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in the uterus as well as in the ovary. In young albino rats held at constant body 

 weight by a relatively dry diet for various periods, beginning at about one month 

 of age, Kudo ('21a) found the weight of the uterus somewhat variable in the 

 earlier groups, but apparently a definite increase (26.7-34.8 per cent) in average 

 weight in the two longest tests (Table 10). In young rats the uterus (unlike 

 the ovary) therefore appears at an early age to present during inanition a 

 persistent growth tendency, somewhat comparable to that found in various 

 other organs during thirst as well as chronic underfeeding. 



