1. Eight ounces of liver were taken and correctly weighed. 2. On some of the fluid being removed, by squeezing, it was found to have lost 1125 grains. 3. The liver was now minced up and put into a water-bath (temperature 150° Fahr.) for 24 hours, and again weighed, when it was found to have lost 2478 grains. 4. It was then put into the same bath for 12 hours longer, at the end of which time it was again weighed, but found to be constant:

There being present in the liver water equal to 64.5 per cent.