. Human physiology. lime, OTO; and water, 8046. M. Donne^ says it isalways alkaline in health; but in certain diseases sometimes becomesacid. The synovia of a stall fed ox was found by Frerichs^ to con-sist of Water, 969-90 Solid constituents, ......... 3010 Mncous matter with epithelium, ...... 240 Fat, 0-62 Albumen and extractive matter, . . . 15*76 Salts, 11-32 That of an ox, which had been pasture-fed all the summer, con-tained Water 948-54 Solid constituents, 51-46 Mucous matter and epithelium, . . . 5-60 Fat, 0-76 AlVnamen and extractive matter, ...... 35*12 Salts, 9-98 4. Adipous Exhala


. Human physiology. lime, OTO; and water, 8046. M. Donne^ says it isalways alkaline in health; but in certain diseases sometimes becomesacid. The synovia of a stall fed ox was found by Frerichs^ to con-sist of Water, 969-90 Solid constituents, ......... 3010 Mncous matter with epithelium, ...... 240 Fat, 0-62 Albumen and extractive matter, . . . 15*76 Salts, 11-32 That of an ox, which had been pasture-fed all the summer, con-tained Water 948-54 Solid constituents, 51-46 Mucous matter and epithelium, . . . 5-60 Fat, 0-76 AlVnamen and extractive matter, ...... 35*12 Salts, 9-98 4. Adipous Exhalation. a. Fat. Considerable diversity of opinion has prevailed regarding the pre-cise organ for the secretion of fat. Ilaller supposed, that the substance Annales de Chimie, xiv. 123 ; and art. Synovie, Diet, des Sciences Mfidicalos, , Paris, 1821. ^ Journal Hebdomad., Fevrier, 1834. 3 Art. Synovia, in Wagners Handworterbuch der Physiologie, IBte Lieferung, , Eraunschweig, 1848. 490 A small cluster of Fat-Cells magnified 150 diameters. exists ready formed in the blood, and simply transudes through thepores of the arteries; and Chevreul and others have given confirma-tion to the opinion, byFig. 144. the circumstance of their having met with fatty mat-ter in that fluid. Anato-mists have, likewise, beendivided upon the subject ofthe precise tissue into whichthe fat is deposited; somebelieving it to be the ordi-naiy areolar tissue, intowhich it is dropped by theagency of appropriate ves-sels; others, as Malpighi^and Dr. William Hunter,^believing in the existenceof a peculiar adipous tissue,consisting, according to ]\[. Beclard, of small bursas or membranousvesicles, which enclose the fat, and are found in the areolas of thetissue. These vesicles are said to var}^ greatly in size: generallj^, theyare round and globular; and, in certain subjects, receive very appa-rent vessels. They form so many small sacs without apertures, in theinterior of which are filament


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