Abstract
Summary
1. A technic is described for obtaining lymph from the thoracic duct of the rat. 2. The average rate of flow of thoracic duct lymph in the adult, female, unfasted rat, anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital was approximately 0.45 cc/hour (range: 0.13-0.7 in 10 rats). 3. The white cell count of the thoracic duct lymph in 17 rats varied from 6,650-46,250 cells/cu mm and averaged 19,050 cells/cu mm. 4. The rat is a useful and convenient animal to employ in studies on physiology of the lymph.
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