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CONSTITUENTS Of BLOOD 
CARTILAGE OF A CHILD. 
Phosphate of lime.20 "86 
Sulphate of lime.50 "68 
Phosphate of magnesia ------- 9 " 88 
Phosphate and carbonate of soda - - - - traces. 
Chloride of sodium -------- 9 "37 
Hekz and Gugert, 
FROM THE COSTAL, CARTILAGE OF A MAN TWENTY YEARS OF AGE. 
Per cent of ash in the cartilage - ■> - - 2 "24 
Dried muscle of the ox has the same composition as blood. It is composed of 
Carbon - 
Hydrogen 
Nitrogen - 
Oxygen - 
Ashes - - 
Phosphate of lime with fluoride of calcium 
Carbonate of lime -------- 
Phosphate of magnesia ------ 
Salts - - 
Cartilage - -- -- -- -- - 
Fat. ...... 
W ater - - • 
Solid matter 
Animal matter d 
Saponifiable fat 
Cholesterin - • 
Beef. 
Blood. 
51-83 
51-95 
7-57 
7-17 
15-01 
15-07 
21-37 
21-39 
4-23 
4°42 Playfair, 
that of ordinary bone. 
Enamel. 
Osseous portion. 
89 ”82 
66-72 
4-37 
3-36 
1-34 
1-08 
0-88 
0-83 
3-39 
27-61 
0-20 
0*40 VonBibra. 
IATTER — LIVER. 
Healthy liver. 
Fatty liver. 
76-39 
55-15 
23-61 
44-85 
21-00 
13-32 
1-60 
30-20 
0-17 
1-33 Bondet. 
The brain is composed of 
Water ------- 
Albumen. 
Phosphorized fat - - - - 
Extractive matter and salts - 
78-0 
7-3 
12-4 
1*4 Denis. 
The quantity of water in the brain varies, according to the statement of several eminent 
chemists. According to Fremyj it amounts to 88 per centum. 
