A Note on the Effect of Walking and Excitement on the Leucocyte Count, etc. in Dogs, Completely Sympatheticotomized

Abstract

The present experiments were carried out in dogs long and well surviving the total sympatheticotomy, normal, healthy dogs being taken as the control.
30 minutes free walking and ten minutes vigorous excitement brought about an increase in the leucocytes count though in somewhat lesser degree in comparison to the control. The latter procedure acted stronger. The basal leucocytes count was definitely greater than the normal.
The erythrocyte count was not affected by these handlings in both groups of animals, normal and totally sympatheticotomized as well. The basal erythrocyte count was somewhat smaller than the control.
The pulse rate was also accelerated by these handlings in the animals so operated on in somewhat lesser scale. The basal pulse rate was somewhat slower than in the control.
It was difficult to find any noticeable difference re the increase of the respiratory frequency and the body temperature between the animal wholly deprived of the sympathetic ganglia, and the normal.