Volume 1

Observations on the healthy and diseased properties of the blood / by William Stevens.

  • William Stevens
Date:
1832
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Credit: Observations on the healthy and diseased properties of the blood / by William Stevens. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    blood arrives in the extreme texture, where it again changes from arterial to venous. When the blood is subjected to the process of the destructive analysis, the ultimate constituents of the grosser ingredients, the albumen, the fibrin, &c., are found to consist, like other animal matter, of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and azote. The following are the pro- portions as ascertained by Gay-Lussac, and Thenard. Carboy. F456 Wor ie eelia O20883 Oxygen oo. faite (236818 Eiydrocon. 255). 60... oO DNitrore 48 PPE. SOEs 100.000 But in addition to these, the residuum is found to contain soda, potass, lime, iron, &c., all of which had existed in the blood, not in their alkaline or metallic state, but combined with acids in the form of salts. When the blood is first drawn from the body, it appears to be homogeneous in its consistence. ‘This, however, is merely in appearance ; for the vital cur- rent is in reality not only acompound, but a very com- plicated fluid; consisting of water, albumen, fibrin, colouring matter, a variety of saline ingredients, a minute portion of iron, a small quantity of an oily substance, and while in the circulation both the arterial and the venous blood contain a proportion of gas, which they hold, as I believe, not in solution but in a free state. The following is the latest analysis of healthy blood that has been made in this country; it is that of Dr. Clanny :— B 2
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