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DE. PAYT OX vSIJGAE FOEMATIOX IX THE LITEE. 
the weight of the liver is without the contents of the gall-bladder. Life was in most of 
the instances destroyed a few hours after the administration of food. 
The Liver of the Log under a Diet of Animal Food. 
Weight of dog. 
Absolute -R-eight 
Eelative Tveight of 
of liver. 
Ever to animal. 
Ib3. 
oz. 
oz. 
No. 
1 . 
. . 15 
8 
T ^ 
1 to 32 
No. 
2 . 
. . 12 
0 
1 to 261 
No. 
8 . 
. . 11 
1 to 31 
No. 
4 . 
. . 15 
10 
n 
1 to 32 
No. 
5 . 
. . 11 
0 
6i 
1 to 29 
No. 
6 . 
. . 11 15i 
1 to 291 
No. 
7 . 
. . 15 
8f 
1 to 28 
No. 
8 . 
. . 24 
Ilf 
1 to 33 
No. 
9 . 
. . 14 
H 
1 to 32 
No. 10 . 
. . 17 
0 
8| 
1 to 301 
No. 11 . 
. . 9 
8 
If 
1 to 21 
Total . 
. . 158 
111 
851 
1 to 30 
The average of these eleven examples of dogs, restricted for some days prior to death 
to an animal diet, thus gives to the liver a weight equal to the -^th part of that of the 
animal. Stating it in other words, there is very nearly half an oimce of liver for every 
pound the animal weighs. 
Looking to the amount of amyloid substance present in these livers, my analyses have 
yielded the following results In seven out of the eleven examples, examinations were 
made under precisely similar circumstances. The liver was removed and weighed imme- 
diately after death, and a piece at once taken for analysis, so as to avoid more loss than 
was possible from post-mortem transformation into sugar. 
Amount of Amyloid Substance in the Liver of the Log after a Liet of Animal Food. 
per cent. 
Example No. 3 8’29 
Example No. 4 5’24 
Example No. 7 5’61 
Example No. 8 8 '45 
Example No. 9 . . . . . . . 4’88 
Example No. 10 10'95 
Example No. 11 6-94 
Average amount of amyloid substance yielded by the above seven analyses 7T9 per cent. 
The excluded examples are thus accounted for. In example No. 1 no analysis was 
made. In No. 2 the liver was left in the animal for 2^ hours before it was examined. 
