Report on the chemical pathology of the malignant cholera : containing analyses of the blood, dejections, &c. of patients labouring under that disease in Newcastle and London, &c. &c. &c. / by W.B. O'Shaughnessy.
- O'Shaughnessy, William Brooke, 1809-1889.
- Date:
- 1832
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the chemical pathology of the malignant cholera : containing analyses of the blood, dejections, &c. of patients labouring under that disease in Newcastle and London, &c. &c. &c. / by W.B. O'Shaughnessy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![SECTION I. ON THE EXACT STATE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, &c. OF THE HUMAN BLOOD, IN THE NORMAL OR STANDARD CONDITION. It is o])vious, that in any inquiiy into the chemical patliologv of a disease in which a presumed alteration of tlie blood, from the state in which it exists in the healthy individual, becomes a subject of especial investigation, it is essentially necessary to start with well-defined ideas the standard composition of that fluid. And here I feel it incumbent on me to declare, that in addressing the Central Board of Health I would not ven- ture to dwell, even for a moment, on the normal consti- tution of the blood, had not the most recent, and perhaps the best writer on this subject, M. Lecanu, of Paris, given his results to the public, since the Board commenced its arduous labours,—labours which, I am entitled to pre- sume, have been sufl&cient to monopolize the studies of its members. The reputed ingredients of blood drawn from the venous system in a state of health may be conveniently arranged and considered in three leading groups. First, those invariably present, in a proportion little varying from a certain standard, and universally recognised by all che- mists and physiologists. Secondly, those usually present, but occasionally absent, and perpetually liable to altera- tion in their quantity. Thirdly, those substances, the b2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22334671_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
