CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE REMOVAL OF PROTEIN DEPOSITED IN THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES OF THE DOG

Abstract

[long dash]The results of 1 control and 3 typical experiments on dogs indicate that under normal conditions protein which has left the blood vessels or which has been placed in the subcutaneous areas is unable to pass back through the capillary endo-thelium but must return to the blood stream by the lymphatic route, while after plasmapheresis, with substantial reduction of total blood protein, foreign protein placed in the subcutaneous tissues can be detected sero-logically in the blood when entrance by lymphatic routes has been blocked.