AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF OEDEMA 



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of lymph from the ligatecl area has been discontinued, the 

 concentration of salts in the lymph of the ligated area would 

 gradually become lowered, as would likewise its osmotic 

 pressure. The following experiments show that such has 



TABLE 2 



Behavior of gastrocnemius muscles from desiccated frogs (A and B) in Binger's 

 solution approximately isotonic with normal resting muscle. 



Control: Behavior of gastrocnemius muscles of normal healthy frog (C) in 

 Singer's solution approximately isotonic tvith normal resting muscle. 



Binger's sohition: A = 0.445° — pH, 7.0. Boom temperature. 



