1. From the psoae muscles 8 ounces or 3840 grains of flesh were removed and correctly weighed. 2. On some of the fluid being removed, by squeezing, it was found to have lost 1050 grains. 3. It was then minced up, and placed in a water-bath (the temperature not exceeding 150° Fahr.) for 24 hours, and again weighed, but the weight was found to be constant:

Water..............

2717 grains

Flesh ...............

1123 „

3840 „

There being present in the muscle water equal to 70'7 per cent.