BLOOD OF MAMMALS. 



19 



1000 parts of blood contained — 



Moist blood-corpuscles ' ,. 



(boliu constituents 



C Solid constituents 



Liquor sanguinis 



242.0T 

 80.69 

 564.45 

 112.19 



Andral, Gavarret, and Delafond, made no less than 222 analyses of the blood of 

 155 Mammals. The following results of their investigations may be compared 

 with my analyses of the blood of cold-blooded animals. 







Water. 



moon- 

 corpuscles. 



ixGsiuue 01 

 serum. 



Fibrin. 





r Mean 



810.5 



102.9 



82.6 



4.0 



Blood of 11 Horses 



■< Maximum 



833.3 



112.1 



91.0 



5.0 





/ Minimum 



195.7 



81.5 



14.6 



3.0 







I Mean 



810.3 



99.1 



86.3 



3.1 



Blood of 14 Cattle 





1 Maximum 



824.9 



111.1 



93.6 



4.4 







Minimum 



199.0 



85.1 



82.9 



3.0 



Blood of 19 Sheep (Rambouillet 





' Mean 



; Maximum 



815.3 

 830.3 



98.1 

 109.6 



83.5 

 96.6 



3.1 



3.8 



breed) ..... 





Minimum 



808.1 



82.5 



14.1 



2.6 







'Mean 



810.8 



106.1 



80.3 



2.8 



Blood of 11 Sheep (cross variety) 





Maximum 



821.2 



123.4 



81.1 



3.4 





Minimum 



189.8 



94.6 



14.1 



2.3 







'Mean 



810.8 



95.0 



92.4 



2.6 



Blood of 13 English Sheep . 





Maximum 



822.1 



110.4 



91.0 



3.3 





Minimum 



195.3 



83.8 



82.6 



2.0 







' Mean 



809.6 



105.1 



80.1 



4.6 



Blood of 6 English Swine 





Maximum 



816.9 



120.6 



88.1 



5.0 







^ Minimum 



193.9 



92.1 



13.6 



4.1 







' Mean 



804.0 



101.4 



91.4 



3.2 



Blood of 2 Goats .... 





Maximum 



809.2 



105.1 



92.0 



3.5 







Minimum 



198.8 



91.2 



90.8 



2.6 





\ 



'Mean 



114.1 



148.3 



15.5 



2.1 



Blood of 16 Dogs 





Maximum 



195.5 



116.6 



88.1 



3.5 





( 



Minimum 



144.6 



121.3 



60.9 



1.6 



1 



The following are the analyses of the blood of different Mammals made by 

 Nasse. The extractive matter and insoluble salts of the blood are included with 

 the albumen. 





Water. 



Blootl-corpuscles. 



Albumen. 



Fat. 



Fibrin. 



Soluble salts. 



Horse 



804.15 



111.13 



61.85 



1.31 



2.41 



6.82 



Ox . 



199.59 



121.86 



66.90 



2.04 



3.62 



5.98 



Calf .... 



826.11 



102.50 



56.41 



1.61 



5.16 



1.00 



Goat 



839.44 



86.00 



62.10 



0.91 



3.90 



1.04 



Sheep 



821.16 



92.42 



68.11 



1.16 



2.91 



6.91 



Rabbit 



811.30 







1.90 



3.80 



6.28 



Swine 



168.94 



145.35 



12.18 



1.95 



3.95 



6.14 



Cat . 



810.02 



113.39 



64.46 



2.10 



2.42 



1.01 



Dog .... 



190.50 



123.85 



65.19 



2.25 



1.93 



6.28 



Dumas and Prevost analyzed the blood of numerous animals. The method of 

 analysis which the}- tinphned wa.^ :-iuiilar, in some respects, to that of Andral, 



