“On the secretion of human bile”

Abstract

The bile was obtained from a patient with a biliary fistula. The patient had been operated upon for gallstones, and was in comparatively good health at the time of the experiment.

Attention was directed to (i) the influence of diet on the quantity of bile secreted in 24 hours, (2) the permeability of the biliary ducts for certain substances like methylene-blue and sodium sali-cylate, (3) the influence of these substances and of some salts and acids on the secretion, and (4) on the nature of so-called ” bile mucin.”