[Animal experiments with bile peritonitis].

Contrary observations exist in the publications concerning the bile peritonitis. Therefore the effect of sterile bile in the peritoneal cavity was investigated in the white mouse. We had the following results: 1. The L.D. 50 will be obtained only by high bile concentrations. 2. The chemical bile effect is minimal on the visceral and parietal peritoneum in the early and late phase. 3. The bile peritonitis does not get infected in case of the intact gastrointestinal and biliary tract. There does not exist a so-called passing through peritonitis even with big bile quantities. 4. A reduction of the peritoneal adhesions arises by bile influence and by weak adhesion stimuli.