Effect of Functional Activity upon Metabolism, etc. 543 

 The following data are those of a typical experiment : — 



Time 



11.35. 



11.55. 



12.5. 



12.30. 



1.0. 



1.30. 



2.30. 



3.10. 



4.39. 



5.32. 



Blood, flow c.c. 



2-3 



10 



4-8 



6-7 



6 



6 



4-8 



3 7 



3-4 



3-3 



per min. 























2 in c.c. per 



27 



0-56 



0-47 



0-45 



-45 



0-54 





0-34 



0-39 



0-22 



min. 























Total exuda- 







2-6 



1 -12 



0-63 



31 



0-413 



0-54 



0-26 



0-23 



0-12 



tion in c.c. 























per min. 























Saliva in c.c. 







1 -37 



0-68 



0-63 



0-30 



35 



0-32 



0-21 



0-19 



0-09 



per min. 























Lymph, etc., in 







1 -23 



0-44 







o-oi 



0-063 



0-022 



0-049 



0-044 



-0 -027 



c.c. per min. 























The following points are important : — 



(1) The lymph, roughly speaking, varies with the quantity of saliva 

 secreted < 5 >. 



(2) Kelatively to the rate of flow of saliva the increased oxygen consump- 

 tion and flow of blood rise for 2-3 hours. 



REFERENCES. 



1. Verzar, ' Journ. Physiol.,' vol. 44, p. 243. 



2. Haldane and Lorrain Smith, 'Journ. Physiol.,' vol. 25, p. 332. 



3. Verzar, ibid. 



4. Barcroft, ' Journ. Physiol.,' vol. 25, p. 789. 



5. Asher, ' Zeitschr. f. Biol.,' vol. 37, p. 261. 



