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Human autonomic pharmacology

XVII. The effect of acetyl-beta-methylcholine chloride on the Gall Bladder

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A study of the effect of acetyl-beta-methylcholine chloride (mecholyl) on the gall bladder is presented. It has been demonstrated that mecholyl has practically no effect upon the size and shape of the gall bladder, but that this drug in the majority of cases very definitely inhibits the emptying of the gall bladder following the ingestion of a fat meal.

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    Purcell G. Schube, Abraham Myerson & Ruth Lambert

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From the Research Division of the Boston State Hospital, Boston, Mass., aided by grants from the Commonwealth cf Massachusetts, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Milton Fund.

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Schube, P.G., Myerson, A. & Lambert, R. Human autonomic pharmacology. American Journal of Digestive Diseases 5, 687–690 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996603

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