. An index of physiology. antity by the bloodvessels. Imbi-IMBIBITION.—^bition is a property common to all •animal structures, by which they are enabled to takeup a certain portion of a fluid. Many of the phenom-ena of absorption, as endosmosis and exosmosis, areillustrations of the power of imbibition. Chyle isCHYLE.—lymph plus the products of digestion, and 42 ABSORPTION. SPECIFIC GRAVITY.—has a spccific gravity of 1024LYMPH.—Four pounds of lymph are produced intwenty-four hours. It is colorless or of a yellowishSPECIFIC GRAVITY.—hue, has no odor, possesses aspecific gravity of 1007, and con
. An index of physiology. antity by the bloodvessels. Imbi-IMBIBITION.—^bition is a property common to all •animal structures, by which they are enabled to takeup a certain portion of a fluid. Many of the phenom-ena of absorption, as endosmosis and exosmosis, areillustrations of the power of imbibition. Chyle isCHYLE.—lymph plus the products of digestion, and 42 ABSORPTION. SPECIFIC GRAVITY.—has a spccific gravity of 1024LYMPH.—Four pounds of lymph are produced intwenty-four hours. It is colorless or of a yellowishSPECIFIC GRAVITY.—hue, has no odor, possesses aspecific gravity of 1007, and contains corpuscular ele-ORiGiN.—ments known as lymph corpuscles. Therecan scarcely be any doubt but that the lymph is derivedFUNCTiON.—from the blood. The function of thismaterial is to remove from the tissues the products ofdecay. The flow of the lymph and chyle over theroute of the lymphatic circulation, is the result of theforces of endosmosis and transudation, more or lessmodified by other THE BLOOD. THE BLOOD—The blood is the most highly or-ganized fluid in the body. All tissues are not suppliedwith bloodvessels, and those which are not are knownas extra vascular tissues, being of low organizationsuch as hair, cartilage, etc. In case of haemorrhageall the blood does not escape from the body owing tothe diminution of the hearts force. The amount otQUANTITY.—blood in the body is in the ratio of oneto eight,—about sixteen to eighteen pounds. TheOPACITY.—opacity of the blood depends upon theODOR.—varying density of its constituents. Its odorTASTE.—is heavy; taste, saltish, due to chloride ofREACTION.—sodium; the reaction, alkaline, due tobasic carbonate and phosphate of soda; the specificSPECIFIC GRAVITY.—gravity 1052 to 1057; and theTEMPERATURE.—temperature from 98° to 100° Fah. —The red color of the blood is due to the red 43 44 T^E BLOOD. corpuscles, and is darker in the veins than in the arte-CORPUSCLES.—ries. Be
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