Here,  also,  it  is  seen  that  the  anaemia  was  more  severe
and  the  repair  slower  in  the  splenectomized  than  in  the


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THE  SPLEEN  AND  ANJSMIA


normal  animal.  In  the  first  experiment  the  splenectomized
dog's  haemoglobin  fell  eventually  on  the  thirtieth  day  to
54  per  cent,  and  the  red  cells  to  3,700,000,  and  it  took
forty-three  days  for  the  return  to  normal,  whereas  in  the
control  receiving  an  equivalent  amount  of  oleate  the  haemo-
globin fell  on  the  third  day  to  only  93  per  cent,  and  the


Dog  24.    Weight  9,650  gm.  (5  months  after
splenectomy)

Dog  55.    Weight  7,860  gm.    Normal

100  c.c.  of  1  per  cent,  sodium  oleate  in  vein

100  c.c.  of  1  per  cent,  sodium  oleate  in  vein

Haemo-
globin

Red  blood

Leucocytes

Haemo-
globin

Red  blood
cells

Leucocytes

per  cent.
per  cent.
Before

89

5,650,000

10,600

Before

108

6,460,000

8.600

1  day

68

3,770,000

15,600

3  days

93

5,420,000

7,100

3  days

70

2,320,000

10,400

7  days

112

6,120,000

6,400

7  days

74

3,100,000

10,800

16  days

116

7,240,000

10,800

11  days

70

4,200,000

8,600

24  days

114

7,410,000

8,200

16  days

66

3,420,000

9,800

19  days

66

3,760,000

10,200

24  days

63

3,600,000

10,000

30  days

54

3,700,000

7,600

35  days

63

3,890,000

10,000

39  days

66

4,180,000

9,300

44  days

76

4,220,000

12,800

51  days

79

4,400,000

13,600

57  days

86

4,820,000

8,900

73  days

90

5,780,000

12,600

200  days

110

6,048,000

*The  data  in  this  table  are  arranged  in  the  same  manner  as  in  Table  XXVII.
