An attempt has been made to select the most accurate analytical methods and by their application to a series of normal and pathological cases to throw light on[…]the value of the phosphotungstic and tryptophan tests for diagnosis of cancer.

Serum albumin was dissolved in distilled water containing quantities of albumin varying from 0.5 to 7 gm. per liter. Duplicate sets of tubes were then treated with the Esbach and phosphotungstic reagents, and after twenty-four hours the results were compared with gravimetric findings.

The cortex from various regions, stained with Haematoxylin and eosin, phosphotungstic haematoxylin, and Cresyl-violet.

Phosphotungstic

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