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Sugar B. 
Volume Equivalent 
used. Weight Cu. in dextrose. Total amt. Per cent. 
25 ¢. ¢. 0°2135 gram. 0°1097 gram. 04388 gram. 2°74 
Total Carbohydrates A. 
UPBY (CCE 0°2160 gram. 0°1111 gram. 17776 grams. 11°10 
20 0°3367 0°1768 1°7680 11°05 
Total Carbohydrates B. 
25 ¢. ¢. 0°4030 gram. 0°2146 gram. 1°7168 grams. 10°73 
25 0:4042 0°2153 1°7224 10°76 
The following table shows the average percentage results : 
Amount of 
Total 
liver taken. Method of treatment. Glycogen. Sugar. carbohs iaueen 
40 grams. With peptones and blood (A), 5°46 % 2°91 % 11:08 % 
40 Without peptones and blood (B), 6°21 2-14 10°75 
—0°75 +0°17 +0°33 
From this it is seen that while in the presence of peptone and blood 
there is a slight increase of both total carbohydrates and sugar, 
there is also a more than corresponding decrease in the percentage of 
glycogen. 
Experiment I. 
Liver of a rabbit, removed directly after death and treated in the 
Same manner as in Experiment I. 
A. B. 
40 grams sampled liver. . 40 grams sampled liver. 
50 ¢e.c. of a 10 per cent. peptone solution. 145 c. c. of water. 
25 grams blood. 
70 e.c. of water. 
Warmed 2 hours at 40° C., with a current of air passing through A. 
Glycogen A. 
Volume Equivalent Equivalent Total Per 
used. Weight Cu. in dextrose. in glycogen. amount. cent. 
25 c. ©. 03170 gram. 0°1659 gram. 0°1493 gram. 11944 grams. 7:46 
Glycogen B. 
25 ¢. ¢. 0°3420 gram. 0°1798 gram. 0°1618 gram. 1°2944 grams. 8:09 
Sugar A, 
25 ¢. ©. 0°2520 gram. 01303 eram-) eee 0°5212 gram. 3°26 
Sugar B. 
HOMCHG 0:0865 gram. O:044s oramh (esse — 04410 gram. 2°75 
Total carbohydrates A. 
10 ¢.¢. 0°2205 gram. On134: grams) eae 2°2080 grams. 14°15 
Total carbohydrates B. 
10 ee. 0°2110 gram, O0082 cram: ) |" sas 2°1680 grams. 13°55 
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