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COLLOIDS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 



TABLE II. 

 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANS. 



(Entire water in the organism = 100 per cent.) 

 (After A. Albu and C. Neuberg,* Bischoff,* Engels * and A. W. Volkmann.*) 



is very small for the skeleton, the blood, and the intestines, has a 

 middle value for the viscera, and becomes higher for skin, muscles, 

 and kidneys. 



This was deduced especially from the experiments of ENGELS.* 

 He kept dogs without food four days and determined the water 

 content of various organs (normal animals). Another series of dogs, 

 after the same preliminary treatment, received an infusion into their 

 jugular veins of 1160 gm. physiological salt solution (on the average). 

 Three hours after the termination of the infusion, the animals were 

 killed and the water content of the organs determined (water treated 

 animals). 



In the following table, the percentage of the water infused, that is, 

 recovered from the individual organs, is shown in column A, and in 

 column B is the percentage increase in weight of the several organs 

 in terms of their own weight : 



