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In accordance with the high viscosity, the specific gravity shows in 

 these cases variations between 1.0355 ^^^ i-0459- While it is quite 

 evident that dog bile possesses also a greater viscidity than ox bile, 

 it cannot be conjectured that its high viscosity is directly dependent 

 upon its content in mucin or similar substances. To be sure, these 

 two qualities of the bile generally preserve a direct relationship to 

 one another, but examples may also be cited which clearly show 

 that a high viscidity is at times associated with a low viscosity, and 



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vice versa. In illustration of this Statement, I mention the results 

 obtained with bile collected from a patient who had suffered for 

 some time previously from a severe inflammation of the gall-bladder 



