Abstract
Summary
Barbitalized cats and dogs were subjected to various degrees of anoxemia, the most severe being a partial pressure of oxygen of 53 mm. of mercury. This causes a distinct increase in the venosity of the blood. It was found that no degree of anoxemia compatible with life could have any appreciable influence in the venosity of the blood. It was found that no degree of anoxemia compatible with life could have any appreciable influence on the amount of absorption from the stomatch. It was also found that about as much water is absorbed from the stomach of a dead animal as from that of a living one.
From our findings, and related evidence from other workers previously quoted, it is concluded that some other factor that the venosity of the blood is of chief importance in the failure of the stomach to absorb water.
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