A Chemical Study of Yellow Elastic Connective Tissue — a rigorous examination of the anatomy and chemistry of a key connective tissue.
This 1902 work investigates how elastic tissue in the ligamentum nuchae of the ox contributes to the body's structure and metabolism, with detailed methods and results across several proteid and extractive components.
The book presents a careful look at the tissue’s coagulable proteids, mucoids, elastin, collagen, and crystalline extractives. It explains how researchers separated and analyzed these substances, and what the findings suggest about tissue metabolism, proteid varieties, and the composition of elastin and gelatin. The result is a foundational, data‑driven portrait of yellow elastic connective tissue and its biochemistry.
- Step‑by‑step methods for preparing and isolating tissue components, including coagulable proteids and elastin.
- Detailed analysis of the tissue’s elemental composition, nitrogen, sulfur, and ash content.
- Discussion of elastin’s structure, digestion, and relation to collagen and gelatin.
- Insights into crystalline extractives such as creatin and nuclein bases found in the tissue.
Ideal for readers of early biochemistry, physiological chemistry, and the history of tissue study, this edition offers a window into foundational techniques and interpretations from the era.