356 The Viscosity of Bile [April-July. 



temperature limit is approached, If projected as a curve, the values 

 here obtained would therefore give rise to a curved line, conforming 

 thereby in general to water and watery Solutions. The decrease 

 in the viscosity is associated with equally pronounced reductions in 

 the specific gravity, 



When permitted to stand for a time at room temperature, ox 

 bile undergoes certain autolytic changes which, as the experiments 

 compiled in Table 3 will show, also affect the viscosity. The two 

 samples of bile here tested gave the coefficients 2718 and 2521, or if 

 compared with distilled water at 37° C, the ratios i : 1.7 and i : 1.8 

 respectively. Four days later the same samples showed the values 

 2838 and 2644, or the ratios i : 1.6 and i : 1.7. A slight decrease in 

 the viscosity has therefore taken place during this time, which is 

 associated with an inconsiderable decrease in the specific gravity. 



