Abstract
Summary
1. Studies of the bile acid in the blood of patients with obstructive jaundice indicate that if the blood bile acid increases after obstruction it rapidly returns to normal (4). We are unable to explain this discrepancy between the findings in patients with obstructive jaundice and in our experimental animals. 2. The rapid increase in thoracic duct lymph following common duct obstruction confirms the work of Mayo and Greene (5) indicating that the preferential route through which bile acid reaches the blood stream is through the lymphatics.
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