PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF DRUGS ON THE SECRETION OF BILF., 159 
Rhubarb. 
Experiment 13, 
» 14, 
TABLE VIII. 
Total Dose in Grains Grains per kilogramme 
¥ of Body-weight. 
68 without bile, 3°06 
» ”) 3°8 
Secretion of Bile per 
kilogramme of Body-weight 
per hour. 
Before. After. 
017 cc, | 0:32 ce. 
0°22 cc. 0°60 ee. 
Composition of the Bile before and after Rhubarb. 
TABLE 1X.— Rhubarb 
After At the Close 
Experiment 13. Before. the Second of the 
Dose. | Experiment. 
r | 
Water, 88°80 89-28 : 88:98 
Bile-acids, pigments, cholesterin, 
fats, ; F 9°60 9°60 9-60 
Mucus, 1:00 0°60 0°80 
Ash, 0°60 0°52 0°62 
100-00 100-00 100-00 
Velocity of secretion per half- 
hour . ‘ : , iOice: 2°95 ce 2°55 cc. 
TABLE X.—Rhubarb. 
Experiment 14. Before. | After. 
Water, . 85°47 86:23 
Bile-acids, pigments, cholesterin, fats, 11°59 11:03 
Mucus, . 1:87 1:72 
Ash, EO? 1:02 
100-00 100-00 
Velocity of secretion per half-hour, 1-45 cc 3°95 ce. | 
