. Hand-book of physiology . * Figs. 2, 3, and 4 illustrate some of the principal forms of blood-crystals :— Fig. 2, Prismatic, from human 3, Tetrahedral, from blood of guinea-pig. F 66 THE BLOOD: Carbon ....Hydrogen ....Nitrogen ....Oxygen, with a little Sulphur Fig. A. 55-18 7-14 17-40 20-28 For the best ac-count of this interest-ing subject, which isstill involved in muchobscurity, the studentis referred to Lehmann(cciii. vol. iii., pp. 485— 495); to a good re-view of it by (cxc. , p. 348); and fora notice of the mostrecent information, toDr. Days Repo
. Hand-book of physiology . * Figs. 2, 3, and 4 illustrate some of the principal forms of blood-crystals :— Fig. 2, Prismatic, from human 3, Tetrahedral, from blood of guinea-pig. F 66 THE BLOOD: Carbon ....Hydrogen ....Nitrogen ....Oxygen, with a little Sulphur Fig. A. 55-18 7-14 17-40 20-28 For the best ac-count of this interest-ing subject, which isstill involved in muchobscurity, the studentis referred to Lehmann(cciii. vol. iii., pp. 485— 495); to a good re-view of it by (cxc. , p. 348); and fora notice of the mostrecent information, toDr. Days Report onAnimal Chemistry (cxc. vol. xv., p. 547). Vital Properties and Actions of the Blood.* The life of the blood is manifested, as aheady said, in itscoagulation, and the subsequent more perfect organisationwhich it may attain when it coagulates among healthy livingtissues. But, in a higher degree, its life is shewn in its de-velopment and self-maintenance, in its Hability to idiopathicdisease and death, and in the purpose and
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