Abstract
Summary
1. A quantitative method for measuring cutaneous fluorescein fluorescence is described.
2. The intensity of cutaneous fluroescein fluorescence is shown to parallel the expected capillary responses to various concentrations of vasoactive drugs.
3. The procedure described can be used to obtain in physiologically intact, unanesthetized experimental animals and probably human beings, a quantitative, sensitive and objective estimate of the cutaneous capillary circulation under a variety of experimental conditions.
The author acknowledges his indebtedness to Mr. Carl Griesmeyer for the Skillful and intelligent construction of the apparatus described in this paper.
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