[Assessment of absorption phases and elimination rates of alcohol in the blood by vivo analysis].

Continuous enzymatic in vivo determination of blood alcohol was used to plot blood alcohol curves in 60 experiments lasting 4 to 6 hours. A curve was plotted for each test subject two hours after a light meal, and the rise, maximim and fall evluated. Various shapes of curve were obtained which differed chiefly in the absorption phase. The maxima show a wide scatter, but the mean value agrees with the calculated value. A connection between the time and height of the maxima can be established. The disintegration rates obtained do not differ from those of other authors. A relationship between decomposition and habituation to alcohol is found.