DISTRIBUTION OF AVAILABLE WATER IN THE ANIMAL BODY

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Abstract
Plasma water and available water vols. of normal, dehydrated, and hydrated rabbits were detd. by the simultaneous dye and thiocyanate method of Gregersen and Stewart. Tissue distribution of available water was detd. by a method described in this investigation. Skin and muscle combined contained 3/4 of the available water in normal rabbits. Skin was the most flexible of available water reservoirs. Plasma water vol. tended to remain constant at the expense of the interstitial portion of available water under conditions of moderate and advanced dehydration and hydration. Intra-cellular water vol. was not significantly affected by loss or gain of neutral isotonic fluid by the available water compartment.

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