Abstract
The method by means of which the following determinations of the viscosity were made has been described in Pflüger's Archiv, Vol. 82, p. 464.
Having determined the coefficient for fresh ox serum at 37deg; C. the serum was gradually concentrated by the addition of definite quantities of red blood corpuscles (washed). The viscosity of the “blood” was tested after each addition of corpuscles.
The following data may serve as examples:
Thus, the increase in the number of red corpuscles caused a corresponding increase in the viscosity. It is also obvious that the red corpuscles constitute the principal factor in determining the viscosity of the blood.
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