Investigations dealing with the phenomena of clot formations. Part III.—Further investigations of the cholate gel

In the last communication it was shown that sodium cholate solutions readily set to a gel when heated to 50° in the presence of a calcium salt, and that gel formation is inhibited by the presence of various substances, the inhibitory action of which runs very nearly parallel with their narcotic action and their power of producing cytolysis or exosmosis from living cells. These observations are amplified in the present communication by the investigation of the action of the same series of substances on the disintegration of the gel, and of the antagonistic action of certain salts as regards gel formation.