“Anyway, I did the Gettler test. Idea is that if someone drowns, water passes from the lungs into the blood. We can tell pretty well this way whether a person drowned in fresh water or salt water.” “How so?” “If it was fresh water, the blood in the left side of the heart will have a lower-than-normal chloride content. Salt water, the blood in the left side of the heart will have a higher-than-normal amount of chloride.” “This girl was found in the River Harb,” Carella said. “That’s fresh water, isn’t it?” “Sure. But according to Smith—you know, Smith, Glaister, and Von Neureiter…” “Go ahead,”
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