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Volume 17, Issue 1
20 September 1933
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Article| September 20 1933

ANESTHESIA IN ACID AND ALKALINE SOLUTIONS

W. J. V. Osterhout,
W. J. V. Osterhout
From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
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W. J. V. Osterhout
From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
S. E. Hill
From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Accepted: July 05 1933
Online ISSN: 1540-7748
Print ISSN: 0022-1295
Copyright, 1933, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
1933
J Gen Physiol (1933) 17 (1): 99–103.
https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.17.1.99
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July 05 1933

The action of distilled water in producing anesthesia (loss of response to electrical stimulation) in Nitella is hastened by the addition of acid and alkali and retarded by the addition of calcium. The loss of irritability is fully reversible.

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