The anion and cation contents of normal and anaemic bloods

Abstract

IN the course of investigations on the permeability of erythrocytes, it was noticed that the potassium content and osmotic pressure, as judged from the total ionic concentration, of erythrocytes from cases of acholuric family jaundice, were much diminished, whilst the osmotic pressure of the plasma was about normal. In view of the contradictory nature of these observations, a more complete survey of the several constituents of the cells and plasma in various normal and abnormal conditions was undertaken.