THE RELATION BETWEEN THE OXYGENATION OF FLUIDS AND THE OCCURRENCE OF EDEMA IN THE PERFUSED FROG WEB

Abstract

The soln. acacia (3%)[long dash]ox red cells (19 to 24%)[long dash]Ringer''s can be perfused through frogs for periods up to 6 hrs. without the appearance of microscopically detectable edema. The effectiveness of the soln. appears to be due to its high content in available O2. In such expts., the frog serum proteins can be replaced by acacia having approximately the same colloid osmotic pressure.