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Fig. 13. The Growth Curves of Adrenalectomized Rats Treated with 

 the Charcoal-Hormone Preparation 

 Four rats, adrenalectomized at the age of 30 days were treated daily with 

 0.1 gram each of the charcoal-hormone combination (equivalent to 80 grams of 

 whole pig adrenal glands) which was mixed with their food. Lettuce was 

 added twice weekly. At the age of 90 days, when the animals had reached adult 

 size, treatment ceased and the animals gradually developed the symptoms 

 of adrenal insufficiency and died within the course of the 3 weeks following 

 cessation of treatment. At autopsy no regenerated adrenal cortical tissue or 

 accessory glands were demonstrable. The lungs were normal and there were 

 no evidences of any disease other than the typical findings of adrenal insuffi- 

 ciency. {Reproduced through the courtesy of the Journal of Biological Chem- 

 istry.™ 1 ) 



little charcoal. The charcoal-hormone compound when ad- 

 ministered therapeutically comes into contact with many times 

 its own volume of gastro-intestinal juices which succeed in 



