TABLES 



477 



Table 12. — Effects of Experimental Scurvy upon the Weights of the Various Organs 

 in Guinea Pigs (Table 3 from Bessesen '23) 



Average percentage differences of organ weights compared with the normal. Final body 

 weights compared with the initial weight; organs compared with normal for corresponding 



final body weight 



Death 



from 



scurvy 

 Parts test, test, test, , J . 



(21-54 



days), 

 per cent 



Body weight 



Suprarenals 



Brain 



Spinal cord 



Eyeballs 



Thyroid 



Heart 



Lungs 



Liver 



Spleen 



Stomach-intestines (filled) . 

 Stomach-intestines (empty) 



Stomach 



Pancreas 



Kidneys 



Testes 



Epididymides 



Ovaries 



Bladder (urinary) 



Hypophysis 



Integument 



-370 



+ 270.1 

 + 10.4 



4-69.8 



+ 27 



+ 21 



+ 8 

 4- 60 



+ 35 



+ 7 



-r- 57 



+ 4 

 + 75 

 - 19 



+ 44 

 + SO 



