Gall-bladder contraction and evacuation... (Petrolagar Laboratories, 1929)

This production shows how the gallbladder is affected by injection of cholecystokinin. Scenes of gallbladder contraction and elimination before and after injection of cholecystokinin in a dog, a human with peri-cholecystis, and a healthy human are shown. Also shown are the apparatus and method of assay and of recording rises in intra-gallbladder pressure.

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