Scorbutic blood. Healthy blood. Water 848.492 772.225 Solid matters 151.508 220.775 Dry clot 140.194 209.000 Albumen 72.304 68.717 Fibrin 4.342 2.162 Globules 63.548 138.121 Extractive matter--by absolute alcohol 10.312 8.013 by ether 1.002 1.300 Ashes of clot 3.000 5.691 Peroxide of iron of globules 1.060 2.259 Potassium of globules 0.329 0.625 From the conflicting statements of various observers the following conclusions may be drawn: that in scorbutic blood water is in excess; that there is, on the one hand, a marked increase of the fibrin, and in a less degree of the albumen and extractive matters, while on the other hand there is a marked decrease of the globules and in a less degree of the mineral matters. On the authority of Chalvet it may be also stated {176} that demineralization of the muscular tissue is a notable chemical feature in scurvy. So far, microscopic examination has been entirely negative. Hayem[8] found no appreciable alteration from healthy blood, and in this view Leven[9] concurs; while Laboulbène[10] notes the occurrence of an unusual number of white globules. [Footnote 8: _Mém. de la Société de Biologie_.] [Footnote 9: _Communication to the Académie des Sciences_, 1871.] [Footnote 10: _Epidemie de Scorbut_.] Petrone Luigi[11] injected scorbutic blood into the connective tissue of rabbits. In three instances the animals died, presenting on the ears distinct evidences of the formation of petechial extravasations. The viscera revealed everywhere bloody effusions of larger or smaller size. The spleen was enlarged and its parenchyma and capsule distended. In the blood were found oval, shining, spontaneously-moving corpuscles, which he regarded as the bearers of the specific poison of scurvy. [Footnote 11: _Annali Univers. di Med. c. Chir._, 10, 1880.]