THE DISPLACEMENT OF SERUM WATER BY THE LIPIDS OF HYPERLIPEMIC SERUM. A NEW METHOD FOR THE RAPID DETERMINATION OF SERUM WATER 1

Abstract

In the course of studies on lactescence of serum, it was found that the insoluble lipids displaced se- rum water to a degree which was occasionally great enough to be of considerable practical im- portance. The immediate consequence of this displacement was the finding of spuriously low concentrations of water-soluble components of se- rum, although their concentrations were normal when repeated on sera from which the insoluble lipids had been removed by ultracentrifugation.