Identifier: quarterlyjournal11edinuoft (find matches)
Title: Quarterly journal of experimental physiology and cognate medical sciences
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Physiology
Publisher: Edinburgh (etc.) E. & S. Livingstone (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Fig. 5. —Effect of extract of hilum ovarii on the intestine (wliole tube) of the rabbit. Notice theincrease of tone with gradual diminution of amplitude of the rhythmic movements. Thefirst mark on the lowest line indicates the aj>plication of hilum extract, the second itsreplacement by simjile Locke. intestine and two with the intestine of a kitten. All these, withoutexception, showed an increase of tone (fig. 5). The strength of the extractemployed was from 3 per cent, to 10 per cent. Eight experiments wereperformed with longitudinal strips of the intestine of the rabbit, thestrength of the extract used being from 2 per cent, to 10 per cent. AHshowed relaxation of tone, the pendulum movements being arrested(fig. 6) by the stronger solutions (above 5 per cent.), but not by theweaker (from 2 per cent, to 5 per cent.). 32 Itaofaki &■ 1 Effects on Blood-pressure. Lambert (2) states, with regard to extract of ovary containing nocorpus luteuni, that this has no toxic and no phys

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