that the soluble colloid constituents of the 

 muscles of consumptive subjects (those substances which become 

 transformed into flesh) are in a less colloid condition than they 

 would be in healthy flesh. This must check more or less the 

 formation of muscular tissue in phthisis. The water being in 

 excess will, of course, account for a deficiency of the solid con- 

 stituents. The following is a tabular statement of my ana- 

 lyses of human muscular tissue after death from phthisis. 

 Table A. contains the result of an early series of analyses, and 

 does not include any determinations of potash. 



Table A. — Analyses of Juice of Flesh after death from Con- 

 sumption. 200 grms. of muscle extracted by 500 cubic cen- 

 tims. water (calculated for the whole extract, including that 

 retained in the fibres). 





I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



Mean. 



Albumen 



Phosphoric acid 

 Chlorine 



6-130 

 0-262 



4-265 

 0-441 

 0-341 



3784 

 0-317 

 0-291 



4-534 

 0-441 

 0-401 



4-332 

 0-365 

 0-466 



3-516 

 0-271 

 0-430 



4-458 

 0-354 

 0-387 



4-156 

 0-475 



0-390 



4-396 

 0-381 

 0371 





Table B. — Constitution and Composition of Human Muscular 

 Tissue after death from Consumption*. 



Composition of the Tissue insoluble in water and fibrous. 





Analysis I. 



On 200 grms. 



tissue. 



Analysis II. 



On 200 grms. 



tissue. 



Analysis III. 



On 200 grms. 



tissue. 



Mean. 



Albumen.fibrous 

 Phosphoric acid 

 Potash 



2052 

 0-160 

 0-035 



20-52 

 0-152 

 0-043 



20-52 

 0-096 

 0-026 



20-52 

 0-103 

 0035 





Composition of the Nutritive Material, entirely Colloid. 



Albumen 



Phosphoric acid 

 Potash 



4-77 



0-037 



0-008 



4-437 

 0-033 

 0-009 



4-437 

 0021 

 0006 



4-548 

 0-030 

 0007 





Composition of Eff*ete Material, entirely Crystalloid. 



Albuminoid ... 

 Phosphoric acid 

 Potash 



2-7 



0-318 

 0-418 



2-7 



0352 



0-469 



27 



0-327 



0-439 



2-7 



0-332 



0-442 





* The following analysis of human muscular tissue after death from 

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