Anaphylactic Response of Fallopian Tube. 75 



associated with hydremia. When hydremia and uremia coexist 

 subcutaneous edema is also present. The arterio-sclerotic cases 

 with hypertension and with indefinite renal or cardiac symptoms 

 show an extremely concentrated serum without any elevation 

 of the freezing point. The results are easily summarized by giving 

 the numerical values, low and high, and total average for each 

 group. 



F.P. denotes the freezing point and Sp.g. the specific gravity 

 of the serum with the usual corrections. ANj X io 3 is the dif- 

 ference between the refractive indices of serum and water measured 

 at the same temperature and multiplied by 1,000. The dry 

 residue and the protein content of the serum were also determined. 

 From these determinations it appears that the refractive index 

 depends chiefly on the serum proteins while the specific gravity 

 follows closely the values for the dry residue. 



The clinical diagnoses were made by Dr. Van Home Norrie 

 and Dr. Frank Erdwurm. It is necessary to have thoroughly 

 reliable diagnoses as far as the best contemporary clinical medicine 

 permits. In one case of each of the important groups the clinical 

 diagnoses have been confirmed at autopsy. 



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The anaphylactic response of the human fallopian tube. 

 By Richard Weil. 



[From the Cornell Medical School, N. Y. C.\ 



The material for this study was obtained in the routine course 

 of gynecological operations, through the courtesy of the surgeons. 

 In the operations for fibroid tumors of the uterus, it is frequently 

 necessary to remove the Fallopian tubes, which furnish a satis- 

 factory basis for the study of smooth muscle reactions. The 

 tubes were studied by the method described by Dale for the uterine 

 horns of the guinea-pig. Some of the material came from women 

 who had previously received horse serum in some form, while in 

 the remainder, regarded as controls, there was no history of the 

 use of diphtheria antitoxin, or other therapeutic serum derived 



