Sam F. Seeley

Effect of Ether Anesthesia and Amytal Anesthesia on the Erythrocytic Findings in Control and Splenectomized Dogs

Conclusions Ether anesthesia causes profound constriction of the spleen and usually produces a marked increase in the erythrocyte count, the value for the hemoglobin and the hematocrit value while sodium amytal causes the spleen to dilate markedly, which removes a considerable percentage of erythrocytes from the circulation. Our results are in full agreement with those of Searles and Essex.