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GUEAT HEADED CACHALOT.
it'lhj 1 «’ ? nd * n die perfect egg constitute the chalaza, grandines, appendices**£*'*'" treddles. From one ehalaza to the other are observed, in ma,, X^;icn]l t( j striae, formed by a thickening of the niembrana chalazifera. 1 ”
The ,'ii a PP eara nce the zona albicans. . . ’Tl, e
Sickest MWen ’ 9^ aire or white of the egg, is not uniform in is c ®" 5 .j n ‘ f rom"'ithom • portlon ls tllat which is first deposited around the yelk. J’ fl se _
lnv ^ ar ds, the three layers of albumen are denominated albumenp > •
the «• tertium. Just before the egg arrives at that par , of ferine
Portion of’ti reCe ‘l' es its outer coat > the P elkcula ov . t - 1 Vmeeffgs are expelled withoutthe oviduct, is formed the calcareous shell. Some ivn-nnal nieces
e are terme d oon eggs. The chalk is first deposited ... small po 1 pieces
«ll tr a l a c 7«‘«lline appearance; but, when the deposit has attained a certain th.cknes ,
s °i crystallization are lost.
T)pf—Domesticated in all the four quarters of the globe. .
tio n ESc ^tON.-Eggs (ova) are too well known to need :much d P
Uie v l ^ leiv specific gravity varies from 1 080 to 1 • J „
hront ? c ° me lighter, by the evaporation of a portion o e w ' , j
C ( m. Trans:hr 1822, p. 377) found, that m two years an egg lost«eciV 8raui8 ' The relative weights of the different parts ]
ng to the same authority, as follows -.-shell andlose, f”' 604-2 5 yelk, 288'9 ; (total, 1000). By boiling in watei an eggw ° to three per cent.
i mth (Testa Ovi; Putamen o,, 0 —This consists, accordingto Pr^ j rgceg 0 j
t^ p4ttr and 1 *’ 97! P hos P hate °f lime ™d magnesia, 1 ; «»* ^ hence its use
Neutral The chalk renders the egg absorbent and antacid
,,8. P r ,! Ze 0»e acidity of wines. „ . o membrane which lines
S*ll. 0vi (Membrana Putaminis ).—An albuminoii' . ;tate j bv ac id s . It
^■ghg a'k ' S so h>hle in alkalies, and from its solution is p P o-rains). At thegrains (the whole egg being supposed to be iOOO g a. wBlk choff d of )he egg it forms the follicula tens ; the air of wmcn, a. ,'k \V,’ l 0 ' 1Ui! is 23 475 per cent, of oxygen. f t h ree laminte,
!^' c hare n E , L 0r ^ LAIRE (Albumen seu Album Owi ) consi. ^_ a solid, probably
Raized^ homogeneous, as two parts at least are dtseemi e’ m ' ein brane, formiughaving the appearance of a very white of egg
SSistg a e *s> ln which is contained the liquid albumen. ^ wu ter 85'0.
r ft ^nlfrs toGmdin . of albumen 12*0, mucus W, Albumen or g-laire
l° r °tia;{) a n h ty of albumen by heat distinguishes it from cas • Ueralbumen)
h itmen) is distinguished from albumen of the serum of the blood (sera
of ,ell.» emulsion,
Ti^Ms B anS ^umen, and inclosed in a sac called the y fl ^ ccu i en t ehalaza,B yelk ? 6n - the cicatricula. At the extremities a «‘-}he twisted‘ «“" c “ le ” onta i n i„gtk^PWits V' nsists of yellow oil , with crystallizable fat, 28 > . ; j by boiling
5* Jelkt, J’ 47 ' wa( er 63 8. The yellow oil (oleum am) may he oh ame oy ^^ oh «l fro d V and digesting in alcohol, which dissolves the ml. By distillingw l he filtered tincture, the oil is left behind.
^^ ,1 y rii°t L0GlCAL Effects and Uses.—B oth the glaire and ^ j s’ l ^ e latter, on account of the oil whic readily
^hiilat ,i ess eas y °f digestion than the white. Bo a Q on .
S '^ er ed "’ben in the soft state than when hardene y •
®lire S nie dicinal agents, they are emollient and em . -^ e 0 f
* tlt rci lrv f V aluable agent in the treatment of poisoning yRe? ? e P- 479), sulphate of copper (see p. 494) and the bichlorideg( • ts . efficacy in these cases depends on its chemi p P ^° rr °sivo 6 ls a ^ so used as a demulcent or sheathing agen m • ,
° acrid poisons. The yelk is a constituent of the mstura