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diminished or entirely lost (exper. 442 A, fig. 3). The initial 

 loss of water by the glove in control 513 A can be ascribed 

 not to differences in osmotic pressure of the fluids which 

 bathe the skin's opposite surfaces, but rather to a loss by 



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the skin itself of water which it had previously held. Also, 

 it may be observed that in experiment 513 the initial loss in 

 the weight of the glove greatly exceeds that observed in the 

 gloves in the three other experiments (experiments 504, 505, 

 and 512) as well as that in its control (513 A). It is evident 



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