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value of a for solutions of caseinates in water to be very small. In 

 fact, if allowance be made for the alteration in the refractive index 

 of the water with varying temperature, I have been unable to 

 observe any alteration in a, distinctly greater than the possible 

 experimental error, between 20 and 40 degrees. According to 

 Herlitzka, however, if egg-albumin be employed, a distinct in- 

 fluence of temperature upon the refractivity of the protein itself 

 can be observed. He interprets his results in the light of the 

 Lorentz-Lorentz modification of Gladstone's law of mixtures (28) 

 (29). 



The utilization of the refractometric method for determining 

 the concentrations of various proteins in solutions and in body- 

 fluids has been discussed in Chap. III. 



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