. The Viscosity of the Blood. nd placed aside for a short time, the acid is next replacedin quick succession by distilled water, alcohol and ether, and the tube finallydried by blowing a current of air through it. 2. The viscosimeter should be previously brought to the temperature of thepatient. 3. It is absolutely necessary to fill the receptacle with blood, for if thecolumn of blood in the capillary breaks from the fact that there is aninsufficiency, the experiment is utterly useless on account of the alteredpressure height which the method presupposes constant. 4. It is a wise precaution to
. The Viscosity of the Blood. nd placed aside for a short time, the acid is next replacedin quick succession by distilled water, alcohol and ether, and the tube finallydried by blowing a current of air through it. 2. The viscosimeter should be previously brought to the temperature of thepatient. 3. It is absolutely necessary to fill the receptacle with blood, for if thecolumn of blood in the capillary breaks from the fact that there is aninsufficiency, the experiment is utterly useless on account of the alteredpressure height which the method presupposes constant. 4. It is a wise precaution to fix on to the short limb of the tube a smallpiece of rubber tubing, so that, if the blood should at first refuse to flowthrough the instrument, movement may be initiated by slight suction. 5. Determinations of the viscosity of the blood should be accompanied bya careful blood count and observation of the temperature. 6. In these estimations a good assistant will be invaluable, whose care itshould be to time the rate of
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