COMPARATIVE WEIGHTS OF THE LIVER. 113 



Comparative Weights of the Liver of Animals. 









Number of times the 









weight of its liver. 







FISHES. 





Weight of the body of Trygon sahina (Stingray) female 

 " " Trygon sabina (Stingray fcetus) 



18 



16 



it 



II 



Zygcena malleus (Hammerhead Shark) . 



25 



It 



II 



Zygcena malleus (Hammerhead Sharlv) . 



41 







Lepisosteus osseus (Garfish) .... 



15 



<< 



II 



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REPTILES. 



62 



(< 



II 



JRciTicc ccit6sht(i7ict (^I3ullfro^) 



55 



tt 



II 



J^fitcTOlUj/t lltUCr tOltlCil V ipcF 1 . . • 



26 



It 



II 





Yl 



ti 



II 



(7on/hpT niitfnfut (C^.cwn Snnlrp^ 



64 



t{ 



II 





57 



It 



II 



Crotalus adamanteus (Rattlesnake) 



55 



It 



11 



Alligator Mississippiensis (Alligator), male 



13 



It 



II 



Chelonia caretta (Loggerhead Turtle) . 



41 



II 



II 



Chelonura serpentina (Snapping Turtle) 



42 



It 



II 



Emys terrapin (Saltwater Terrapin) 



53 



tt 



II 



Emys reticulata (Chicken Terrapin) 



18 



It 



II 



Emys serrata (Yellow-bellied Terrapin) 



36 



It 



II 



Emys serrata (Yellow-bellied Terrapin) 



25 



tt 



II 



Emys serrata (Yellow-bellied Terrapin) 



48 



It 



II 



T istudo polypJietnus (Gopher) .... 



50 



II 



II 



Testudo polyphemus (Gopher) 

 BIRDS. 



45 



tt 



II 



J. UI Lflt^ jL/yj V V, ilidlC ..... 



11' 



II 



II 



liTplennri'i nnllnTtn,vo W (\ Tnrkpv^ 



10 



ti 



II 



JVTplpnnTis nalloTio.vo /'Wild T^rlcpv^ 



61 



ti 



11 





33 



It 



II 



Night Heron ...... 



22 



It 



II 



Tantalus loculator (Wood Ibis) 



68 



It 



II 



Tantalus loculator (Wood Ibis) 



64 



It 



II 



Syrnium nehulosum (Barred Owl) 



56 



ti 



II 



Cathartes atratus (Black Buzzard) 

 MAMMALS. 



41 



It 



' 11 



Didelphis Virginianus (Opossum) 



26 



It 



II 



Common Sheep ..... 



61 



II 



II 



Sciurus Garolinensis (Gray Squirrel) . 

 Sciurus capistratus (Pox Squirrel) 



43 



It 



II 



48 



It 



II 



Cervus Virginianus (Foetus of Deer) . 



35 



It 



II 



Cervus Virginianus (Foetus of Deer) . 



42 



It 



II 



Jifus rattus (Rat just born) .... 



39 



II 



II 



Mus rattus (Rat just born) .... 



36 



It 



K 



3fus rattus (Rat half grown) .... 



20 



tt 



II 



Procyon lotor (Raccoon), female 



25 



It 



II 



Procyon lotor (Raccoon), female 



19 



II 



II 



Procyon lotor (Raccoon), female 



23 



II 



l< 



Procyon lotor (Raccoon, just born) 



24 



II 



II 



Pointer Dog, female ..... 



32 



II 



1 1 



Common Cat, female ..... 



36 



M. CI. Bernard and other physiologists consider one essential function of the 

 liver to be the elaboration of the blood. Chemical analyses have shown that the 

 blood-corpuscles are more numerous in the blood after passing out of this organ than 

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