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HARRY BENJAMIN VAN DYKE 



By stimulating the intact vago-sympathetic nerve Rahe et al. (2) de- 

 clare that they were able to produce the most marked diminution in the 

 iodine content of a given lobe of the thyroid gland. In the three experi- 

 ments of table 4 of my series, the intact vago-sympathetic nerve was 



TABLE 3 



The concentration of iodine in the lobes of the thyroid gland of the dog after the 

 stimulation of the isolated vago-sympathetic nerve on one side for a period of 

 approximately three hours 



Entire right lobe not analyzed. 



