1000 parts of liquor sanguinis contain--

Water 902·90

Solid constituents 97·10

consisting of--

Fibrin 4·05

Albumen 78·84

Fat 1·72

Extractive matters 3·94

Mineral substances 8·55

Chlorine 3·644

Sulphuric anhydride (SO_{3}) 0·115

Phosphoric anhydride (P_{2}O_{5}) 0·191

Potassium 0·323

Sodium 3·341

Oxygen 0·403

Calcium phosphate 0·311

Magnesium phosphate 0·222