On the relation of blood-volume to the nutrition of the tissues. III. The effects of hemorrhage and subsequent injection of gumsaline upon the response of the sartorius muscle of the dog to rapid electrical stimulation

By comparing fatigue curves elicited by equal periods of stimulation of the sartorius muscle, we found that hemorrhage had a detrimental effect upon the endurance of the muscle, that hemorrhage amounting to 1 per cent. of the body weight or less may decrease the response of the muscle to stimulation. Subsequent injection of gum-saline decidedly improved the response of the muscle to further stimulation.