EFFECT ON KIDNEY FUNCTION OF ETHER, ETHYLENE, ETHYLENE AND SODIUM ISOAMYL-ETHYL BARBITURATE (AMYTAL), AND ETHYLENE AND TRIBROMETHYL ALCOHOL (AVERTIN)

Normal dogs with a regulated intake of food and water were subjected to anesthesia with ether, avertin and ethylene and amytal and ethylene. Varying degrees of anesthesia up to one hour of good surgical anesthesia did not markedly diminish the twenty-four-hour urinary output. Effects on chloride output, urea output, phosphorus output, dye excretion and water diuresis are described.