Chakt 2.— ToUl N ill food ronsumod p«'r kilo of bofly-weiplit and per wvok in j,'rams. 



2t. 



2S 



2^ 



25 



22 



21 



20 



19 



18 



17 



15 

 /I 

 15 



12 

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m 



IV V 



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Ynr 



JX X 



=3 



A, controls ; B, parathyroid ectoraised ; C, tliyroidectomised. 

 The animals of B and C groups were operated on in the second week. From the first to the 

 sixth week they were fed with raelox ; during the seventh and eighth weeks with meat and 

 rusks ; during the ninth week with rusks and thyroid, and during the tenth week with rusks 

 and parathyroid. 



