Further observations on the effect of asphyxia and curare on the reducing power of the blood after section of the hepatic nerves in dogs

In a previous communication on this subject (Macleod, American Jour, of Phys., 1909, XXIII, 278) it was concluded that section of the hepatic nerves does not prevent the establishment of hyperglycæmia as a result of asphyxia and curare poisoning (Table III, p. 293, loc. cit.). The conclusion was based on the results of three experiments in which asphyxia was practiced, and in two of which marked hyperglycemia was observed; and on one in which curare was injected. Subsequent experiments of the same nature have yielded results which do not corroborate the above conclusion for asphyxiated animals, but do so for those which are curarized.