CLASSICS IN LYMPHOLOGY: THE ABSORPTION OF FLUIDS FROM THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE SPACES

EH Starling

Abstract


In this second lecture, Starling's extraordinary insight is once again vividly displayed. Despite numerous embellishments the basic principles of lymph production (see Lecture I, Lymphology 17:83-88, 1984) and tissue fluid absorption (see below) are as sound today as when first proposed almost 90 years ago.   (CLW)


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