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EFFECTS OP THIRST, ETC., ON EMYS SERRATA. 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



Moist blood-corpuscles 439.68 I "^ff-^ • . ' ' " " ^^^•'^'^ 



(Solid constituents . . . 109.92 



T- • ■ R^>n oo (Water. .... 4*71.58 

 Liquor sanp-uims 560.32 < ^ 



(Solid constituents . . . 88.14 



Amount of blood obtained, 450 grains. 



Solid constituents in 450 grains of blood .... 89.40 



" " serum of 450 grains of blood . . . 38.06 



450 grains of blood contained — 



Water . . . . . . . . . 360.60 



Blood-corpuscles (dried organic constituents) . . . .46.84 



Albumen, fatty and extractive matter ..... 36.05 



Fibrin ......... 1.86 



Fixed saline constituents . . . . . .5.15 



450 grains of blood contained — 



Moist blood-corpuscles 197.92 -!^^^"'- .... 148.44 



(Solid constituents . . . 49.48 



Liquor sanguinis 252.08 1^^^^^^- .... 212.16 



( Solid constituents . . . 39.92 



.Calculated amount of blood consumed during twenty-six days of starvation and 

 thirst, 1550 grains. 



Solid matter in 1550 grains of blood ... . . . 159.18 



" " serum of 1550 grains of blood .... 40.66 



1550 grains of blood contained — 



Water ......... 1390.22 



Blood-corpuscles (dried organic constituents) .... 115.00 



Albumen, fatty and extractive matter ..... 39.21 



Fibrin ......... 0.22 



Fixed saline constituents ...... 5.29 



1550 grains of blood contained — 



Moist blood-corpuscles 415.60 j^^^®'' • .... 356.10 



(Solid constituents , . .118.90 



Liquor sanguinis 1014.40 j^ater . .... 1033.52 



(Solid constituents . . . 40.88 



30. Blood of a Female Emys serrata, which had been kept without food and 

 drink for thirty-one days. 



Weight, May 25 . . . . . 41.086 grains. 



June 13 ...... 34.960 



Loss of 'U'eiglit in twenty days ..... 6.126 " 



Loss of weight, each hour, 12^^^ grains = -o g'^gith of the weight of its whole 

 body. In thirty one days this terrapin lost from one-fourth to one-fifth of its whole 

 weight. 



On the day of the analysis the terrapin was found to be completely exhausted 

 by starvation and thirst, and had scarcely strength to move its muscles. 



Owing to the feeble state of its circulatory apparatus, and the rapidity of the 



