Abstract
The haemolysis caused by triethylmercuric phosphate in isotonic sodium chloride solution was examined kinetically. The haemolysis was found to be found to be consisted of three processes, shrinking and swelling of the red cells in the lag phase and escape of haemoglobin from the cells in the lytic phase. Kinetic date for each process obtained were explained by the hypothesis proposed by Good.
The method used in this paper for determining the permeability change of the cell membrane will be used appropriately for studying the effect of various industrial poisons on the red cell membrane.
