Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) saline solution at the weight concentration of ca. 2% is one of media used as space filler for an anterior chamber in the recent ophthalmic viscosurgery of cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. As there are many insoluble particles in crude solutions of HPMC, we should filtrate the solution for medical use. Viscosity 77 and optical absorbance A
540 of a filtrated HPMC solution were measured with the concentration of 1% at the heating and cooling rates θ=0.25 0.40 and 0.70°C /min. Remarkable hysteresis curves were observed for η and A
540 as gelating above ca. 55°C, depending on θ. In HPMC solution at 2% η was dependent on the shear rate with two rotational viscometers at θ=0.70°C /min.
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