244 PROFESSOR RUTHERFORD ON THE 
Necropsy.—The mucous membrane of the upper ten inches of the small 
intestine was decidedly reddened, and there was evidence of a very slight pur- 
gative action in this portion of the intestine. 
2 Experiment 784A. 
| | 
| Secretion | | Secretion 
15 Secretion | of bile per || Secretion of bile per 
of bile per | kilogramme || of bile per | kilogramme 
15”. | of dog: per 15”. of dog : 
hour. | per hour. 
ce. ce, 
0°60 1) 0°65 
0°80 | 0°65 
07 b + 0°171 ce. 0°80 
0-80 =| | 11 
0°95 ) } ce’ —- 
c 1°45 
0°80 | | 1°60 
9 0°80 2°10 
1 2 3 4 5 0°70 1°80 
Fig. 78A.—Secretion of bile before and after mercuric ee ee 0°472 ce. 
chloride given with bile. 0°5 ce. bile and 2°5 0-65 1°70 
ce. water injected into duodenum ai 0. The 
same fluid with yy grain mercuric chloride in- 
jected into duodenum at c and again at c’ (3 
grain siven in all). 
25 
Experiment 783. 
ss i 2” | 
| Secretion | Secretion 
“ | Secretion of bile per || Secretion | of bile per 
| of bile per | kilogramme | of bile per | kilogramme 
15% of dog: per || lj of dog: per 
hour. I hour. 
15 oe || = 
ce. | ce 
0°85 ears 
0°80 H. 170 
1 0°80 \) 1°70 
—— | I] t.2-0 
1:05 70'202 ce. || 2°15 
0°90 | | 2°55 
7 0°80 J | 2°15 
rb ¢ | 2°40 
| 0°95 | 2°35 
1°00 | 2°80 3 
ea ate js 557 ce. 
0 | 1°20 || 2°40 
; | 1:30 | 
if 2 3 4 5 
Fic, 78n,—Secretion of bile before and after mercuric 
~ chloride given with bile. 4, c, and ¢’ indicate pre- 
cisely the same as in fig. 784. 
Experiment 788. Dug that had fasted nineteen hours. Weight 175 kilo- 
orammes (fig. 78B).—In this experiment the same doses were given and in the 
same manner as in the preceding experiment. The result was similar, a 
decided increase of secretion following the second dose. 
