ACTION OF METALLIC SALTS ON ALBUMEN, ETC. 171 
in the fluids, or with the tissues of our organs, and that in this 
state it is then carried into the system, and produces there its 
medicinal effects. 
5. It is therefore interesting for therapeutics to examine the 
effects which albuminous compounds with metallic salts have 
upon the animal economy. 
5. In the action of a metallic salt upon any tissue, there is 
at once established a combination between these two bodies, 
which, modifying the vital properties of this organic part, pro- 
duces a change in its functions. 
The metallic salts, in their relation with soluble albumen 
and the organic tissues, act similarly to the bichloride of mer- 
cury, as has been already stated. These new facts serve to 
generalise the known chemical action of the bichloride of mer- 
cury upon albumen and the organic tissues. 
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