Outlines of physiology in its relations to man / by John Gray McKendrick.

  • John Gray McKendrick
Date:
1878
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Credit: Outlines of physiology in its relations to man / by John Gray McKendrick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Ammonia, . NH3 Traces in the blood and urine Lime, CaO Bones and teeth ; fluids. Magnesia, . MgO Accompanies lime. 4. The salts consist of chlorides, phosphates, sulphates, and fluorides. Chloride of sodium, NaCl Chloride of potassium, KCl Chloride of ammonium, ]StH4Cl Phosphate of sodium. Phosphate of potassium, Phosphate of lime. Phosphate of magnesium, Sulphate of sodium. Sulphate of potassium, Fluoride of calcium. Na.,HP04 NaH,P04 K3PO4I K,HP04 KH,P04 Ca32P04 CaHPOj Ca2HoP04 Mg32P04 Na2S04 K,S04 CaF All tissues and fluids. Blood corpuscles, muscles, ner- vous matter, secretions. A small quantity in the gastric juice, urine, and saliva. All tissues and fluids, especially in urine and bile. Accompanies phosphate of soda, and exists also in the red blood corpuscles. All tissues and fluids, especially bones and teeth. L All tissues and fluids, especially in the muscles and thymus gland. Most of the tissues and fluids, especially in milk and bile. Most of the tissues and fluids, especially in milk and bile. Bones, teeth, and blood. Hyposulphites of sodium and potassium have been dis- covered in the urine of dogs. The most important of these salts is chloride of sodium, about 200 grammes of which exist in the human body. The following table from Lehmann gives the percentage quantity of chloride of sodium in the principal fluids of the body:— Blood, Lymph, Chyle, Bde, 0'421 per cent. 0-412 „ 0-71 0-364 Urine, 0-332 pei cent Sahva, . 0153 jj Gastric juice. 0-126 }) Milk, 0-087 5> Very doubtful.