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The ines (or fibrous connective tissue) are a something
intermediate between sinew and vein. Some of them are supplied with
fluid, the lymph; and they pass from sinew to vein and from vein to
sinew. There is another kind of ines or fibre that is found in
blood, but not in the blood of all animals alike. If this fibre be
left in the blood, the blood will coagulate; if it be removed or
extracted, the blood is found to be incapable of coagulation. While,
however, this fibrous matter is found in the blood of the great
majority of animals, it is not found in all. For instance, we fail
to find it in the blood of the deer, the roe, the antelope, and some
other animals; and, owing to this deficiency of the fibrous tissue,
the blood of these animals does not coagulate to the extent observed
in the blood of other animals. The blood of the deer coagulates to
about the same extent as that of the hare: that is to the blood in
either case coagulates, but not into a stiff or jelly-like
substance, like the blood of ordinary animals, but only into a flaccid
consistency like that of milk which is not subjected to the action
of rennet.
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