serosal surface

Net fluid transport was calculated from registration periods lasting for at least 15 minutes and related to the serosal surface area measured after the experiment.

In the lidocaine experiments a 1% solution of the drug was applied to the serosal surface (0.5 mg/cm intestine).

In another type of experiment performed on days 6-9 after inoculation of the animals with the parasite, the serosal surface of the inflamed segment was exposed to lidocaine (1% solution).

The effect was described as "a grayish white, frost-like material of uric acid overlaying the serosal surfaces of the various organs, accompanied by sterile inflammation and necrosis in the affected and adjacent tissues" akin to avian visceral gout.

A plastic mould of 6 mm diameter was applied tightly to the serosal surface of the anterior wall of the stomach just proximal to the antral gland area and 70 l 100% acetic acid was poured through the mould on to the surface of the stomach for 20 seconds.