“…The initial slow rate of secretion in anaesthetized rats may be due to two factors. Firstly, it seems likely that anaesthesia and the immediate effects of operation may depress pancreatic secretion [Colwell, 1951;Scott, Graham and McCartney, 1940;Zucker, Newburger and Berg, 1932]. Secondly, in order to collect pure pancreatic juice and estimate flow rate, most workers insert a cannula into the most distal portion of the common bile duct, then either ligate the bile duct at the hilus of the liver [Dockray, 1972], drain bile to the exterior [Debray, de la Tour, Vaille, Roze and Souchard, 1962] or redivert bile to the duodenum [Love, 1957].…”