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The factors responsible for alterations in the suspension stability of erythrocytes is independent of the corpuscles. Solutions of gum acacia reduce the suspension stability of the blood. A solution of 3 or 4% of acacia is the minimal amount that will produce the maximal instability of erythrocyte sedimentation. The rapidity of formation and the size of agglutinated erythrocyte masses progresses parallel to the increase in concentration of acacia in solution. The curve of sedimentation for rapidly sedimenting bloods is not a rectilinear function.
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