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138 BLOMFIELD —BLOOD.
renmrks on German literature, which juice of a whitish color, which in cailtd
were received with approbation. The white blood. In the blood, two different
university of Cambridge appointed him substances are contained,which are sepaone of the preachers at St. Mary's church. rated by coagulation-the ser'um, a fluid
He began a translation of Schneider's like the white of an egg, and a thick matGriechisch-deutsches Lexicon, but did not ter, to which the red color properly belive to finish it. Matthie's Griechische longs, which is much heavier than the
Groammatik, however, he translated corn- former, and is called the coagulum.
pletely. His translation was published by The last may be divided again into two
his brother, and every where well receiv- different parts-into the cruor, or that
ed. He was in Switzerland, in 1816, with part of the blood which is intrinsically
his pupil, a young nobleman, and, in his red, and coagulable, and lymph orfibine, to
haste to return to Cambridge, on hearing which the coagulation of the blood must
that he was appointed proctor for the fol- be ascribed. The fibrine, in young anilowing year, the fatigue of rapid travelling mnals, is much whiter than in older and
occasioned a sickness, of which he died stronger ones. The blood of the latter
in October, 1816. contains much more azote than that of
BLONDEL; a confidential servant and in- the former. If the nourishment of anistructer in music of Richard Coeur de Lion mals is changed, we also find an alteraof England, about the year 1190. While tion in the constituent parts of their blood.
his master was the prisoner of the duke of It is also changed by diseases. In aniAustria, B. went through Palestine, and mals that are hunted to death, or killed
all parts of Germany, in search of him. by lightning, the blood does not coagulate.
I-He understood, it is said, that a prisoner The blood, of birds is more highly colof rank was confined in Lowenstein cas- ored, and warmer, than that of viviparous
tie, and hastened thither. Placing him- animals, and coagulates more easily in the
self under a grated tower, he began to air. That of reptiles and fishes coagulates
sing one of the French lays which he with difficulty. Aided by magnifying
had formerly composed for Richard. glasses of a strong power, one may obScarcely had he finished the first stanza, serve, in examining the blood of the living
when a voice from the dungeon of the animal, or in blood which is newly drawn,
tower responded. Thus he discovered that it consists, especially the cruor, of
his king, delivered him, and gained the little globular bubbles, the globules of the
name of the faithful Blondel. Gr6try's blood, as they are called, the diameter of
fine opera, Richard Coeur de Lion, is which amounts to about the three huOfournded on this anecdote. dxedth part of a line. In blood that has
BLOOD, Thomas (commonly called colo- been drawn some time, although this time
nel Blood), was a disbanded officer of Oli- may be very short, they are not to be disver Cromwell. He took part in the revolu- covered. They are the effect of the life
tion in various ways, and made an attempt that pervades the blood. The more robust
to steal the crown and regalia from the and healthy an animal is, the more globTower, in which he almost succeeded. ules are perceived. They show, as it
Being, however, taken, he confessed his were, the transition from the formless
purpose, without showing the least fear liquid to the original form of the first
of death. Charles II, from idle curiosity, organized matter. The blood is of the
went to see him, and B. persuaded the greatest importance to the life of an animonarch to pardon him. Charles even mal, and may be considered as the source
bestowed an estate with ~500 a year upon of life. As long as the body is living,
him, whilst poor Edwards, the keeper of the blood is in perpetual motion. When
the jewel-office, who valiantly defended it is taken out of the body, a remarkable
the crown, and was wounded, lived for- change soon follows: it begins to coagugotten. late, and then undergoes, first an acetous,
BLOOD is the red fluid contained in the and, after a few days, a putrid fermentablood-vessels (q. v.) of animal bodies. It tion. All the blood takes its origin from
is found in the mammalia, in birds, in the chyle, and deposits, by degrees, the
reptiles and in fishes. In the last two nourishing particles requisite to the presclasses of animals, the temperature of the ervation and growth of the body, by a
blood is much lower than in the former, multitude of vessels adapted thereto. This
for which reason they are distinguished is done while it is driven from the heart
by the name cold-blooded, while the others into the remotest parts of the body, and
are termed warm-blooded animals. Insects from thence back. The circulation of the
and worms, instead of red blood, have a blood is, as it were, the principle and first