An introduction to physiology / by Augustus D. Waller.

  • Augustus Desiré Waller
Date:
1893
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Credit: An introduction to physiology / by Augustus D. Waller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTEE II THE BLOOD PAGE 9 Function and composition : Proximate principles—Elements 10 Physical properties: Consistence—Colour—Opacity—Specific gravity—Re- action—Taste—Smell—Coagulability. 11 Microscopic structure : Corpuscles, red and white—Leucocytes—Hfematoblasts —Numeration of corpuscles—Hajmacytometer. 13 Chemical composition. 14 Plasma and serum ; fibrinogen and fibrin : Preparation of serum, of fibrin, of defibrinated blood, of plasma—*Centrifugal apparatus-Magnesium sulphate plasma-Cold plasma—' Peptone ' plasma - Buti'y coat-Lake blood. 16 The composition of plasma, lymph, chyle, and serous fluids. 18 Facts and theories relating to coagulation: Hydrocele fluid and serum- Buchanan—Schmidt—Hammarsten—^Present state of the question. 20 Methods of separating the plasma proteids : Fibrinogen—Serum-globulin— Fibrin-ferment—Serum-albumin. 22 Influence of the vessels and tissues upon coagulability : Thrombosis—Injec- tions of thymus extract—of albumoses. 24 The life-history of the blood-corpuscles : The red corpuscles : origin, function, end—The white corpuscles : origin, vital characters, functions—Emigration —Suppuration—Cicatrisation—Phagocytosis. 27 The blood-gases: *The mercurial gas-pump. 29 Haemoglobin—its compounds and derivatives: Normal, abnormal, and artifi- cial—The spectroscope. 35 Arterial blood and venous bloods : Hepatic blood—Portal blood—Blood from glands and from muscles—Temperature; cooled venous blood—warmed venous blood. 37 Alterations of the blood in disease : Anfemia—Leucocythemia—Liflammatory blood—Kidney affection—Gout-Liver affection—Diabetes—Haemophilia. 38 Quantity of blood in the body : Its estimation. 39 Tests for blood: By the microscope—by h^min crystals -by the spectroscope —by guaiacum and hydrogen peroxide. Function and composition.—A regular supply of healthy blood is- an essential condition of the Hfe of the animal body, and of its several parts. The whole body dies if blood be lost in excessive quantity; a single organ, or-a single limb, dies if its supply of blood be permanently arrested. The blood is the medium of nourishment to the tissues of the body, and contains, therefore, the materials which they require, viz. oxygen, water,
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