Abstract
Routine determination of the HbCO content of blood from cases burned alive is carried out byWolff's andMaehly's spectrophotometric methods. There are sometimes appreciable differences between samples obtained from various parts of the body. As it could be assumed that the variations of HbCO might be explained by unequal heating of the blood, a simple in vitro investigation was carried out, on blood exposed to coal-gas and heat. Judging from the results obtained,Wolff's andMaehly's methods may not always give acceptable values, when carried out on heated blood.
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