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Average duration of life, 70.3 hours. Observation: The 

 severity of the toxaemia of duodenal obstruction- is greatly di- 

 minished when the pancreas is excised. Autopsy revealed a 

 slight congestion of the mucosa of the duodenum and terminal 

 colon. 



Note : A severe toxaemia occurred in two cases ; the result of 

 general peritonitis in the one and partial devitalization of the 

 duodenum in the other. These variables were not included in 

 estimating the mean duration of life. 



Group IV : Duodenal occlusion, pancreatic excision, pancre- 

 atic transplant (auto), number of dogs, 4. 



Average duration of life, 29.7 hours. Observation: A severe 

 toxaemia developed within a few hours, the result of devita- 

 lized tissue produced by the digestion of the bed of the pancre- 

 atic transplant. Autopsy revealed congestion of the peritoneum 

 duodenal and colon mucosa from a slight to a moderate degree. 



Group V: Ileal segmental exclusion; bilateral occlusion; re- 

 construction of intestinal canal; pancreatic tissue (homo) placed 

 within isolated segment 1 2 ; num'ber of dogs, 6. 



Average duration of life, 35.7 hours. Observations : A severe 

 fulminating toxaenia developed within 18 hours. Autopsy re- 

 vealed a devitalized segment. A rupture of the segment was 

 found in three animals with resulting fat necrosis and peri- 

 tonitis. 



Note : In one animal the segment remained viable. The re- 

 sulting toxaemia stimulated duodenal occlusion. The duration 

 of life was 72 hours. This variable was not included in esti- 

 mating the mean duration of life. 



42 (2002) 



A new method of testing liver function with phenoltetrach- 

 lorphthalein. III. Clinical report. 



By SANFORD M. ROSENTHAL (by invitation). 



[From the Department of Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity, Baltimore, Maryland.] 



The author's method consists of determining the rate of dis- 

 appearance from the blood stream of phenoltetrachlorphthalein, 



