Clinical chemistry : an account of the analysis of blood, urine, morbid products, etc., with an explanation of some of the chemical changes that occur in the body, in disease.

  • Ralfe, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1842-1896.
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[1883]
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Credit: Clinical chemistry : an account of the analysis of blood, urine, morbid products, etc., with an explanation of some of the chemical changes that occur in the body, in disease. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10. I>i<ii>tril»iitioii of flic iiiorijaiiic coiiNfi- lii('iit«!> ill tlie (litrc'i'ciit liH<mio« iiii<l lliii<ls.— 'J'lio following table gives the percentage of inorganic rosidue in tlie principal tissues and lluids of the body. It nnist be rcunemljered, however, with regard to the fluids, that the amounts are only approximate, since they vary gi-eatly during the period of the twenty-four hours, under the ditierent physiological conditions. Takle I.—Percentage of Inougamc Resiuce in I'.namol S)6'41 l>('ntiiie 71-30 I'.one 66-70 Muscle 1-82 Nerve 174 Trine (24 hours) . . 1-32 lUood plasma. . . . 0-82 Dlood corpuscles. . . 0-72 Pus 0-84 Chyle 0 83 Lvniph 0-72 Bile 0-78« Gastric juice. ... 024 8aliva 0-18 Pancreatic juice . . — The diflerent inorganic constituents are distri- butetl in very Aarying proportions among the tissues and fluids ; thus, in muscle, in 100 jiarts of the ash the ])otassium salts are to the sodium salts as 58 to '2?>, whilst in blood they are as 6 to 79. Again, the distribution of the inorganic salts in blood is found to difi'er in the ash of the plasma and corpuscles i-elatively ; thus, in the ash of 1000 parts of corpuscles there is 3-G79 parts of potassium chloride and 2-343 of j)otassium phosphate, whilst in the serum the potas- sium chloride only amounts to -408 and a mere trace of potassium phosphate. On the other hand, the serum is pai'ticularly rich in sodium chloride whilst the corpuscles yield but little. Dr. Ringer's experi- ments, already alluded to, seem to throw some light on the reason for this marked divergence. The effect of the potassium salts on the action of the heart, says * The bases combined with glycocholic and taurocholic acids not reckoned.