The Peritoneum. PT. 1. Histology and Physiology Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...11 minutes after death the particles of Berlin blue gained the lumen of the lymph vessels of the sub-endothelia of the diaphragm. They are chiefly found in the interstitial lymph spaces lying between the tendon bundles of the centrum tendineum. They are mainly found along the wall of the large valved lymph trunks, occasionally toward the center inside of a leucocyte, in contact with a leucocyte or free. Experiment No. 12. Human diaphragm 2 years old, male, 36 hours after death absorbs Berlin blue particles by boing placed in water with Berlin blue in it. The Berlin blue particles are found between the tendons and more plenty in the large branches of lymph vessels which lie along the circumference of the centrum tendineum. Tlie colored granules are not so richly deposited in the lymph vessels of the dead as in the living, as the pumping action of the dead diaphragm is lost. A diaphragm which absorbs 36 hours after death must depend on some other factor than so-called "vital" action. The process of diaphragmatic absorption must rest on some mechanical principle--perhaps due to the perforations of the membrana limitans, which are almost solely located on the centrum tendineum. Experiment No. 13. Dog of about 6 Ibs. Anesthetized and the left jugular vein ligated. Injected into the peritoneal cavity 100 c.c.m. of fluid (H2 0.98 c. c.m. and 2 c. c. m. of a 5 per cent, solution of K4 Fe Cyc). He suddenly died in 11 minutes from the chloroform and the fluid was removed, absorbed 50 c. c. m. Experiment No. 14. Same dog, dead. Abdomen opened. 100 c. c. m. H2O. injected (with Berlin blue) and re-collected in 11 minutes. 20 c.c.m. absorbed. In 11 minutes no reaction of the urine by Fe2Cl6. In the very short experiments the leucocytes do not emerge on th...