14 Dr. F. W. Pavy on the Physiology of [June 14, 



Table (contiw aed). 



Composition of Element: 



Difference of Potential 

 in terms of 



Standard 

 Daniell. 



Copper in saturated solution of copper sulphate 

 and copper iu solution of potassium cyanide 

 (1 part by weight of potassium cyanide and 5 

 parts by weight of distilled water) 



Smee : — 



Platinized silver and amalgamated zinc in dilute 

 sulphuric acid (1 volume of commercial sul- 

 phuric acid to 8 volumes of distilled water) . . 



Leclanche : — 



Solution of ammonium chloride in distilled water 

 Grove : — 



Platinum in commercial nitric acid (sp. gr. 1*36) 

 and amalgamated zinc in dilute sulphuric acid 

 (1 volume of commercial sulphuric acid to 12 

 volumes of distilled water) 



Platinum in acid solution of potassium bichromate 

 (4 volumes of saturated aqueous solution of 

 potassium bichromate to 1 volume of commer- 

 cial sulphuric acid) and 



Amalgamated zinc in dilute sulphuric acid (1 

 volume of commercial sulphuric acid to S 

 volumes of distilled water) 



Carbon and zinc in acid solution of potassium 

 bichromate (4 volumes of saturated aqueous 

 solution of potassium bichromate to 1 volume 

 of commercial sulphuric acid) 



1402 



1403 



1-268 



1-504 



1-678 



1-701 



Yolt. 



1-189 



1-288 



1-369 



1-622 



1-811 



1-835 



V. "The Physiology of Sugar in relation to the Blood/' 

 By F. W. Pavy, M.D., F.R.S. Received June 12, 1877 



In a communication published in the ' Transactions of the Royal 

 Society ' (1860, p. 579) I gave the results of analyses showing that what 

 had previously been looked upon, under Bernard's glycogenic theory, as 

 the natural condition of the blood in relation to sugar was a fallacious 

 representation due to a post mortem change being allowed to exert its in- 



