[Reply to W. L. Thompson's commentary (Infusionstherapie 4:56-62 1977) on G. Lindblad's and J. Falk's study on "Course of hydroxyethyl starch and dextran concentration in blood and liver of rabbits and the histopathological consequences of hydroxyethyl starch storage (Infusionstherapie 3:301-3 1976)].