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BANCROFT'S observation that the oil in oil-water emulsions tends to become the continuous phase in the presence of calcium salts and the discontinuous phase in the presence of sodium salts was developed by Clowes (Jour. Biol. Chem., vol. 24, p. xiv; 1916) into a physical explanation of the phenomenon of the action of antagonistic ions on the permeability of cell membranes.
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DIXON, H., BENNET-CLARK, T. Electrical Excitation and the Possible Structure of the Plasmatic Membrane. Nature 124, 650–651 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124650a0
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