RELEASE OF CYTOST 



6S 



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found in those animals which lived for some hours 

 after the injection of the aspirate. It is of interest to 

 note that this is a common finding in animals which 

 have suffered extensive tissue destruction by burns or 

 various infections. 



These experiments demonstrate conclusively that 

 the anesthetics so far examined are actually able to 

 effect tissue destruction with the consequent liberation 

 of the toxic cytost — that is they cause an in vivo autoly- 

 sis. 



A second series of experiments were made with cats 

 in order to compare the ease with which chloroform, 

 ether and alcohol effected tissue autolysis. For this 

 purpose the animals received two intramuscular in- 

 jections of the chemicals, the second injection being 

 administered two hours after the first. A few hours 



