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his curve would at the end be mesectic, because the value for K 

 would be what it normally was, but the blood would be abnormal 

 because it would contain more lactic acid and less carbonic acid than 

 usual. The position of the curve, therefore, whether pleonectic, 



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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 



FIG. 109. Limits within which the dissociation curves of normal persons fall. 



mesectic, or meionectic, depends not upon the actual quantity of any 

 one electrolyte in the blood, but upon the balance which is main- 

 tained between them. 



