The hygrology, or chemico-physiological doctrine of the fluids of the human body

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a6 The CHEMICO-PHYSIOLOGICAL Doctrine Into the cahe, crisor. or crassamentum, Whicli resembles a rei mass, stainam ing like an illand in ille serum. Blood recently dra n, coagulates s oner inclosed in silal air, than in atmospheric air; butsower is in mephetic air, or in vacuo. Hence the Coagulation of the blood by the oxygene of the atmosphere.

Enegaris

It is dii ived by die si ed causic ollati, but notby the volatile. '

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rature of the atmoiphore, it putreses in a se days, and generates a conssiderable qupntity of volatileaikali but by a gentie heat est dries into a hard, blaCk malis, called extra ct of blood This delio uesces in tuam id air, and Willi the minerat athali,

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et Em reumatio Oil, produced from the hydrogene and carbone of the fibrous and albutanainous gluten. 3. Ammoniaca pirit, Whicli consists of an empy- Teumatic acid, supersaturaled with volatile al-kali. The volatile aikali is produced froin theagote of the sibi ous gluten and the hydrogene os decomposed Water. . Carbone,' whicli remalias bellind, is very spongy, and with great dissiciasty incinerated. The a heshowever consist, os a sinali portiori os culinarysali, soda, phosphoraled calx, and a finaliquantity of iron. The PROX1ΜΑΤΕ PRINci PLES Os blood, are,

a. The Cruor of the blood, an 3. The Albi inous serum of the blaod.

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of the FLUID s of the HUMAN BODY.

TAE BILESCENT PRINCIPLE. Is two paris of blood with one of water are coagulated by fire ;a liquid separates iis is frona that evaporaled,

whicli frona iis bitter taste, yellow colour, bilious smeli, and chemicat analysis, is very like unto cystic bile.

et. It simulates to contraction the cavities of thelieari and vesself, by iis matter of heat and vital air; by whioli means the circulation ofilie blood is performed. 3. It generates Within ilself animal heat, Whicli it propagates throughout the body; as wili bementioned in iis place. . It nouri es the whole body by means of the jelly of the serum.

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6. It constitutes the temperament of the hu=nours. Doeg not the cruorous principie abound in thesanguineolis P The alburninous principie in thephlegmatio P Thie bilescent i in the cholericrand the carbonic in the 1nelancholic P

serum,

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It is insolubie in WATER, and wheriboiled init, is converted into a hard grumous masse inter

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a The CHEMICO-ΡHYSIOLOGICAL Doctrine, The PROX1MATE PRINCIPI Es of the Cruor aret I. Due red globules, whicli consist os fibrous gluten and oxydated iron. The experiments of the celebrated Rhades me , that in twenty-sive pounds of blood frona the human body, nearly two drachnis of the oxyd of iron were Ob-taine l.

a. The Fibrous Gluten of tbe Cruor, consisting of

carbone and aZOte.

For is the cruor of the blood be in losed in linen, and wassa ed sor sonae time in cold water, continu- atly pressing it With the singers; it yields ali iis red paris to the water, and there is test in the linena white, sibi ous, tenacious masse, resemblingsuid

The REO WATER whicli is masti ed frona illes brous gluten of the cruor is Very smali in quantity, consisting of iis red pigment, and is called thered ferum of the cruor. Distilled to dryness, it leaves bellirid a carbone, exhibiling When incineraled a great quantity of iron alti aetable by the

magnet.

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i. It gives the red colour to the blood. g. By iis metallic Weight, it irritates more readilythe heart and velleis than the lighter particles;

3. It promoles motion together Willi the lighter particles of the serum.

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