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Hematoxylin.

Any substance, such as an iron salt or organic compound containing iron, which when ingested tends to increase the hemoglobin contents of the blood.

A form of hemoglobinometer.

Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids.

A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.

Hematin.

Same as Hematin.

Same as Hematinometer.

Same as Hematinometric.

A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively hæmatoporphyrin and hæmatolin, are formed in a similar manner.

Hematin. [R.]

as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.

inc dust as a reducing agent upon the coloring matter of the blood, used medicinally as a hematinic.

A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called hæmolutein.

The hematin of blood. [R.]

nd common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin.

rmal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called hæmatoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized,…