The effect of acute haemorrhage on the plasma renin concentration was studied in the dog and man.2. Plasma-renin concentration was regularly increased after the larger bleeds; after the smaller haemorrhages plasma-renin concentration remained unchanged.3. The results are discussed in relation to current hypotheses concerning the control of renin and aldosterone secretion.
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Brown et al. (1966) studied this question.