Abstract
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There is an immediate dilution of capillary and venous blood in the dog after a single large hemorrhage performed under local anesthesia. This dilution is absent when a similar hemorrhage is performed after the induction of intravenous sodium amytal anesthesia. There may even be a concentration of the blood under this circumstance. As soon as the effects of the anesthesia wear off dilution promptly appears.
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