Abstract
1. When the lymph is excluded from the body, the convulsions after the injection of pancreatic hormone are either entirely absent or suppressed to a remarkable degree. The hypoglycemia is therefore not the sole, direct cause of the convulsions, but a certain condition which is closely related to the lymph is necessary for the manifestation of the convulsions.
2. After the injection of pancreatic hormone, the thoracic lymph undergoes a change so as to cause hyperglycemia, while the normallymph has a power to cause hypoglycemia.
3. The sugar of the thoracic lymph falls after the injection of pancreatic hormone nearly parallel with that of the carotid serum, holding a little higher content than the latter. The fat and lipoids in the thoracic lymph increase very distinctly 4-5 hours after the hormone injection. As to the nitrogen content there are no conspicuous changes.
4. 1/2-1 hour after its injection, adrenalin decreases the amount of the fat and lipoids in the thoracic lymph, just contrary to pancreatic hormone.
5. Also in normal starved animals the contents of the fat and lipoids in the thoracic lymph fluctuate to a certain degree; their increase is accompanied by the fall of the blood resp. lymph sugar, while on the contrary their decrease is associated with the elevation of the blood resp. lymph sugar.
