FOXTON-FIRBY : NATURE AND COLOUR OF BLOOD. 



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Composition of Blood Corpuscles. 



Water 688 



Solid Constituents — 



Hsematin ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16.75 



Globular and Cell membrane ... ... ... ... 282.22 



Fat S.31 



Extractive matter ... ... ... ... ... 2.60 



CMorine 1.686 



Sulpburic acid ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.069 



Phospboric acid ... ... ... ... ... ... 1.134 



Potassium ... ... ... ... ... ... 3.328 



Sodium 1.052 



Oxygen ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.667 



Pbospbate of lime ... ... ... ... ... 0.114 



Pbosphate of magnesia ... ... ... ... ... 0.073 



Specific gravity of liquor sanguinis ... ... ... 1.028 



Composition of Liquor Sanguinis. 



Water 

 Fibrin 



Albumen ... ... ... ... 



Fat 



Extractive matters 

 Cblorine ... 

 Sulphuric acid ... 

 Phosphoric acid ... 

 Potassium 

 Sodium... 

 Oxygen ... 

 Phosphate of lime 

 Phosphate of magnesia ... 



Taking the blood as a whole, Baron Liebig gives its component parts as 

 follows : — 



Water 80 



Solid matter ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 



4.05 

 78.84 

 1.72 

 3.94 

 3.644 

 0.115 

 0.191 

 0.323 

 3.341 

 . .. 0.403 

 0.311 

 0.222 



