INORGANIC FOODS. 

 RABBITS, SERIES I. 



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RABBITS, SERIES II. 



RATS. 1 



These values which in the case of the rabbits were obtained with animals 

 of one and the same litter, whereas in the case of the rats a whole litter was 

 analyzed at the end of each period, show that the absolute amount of 

 hemoglobin increases slowly after birth. At the end of the lactation 

 period there was twice as much hemoglobin in the rabbits as at birth. In 

 the case of the rats, an examination of the contents of the stomach and 



The values for each day were those of a whole litter. 



