Some considerations with respect to the blood : founded on one or two very simple experiments on that fluid / by Benjamin G. Babington.

  • Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy), 1794-1866.
Date:
1831
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Credit: Some considerations with respect to the blood : founded on one or two very simple experiments on that fluid / by Benjamin G. Babington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    be no other than serum, in which minute particles of coagulated fibrine are suspended*. I have known such a secretion poured forth daily from the pleura, for more than a year together, pre- serving all along the same character and specific gravity. What the circumstances are which determine the mode of separation of the fibrine from the se- rum, so that at one time it should form a false membrane adhering to the true membrane whence it exudes, at another, it should continue suspend- ed in the serum itself, remains for future investi- gation. I shall, presently, offer some further re- marks on this subject. That such false membranes are formed of fibrine, resembling in every respect the buffed coat of blood, is very distinctly and beautifully shewn by drying portions of each, whilst stretched across the mouth of a small aperture, like the head of a drum. Not only will the identity of false mem- brane with the buffed crust of blood be thus de- monstrated, but also the resemblance of both to true membrane be rendered apparent. * This belief is negatively confirmed by the microscopical observations of Dr. Hodgkin, who says, in his paper on this subject, as far as we have yet examined this secretion, its particles appear to be as irregular in size and figure as those ©f the brain, and bear no resemblance to those of the blood,