452 GLUCOSE IN THE ANIMAL ORGANISM. 
blood of the hepatic veins, 0 821; blood of the vena porta 
collected from the ansestomotic arcades of the mesara'ic veins, 
0 ; blood of the carotid, 0 ; blood of the vena cava inferior, 
near the pelvis, 0 ; small intestines (47 1 grammes), 0 ; 
mesaraic ganglia, 0 ; heart, right side, traces; left side, 0; 
lungs, 0; spleen, 0; kidneys, none; brain, 0; urine, 0; 
muscular flesh, 0. 
None of the fluids contained dextrine; it was the same 
with the organs, with the exception of the liver, the decoc- 
tion of which gave a light red tint with iodised water, 
and of the muscles, the decoction of which gave a very deep 
tint. 
We see that the liver alone contained sugar, and that the 
blood of the vena porta gave none, contrary to thefobserva- 
tions of the adversaries of animal glucogenia. Without any 
doubt, this blood, owing to the above alimentation, contains 
the elements proper for forming glucose ; but it is the liver 
which is charged with this transformation. 
We remark, besides, that the lymph of the thoracic canal 
contained sugar: whence can it have come? From the 
intestines? From the liver? But if glucose were absorbed 
by the radicles of the chyliferous vessels of the intestinal 
velosities, we should necessarily find it in the parietes of the 
intestine, but we do not. The sugar comes, then, from the 
numerous lymphatics which go from the liver to the thoracic 
canal. 
B, C. Two other experiments, made on dogs also of large 
size, but fasting from thirty-six to forty-eight hours, fur- 
nished the same results. 
D. Horse in full digestion, — He had taken 10 litres of corn 
the night before the experiment, and the previous night and 
the same day also 10 litres at different hours. 
Liver, 2*292 gr. ; blood of hepatic veins, 1T28 gr. : chyle, 
0 222 gr. ; lymph from the head and neck, 0*442 gr. ; blood 
of the carotid, 0*069 gr. ; blood of the jugular vein, above 
the ligature, 0*050 gr. ; blood of the vena porta below the 
ligature, 0*065 gr. ; blood of the vena cava inferior below the 
ligature, 0*057 gr. ; mucus of the small intestine, traces; 
small intestines, traces ; muscular flesh of the heart, traces ; 
muscular flesh of the locomotive system, traces ; pancreas, 
doubtful; mesenteric ganglia, 0; spleen, 0; kidneys, 0; 
brain, 0 ; lungs, 0 ; urine, 0 ; synovia of the femoro-rotulian 
articulation, 0*142 gr. 
Another experiment made on a dog weighing 39 kilo- 
grammes, during digestion , gave perfectly analogous results.* 
* We are indebted to the enlightened kindness of M. Goubatix, Pro- 
