1877.] 



Sugar in relation to the Blood. 



347 



escaped, and the time elapsing between the collection and the commence- 

 ment of the analysis did not exceed a quarter of an hour. As coagula- 

 tion had taken place, the clot was snipped into fine pieces with a pair of 

 scissors, and a fair sample of the whole thus taken. 



In the case of the bullock the blood was obtained from the Jewish 

 method of slaughtering, which consists of drawing a sharp knife across 

 the neck and cutting through all the soft structure down to the vertebral 

 column. It is arterial blood that is thus yielded. Owing to the distance 

 of the slaughter-house from my laboratory one hour elapsed between the 

 time of collection and the commencement of the analysis. 



Blood from Dog. 



Sugar per 1000 parts. 

 Observation 1 ^|| 751 (mean). 



" ^ {I ™} -786 „ 



" «■ {I ™} -700 ., 



" 4 - -k ™} r» » 



« {t: W\ „ 



••«.' {I tl} - 803 



" 7 {t t%] *» 



Average 787 per 1000. 



Blood from Sheep. 



Sugar per 1000 parts. 



Observation 8, |£ -470 (mean). 



» it ■«*> 



10 {t m *» 



11 ssj ™ 



" {t. 32} ™ 



13 (.?■ *£] -526 



b. -525] 



Average -521 per 1000. 



