1917] 



on The Treatment of War Wounds 



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the fluid from the upper compartment a mere trace of albumen : in 

 that from the lower a very massive floccular deposit. That means 

 that in the upper only a mere trace of albumen has diffused upwards 

 against gravity, and that in the lower compartment the heavier 

 albuminous fluid has sunk to the bottom. In Tube 2, where both 

 compartments were filled with salt solution, we have in the upper a 



Tube 3- 



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Fig. 11.— Tube 3 is flanked with test-tubes labelled A and B 

 showing the result of boiling the fluid from the upper (A) and the 

 lower (B) compartments of this tube. 



massive floccular deposit, and in the lower a heavy, but not nearly as 

 heavy a one. It is the result in the lower compartment which 

 specially interests us. It shows that an albuminous fluid is drawn 

 down into salt solution in opposition to gravity. In the upper 

 compartment we have, superadded to the drawing action of the salt, 

 a displacement upwards of a lighter by a heavier fluid. In Tule 3 



E 2 



